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Fortes went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a strikeout during Sunday's 3-2 win over the Mets.

Fortes failed to record a hit in his first three at-bats Sunday, but he hit a walkoff home run with two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning. The 25-year-old has had sporadic playing time for the Marlins and has slashed .250/.341/.556 with three homers, two doubles, 14 runs, seven RBI and two stolen bases over 12 games since the start of June.

Contreras will serve as Atlanta's designated hitter and No. 7 batter in Sunday's game against the Dodgers.

Making his fourth start in five games, Contreras is benefiting Sunday from the absence of star outfielder Ronald Acuna, who is dealing with a right foot injury. Though doctors have ruled out a fracture, Acuna isn't able to put much pressure on the foot and could be headed to the 10-day injured list if he doesn't show meaningful improvement in the next few days. If that's the case, Contreras and Travis d'Arnaud would likely share work behind the plate and at DH over the upcoming week while the team's preferred DH, Marcell Ozuna, would be forced into the outfield as a replacement for Acuna.

Realmuto is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.

He looks to be receiving some routine maintenance after catching in each of the Phillies' last eight games. Garrett Stubbs will check in behind the dish for Realmuto and form a battery with starting pitcher Kyle Gibson.

Barnhart is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks.

Though Barnhart has resumed switch-hitting this season, the natural lefty hitter hasn't had much success from the right side of the plate (.226/.294/.226 slash line in 34 plate appearances versus southpaws). As such, the Tigers could keep him on the bench against lefty starting pitchers more often than not. Barnhart will give way to Eric Haase behind the dish in the series finale with southpaw Dallas Keuchel on the bump for Arizona.

Raleigh is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Angels.

Raleigh will get a routine breather after he started behind the plate in six of the past seven games. Luis Torrens will spell Raleigh, who has solidified himself as Seattle's clear No. 1 catcher by producing an .825 OPS in 35 games since being called up from Triple-A Tacoma on May 7.

Garver, who is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Nationals, said he'll eventually require surgery to address the forearm injury that has prevented him from catching since early May, Evan Grant of The Dallas Morning News reports. "Surgery is only option for me to be player I want to be," Garver said.

Garver was initially placed on the injured list May 10 due to the flexor strain, but the Rangers chose to activate him when first eligible even though his injury limited him exclusively to designated-hitter duties. Aside from a week-and-a-half-long absence due to testing positive for COVID-19, Garver has served as the Rangers' primary DH since coming off the IL, but the forearm issue may be hindering him at the plate. Since Garver is slashing a wretched .201/.288/.383 on the campaign, surgery could become a more realistic option while the 31-year-old is providing no value on the field and limited value at the plate. Per Grant, the Rangers are expected to wait until no later than the All-Star break to make a decision on whether to send Garver in for season-ending surgery, so fantasy managers may want to get a head start on finding a potential replacement for him in their lineups. Until such a decision is made, Garver should still get the bulk of the starts at DH, though Kole Calhoun will handle those duties Sunday.

Sanchez is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies.

Sanchez will sit for the second time this weekend while Ryan Jeffers checks in behind the dish and while Byron Buxton gets a day out of the outfield to serve as the Twins' designated hitter. Though he's getting on base at a .250 clip in June and has produced only six extra-base hits (two home runs, four doubles) in 19 games on the month, Sanchez still appears to be the Twins' preferred option at DH.

McGuire is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles.

Though he'll take a seat for the series finale, McGuire seems to have supplanted Seby Zavala as the White Sox's preferred option behind the dish while No. 1 backstop Yasmani Grandal (back) remains on the injured list. McGuire started at catcher in three of Chicago's previous four games.

Ruiz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game at Texas, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.

Ruiz started the first two games of the series in Texas and will take a seat for the finale. Riley Adams will start behind the plate and bat ninth Sunday.

Knizner is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

Knizner started five of the past six contests and will receive Sunday off after going 1-for-12 during that span. Ivan Herrera will work behind the dish in the series finale versus Chicago.