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Mejia went 2-for-4 in Thursday's 6-4 extra-inning loss to Texas.

The backup catcher has started strong at the plate this season, hitting .300 in 20 at-bats with only one strikeout. A former top prospect, Mejia has been involved in multiple blockbuster trades throughout his career but has yet to live up to high offensive expectations. That being said, his performance early in 2021 has been promising, and if it continues it may be enough to earn Mejia more opportunities over starter Mike Zunino, who's never hit for a respectable average and has begun this year no differently.

Perez is not starting Thursday against the White Sox, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.

Perez has handled a fairly heavy workload behind the plate this season, as Thursday's day off will be just his third in 12 games. Austin Hedges will get the nod in his absence.

Garver isn't starting Thursday's game against Boston, Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

Garver went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts in the second game of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Red Sox. Ryan Jeffers will start behind the dish for Thursday's series finale, batting eighth.

McCann is not in the lineup for Thursday's game against the Phillies.

McCann is coming off his best game of the year, as he went 3-for-5 with a homer Wednesday night, but he'll take a seat for Thursday's matinee. Tomas Nido will catch Jacob deGrom in his absence.

D'Arnaud is not in Thursday's lineup against theMarlins.

He is hitting .231 with one home run and a 13:2 K:BB through 11 games. Alex Jackson will start behind the dish and bat eighth.

McCann went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run in Wednesday's 5-1 win over the Phillies.

The veteran catcher connected on his first homer as a Met in the eighth inning off JoJo Romero. McCann had only four hits in six games coming into Wednesday, but the big effort boosted his slash line to .280/.333/.400.

Perez went 2-for-4 with a homer, two RBI and two runs scored in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Angels.

Perez opened the scoring with a solo shot in the third inning. He added an RBI double in the seventh and scored on Carlos Santana's two-run blast. Perez swung a hot bat against the Angels, going 8-for-12 with four RBI and three runs scored in the three-game series. He's slashing .333/.395/.641 with three homers, eight RBI and eight runs scored across 43 plate appearances this season.

Smith is not in Wednesday's lineup against the Rockies, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.

He is hitting .261 with two home runs in 23 at-bats. Austin Barnes will start behind the dish and bat eighth.

Narvaez went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in Wednesday's win over the Cubs.

Narvaez ended his three-game hitting streak Tuesday, but he found a way to produce in this one and he's now hit safely in eight of his first 10 contests. The backstop is hitting .414 with a 1.091 OPS through his first 33 plate appearances in 2021.

Kirk went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run during Wednesday's 5-4 win over the Yankees.

The 22-year-old was hitless in 13 at-bats through his first six appearances of the season, but he finally connected Wednesday for his second home run of his career. Kirk has received five starts in Toronto's first 12 games of the year and may need to improve at the plate to maintain that level of playing time, though fellow catcher Danny Jansen has struggled similarly (2-for-22) to open 2021.