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Mejia is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Angels, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

He's hit .286/.324/.514 with one home run over his last 10 games and has started three of the last seven. While Mejia is the superior offensive catcher to Mike Zunino, who is starting behind the dish Tuesday, they'll maintain a close playing time split due to Zunino's superior defense.

Trevino is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Twins.

He's batted .121 with one home run over his last 10 games. Jonah Heim will start behind the dish and bat ninth.

Mejia went 1-for-3 with a walk and a run in a win over the Angels on Monday.

Mejia continues to deliver at the plate relatively consistently, with Monday marking the fourth time in his last five starts that he's hit safely. After a forgettable 2020 in San Diego, Mejia seems on track for production that much more closely resembles the encouraging .265/.316/.438 slash he generated over 244 plate appearances with the Padres in 2019.

Smith is out of the lineup for the first game of Tuesday's doubleheader with the Cubs.

Clayton Kershaw will start for the Dodgers in the afternoon contest, so Smith will take a seat while the lefty's personal catcher, Austin Barnes, steps in behind the dish. Expect Smith to catch Trevor Bauer in the nightcap.

The Dodgers recalled Ruiz from their taxi squad ahead of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Cubs.

He'll provide the Dodgers with a third catcher behind Will Smith and Austin Barnes. Los Angeles opened a spot for Ruiz on the 26-man roster by designating pitcher Mike Kickham for assignment Monday.

Heim (neck) was available to play Monday, Sam Blum of the Dallas Morning News reports.

Heim had been removed from Sunday's game after taking a foul ball to the neck area. Manager Chris Woodward said the catcher was fine and available to play.

Murphy went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk as Seattle lost 5-3 to Baltimore on Monday.

Murphy opened the scoring with his one-out home run in the fifth, but Baltimore would storm back with five runs in the eighth. He's slashing a disappointing .148/.207/.559.

Nola went 1-for-2 with an RBI double and a walk in Monday's 2-0 victory over Pittsburgh.

Nola missed most of April with a broken finger and this was only his second start of the season. Encouragingly, he has started two of the last three games -- once against a righty and once against a lefty.

Realmuto went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Monday's 4-3 victory over the Brewers.

Realmuto launched a two-run blast deep to left field in the bottom of the first inning, putting the Phillies back on top 2-1. The 30-year-old backstop continues to see the ball well at the dish, now hitting .309 with three homers, 13 RBI and two stolen bases in 28 games.

Gallagher was placed on the 7-day concussion injured list Monday, Joel Goldberg of Bally Sports Kansas City reports.

Gallagher will miss at least the next seven days after taking two foul tips off his mask during Sunday's contest. Sebastian Rivero was recalled to take Gallagher's spot.