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The Reds announced Tuesday catcher Devin Mesoraco (hamstring) joined Triple-A Louisville for a rehab assignment. Mesoraco could be back with the Reds by the end of the week.

Reds manager Bryan Price said Sunday catcher Devin Mesoraco (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment in the next day or two, per the Cincinnati Enquirer. Mesoraco could be ready to join the team for its upcoming road trip, which begins Friday at Philadelphia.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez will likely be given Sunday off to rest his sore calf, MLB.com reports.

"Yes, he'll probably get the day off," manager Ned Yost said Saturday. "It's not the shin, it's the calf. He's got a real big bruise on it and all that blood's draining down toward his ankle. It's still sore ...  The more running he does, the more it hurts. He starts off the day feeling pretty good but at the end of the day it's sore, but playable."

Perez was struck on the injured calf by a foul ball during an at-bat on May 2. He has hit .260/.319/.425 with three home runs and 11 RBI in 127 at-bats.

A very short rehab stint awaits Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco, who has been sidelined since April 26 with a hamstring injury.

Mesoraco will likely only rehab in the minors for one or two games before returning to the big league club. He would be thrilled to pick up where he left off at the plate. He rang up a .468 batting average and .787 slugging percentage in 47 at-bats before going down.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez recorded his third multi-hit game in the last five Friday night against the Mariners.

Perez singled and scored in both the fourth and eighth innings to raise his batting average to .260. He has nine hits in his last 23 at-bats.

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Reds catcher Devin Mesoraco is hoping to be back Sunday, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. 

Mesoraco is coming back from an oblique injury, and was abel to run the bases Friday. He said he felt "normal" after the workout. Mesoraco is eligible to come off the disabled list Sunday.

Mesoraco was hitting .468 in 47 at-bats prior to the injury.

Indians catcher Yan Gomes was 1 for 4 with a solo home run in his team's 4-3 win over the Twins Wednesday.

Gomes knocked a fifth-inning homer to give his team a 3-1 lead, but he also committed his ninth error of the season in the win. He has hit .255/.295/.459 with four home runs and 12 RBI in 98 at-bats.

Between the 50-game suspension to begin last season and the torn ACL to end it, Yasmani Grandal has given Fantasy owners ample reason to forget about him. But with three home runs in his last five games, he's doing his best to help them remember.

To remember that, as a rookie two years ago, he hit .297 with eight home runs in 192 at-bats with a near 1-to-1 strikeout to walk ratio. To remember that, at the time of his injury last year, he was just beginning to find his form, batting .281 with six doubles and a stellar .425 on-base percentage in his final 11 games. To remember that, in his days with the Reds before the Mat Latos trade, he was a big-time prospect who some evaluators considered superior to Devin Mesoraco.

Even more encouraging than the home runs is the fact that he's started four straight games and six of the last seven. The Padres didn't want him catching back-to-back games to begin the year, hoping to give his knee a little more time to heal, but they seem to be relaxing their approach to him now, even working him into the lineup at first base from time to time.

If you're burned out on Travis d'Arnaud in a deeper league and looking to give someone else to try, Grandal has arguably just as much upside.

Padres catcher Yasmani Grandal went 1 for 4 with a solo home run in his team's 3-1 loss to the Royals Tuesday.

Granadal smacked his home run in the fourth inning, giving his team a 1-0 lead, but they were unable to stay ahead and couldn't manage to score in extra innings. He has hit .253/.333/.493 with four home runs and 11 RBI in 75 at-bats.