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Rutschman went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Thursday's 8-7 victory over the Athletics.

Rutschman, leading off in the ninth inning against Trevor May, blasted a 405-foot home run to center field, giving Baltimore an 8-7 win. The homer was Rutschman's fourth of the season and extended his hitting streak to seven games. The young catcher is off to a torrid start in his sophomore campaign, slashing .373/.467/.627 with nine runs and nine RBIs through 51 at-bats.

Trevino (toe) is expected to return to the Yankees' starting lineup Friday, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.

Trevino is sitting out a second straight game Thursday against the Twins after taking a foul ball off his toe earlier this week, but manager Aaron Boone said it's all precautionary. Kyle Higashioka will catch Jhony Brito on Thursday night.

Perez underwent season-ending surgery Wednesday to repair his right rotator cuff, Danny Emerman of KNBR 680 San Francisco reports.

Perez suffered a severe strain of his right rotator cuff in just his second week with the Giants after starting behind the plate in five of their first seven games. He'll be a free agent this winter. Joey Bart now has another opportunity to establish himself as the immediate and long-term answer at catcher in San Francisco, though Rule 5 pick Blake Sabol has also been a factor in the early going. Gary Sanchez is currently getting built up at Triple-A Sacramento after recently joining the organization on a minor-league deal.

Perez went 3-for-4 with an RBI single and a solo home run in a win over the Orioles on Wednesday.

The veteran backstop launched a 396-foot shot to left field in the fifth inning to extend the Athletics' lead to 4-2 at the time, and he followed with a timely knock to plate Nick Allen in the eighth. Perez is receiving sparse opportunities thus far behind Shea Langeliers, but he's hit safely in each of the three games in which he's registered at least one plate appearance.

Serven went 1-for-2 Wednesday against the Cardinals.

Serven was expected to be in a fairly even split for playing time behind the plate with Elias Diaz this season, but he made just his third start Wednesday. He led off the sixth inning with a single but was replaced by a pinch hitter one frame later. Serven has three hits in seven at-bats for the campaign but is clearly viewed as just the backup catcher in Colorado.

Bemboom was designated for assignment by the Orioles on Thursday.

Baltimore kept three catchers around for a few days after James McCann returned from the injured list last weekend, but the team will now go back to the traditional two-catcher alignment. Bemboom will go through the waiver process, with the O's likely hoping he clears so he can stay around as depth at Triple-A Norfolk.

Bethancourt went 2-for-3 with a walk, a double and two runs scored Wednesday against the Red Sox.

Bethancourt has begun the season in an even split for playing time with Francisco Mejia behind the plate. He started his seventh game Wednesday and tallied his first multi-hit game of the campaign. Despite the step forward, Bethancourt has otherwise gotten off to a slow start with the bat and now has only four knocks across 22 at-bats with one homer, one RBI and six runs scored.

Heim is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.

Sandy Leon will get a turn behind the plate while Heim sits out in what's presumably a maintenance day. Heim slugged his first two home runs of the season in the first two games of the series with Kansas City, including a walkoff three-run blast in Tuesday's 8-5 win in 10 innings.

Kirk is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.

Danny Jansen will get a turn behind the plate while Kirk sits after starting at catcher in three of the Blue Jays' previous four games. Kirk is getting on base at a strong .344 clip so far this season, but aside from a respectable RBI total of six, he isn't providing much else in terms of fantasy numbers (.222 average, one home run, two runs, no stolen bases).

Langeliers is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Orioles.

After hitting a three-run blast in Tuesday's loss, Langeliers will get a chance to rest in Wednesday's series finale. Carlos Perez will handle catching duties with Ken Waldichuk on the bump for the Athletics.