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Mesoraco is out of the lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Marlins.

Mesoraco hasn't start back-to-back games behind the plate since July 23-24, as Kevin Plawecki draws the start Sunday. Not helping matters is that Mesoraco is slashing .174/.310/.304 over 29 plate appearances in that span.

McCann is not in the lineup Sunday against the Twins, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

McCann holds just a .208/.274/.325 slash line over the last 30 games, so he'll head to the bench for a day off. Grayson Greiner will fill in for him behind the dish for the series finale with Minnesota.

Starting for the second time in three games, Casali went 1-for-3 with a walk and scored the go-ahead run in Saturday's win over the Diamondbacks.

Casali remains a very competent backup to Tucker Barnhart. He's now hitting .294/.400/.456 in 81 plate appearances.

Realmuto is not in the lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Mets, Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports.

Realmuto started the last five game for the Marlins, so he'll get a breather as he is 3-for-31 thus far in August. Bryan Holaday will bat seventh and start behind the plate against Noah Syndergaard and the Mets.

Jansen will be recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on Sunday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.

Jansen has slashed .275/.390/.473 with 12 home runs for the Bison this season. Luke Maile and Russell Martin have been splitting time at catcher for the Blue Jays -- with sub-par offensive results -- so it will be interesting to see how the team divides playing time after the call up of the 23-year-old, but he should certainly see fairly regular opportunities.

Manager Dave Roberts said he removed Grandal from Saturday's starting lineup so he wouldn't catch four days in a row, including three straight in the Denver altitude, Alanna Rizzo of SportsNet LA reports.

Roberts also said Grandal will return to the starting nine Sunday to catch Rich Hill. Austin Barnes is behind the plate and batting eighth for the Dodgers on Saturday.

Grandal was scratched from Saturday's game against the Rockies for an undisclosed reason.

Grandal was originally set to start behind the plate and bat seventh, but Austin Barnes will handle catching duties instead.

Leon is on the bench for the second half of Saturday's doubleheader against the Orioles, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.

Leon went 0-for-3 with a walk in the afternoon game. Dan Butler will make his second start in three games.

Gomes is not in the lineup against the White Sox on Saturday.

Gomes will sit for the second time in three games. Roberto Perez will start in his place.

Maldonado is not starting Saturday against Seattle, Christian Boutwell of MLB.com reports.

Maldonado has started seven of 12 games since being shipped to Houston, leaving him as the Astros' primary catcher but not by a large margin. Max Stassi will get the call Saturday.