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Maldonado isn't starting Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Tigers, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Maldonado started each of the last three games behind the dish and will get a breather for Saturday's matinee. Jason Castro will start at catcher and bat ninth.

Stallings went 1-for-4 with two RBI in Friday's 5-4 win over the Cardinals.

He returned to the lineup after a two-game absence during which manager Derek Shelton said the team was managing his workload. Stallings is hitting just .226 but leads all National League catchers with 31 RBI and ranks second with 13 doubles. The backstop hit fourth or fifth in the batting order in each of his last 27 starts.

Casali went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 2-0 win over Oakland.

There was little offense in the battle between Bay Area teams, so Casali's seventh-inning solo homer loomed large. The long ball was just his second this season and Casali struggled to a .100 average through his first 70 at-bats, but he has stepped things up considerably of late, batting .500 (8-for-16) with both his homers and six RBI over his past six contests.

Grandal went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Friday's 9-3 loss to Seattle.

Grandal got the White Sox on the board in the second inning with his 12th long ball of the season. The 32-year-old served as the designated hitter Friday -- he's seen a slight majority of the playing time behind the dish, but the White Sox have preferred to keep his bat in the lineup when Zack Collins is the catcher. Grandal is slashing .175/.385/.419 with 30 RBI and 35 runs scored through 219 plate appearances.

Heim went 3-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in Friday's 9-4 win over Kansas City.

Heim plated Nate Lowe twice in the contest, on a fourth-inning single and a sixth-inning double. In his last seven games, Heim has gone 10-for-22 (.455) with three doubles, a home run, five RBI and four runs scored. He's likely to continue splitting time with Jose Trevino, although Heim has most often filled the backup role behind the dish.

McCann is not in the starting lineup for the second game of Friday's doubleheader against the Phillies.

McCann went hitless in three plate appearances during the first half of the twin bill. Patrick Mazeika will catch David Peterson and bat eighth in the nightcap.

Realmuto isn't starting the second game of Friday's doubleheader against the Mets.

Realmuto started in Friday's matinee and went 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. He'll get a breather for the second game while Rafael Marchan starts behind the dish and bats eighth.

Maldonado is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against Detroit, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

He'll get a rest after catching the previous three games. Jason Castro will bat ninth and catch Framber Valdez during the second game of the four-game set.

Trevino is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against the Royals.

Trevino will get a rest for the second time in three games. Jonah Heim will catch Dane Dunning and bat eighth.

Barnhart is not in the lineup Friday against Atlanta.

Barnhart started the past two games and will take a seat after going 3-for-7 with a home run, three RBI, a walk and two runs. Tyler Stephenson will work behind the plate in his place Friday.