Realmuto (knee) is catching and batting fifth Friday against the Mets.

Realmuto hasn't played since Sept. 6 after fouling a ball off his left knee and suffering a contusion. Before the injury, Realmuto had gone 6-for-13 with a homer and a stolen base during a brief four-game hitting streak.

Ruiz is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Marlins.

After catching four straight games, Ruiz will get some rest Friday. Instead, Drew Millas will form a battery with DJ Herz. Ruiz is 7-for-21 (.333) with five doubles in his last five games.

Rogers is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Orioles.

Rogers caught four consecutive games this week while Dillon Dingler tended to an illness, but Rogers will get the night off Friday now that Dingler is healthy. Rogers is 4-for-25 (.160) with three runs scored in September.

Dingler (illness) is catching and batting ninth Friday against the Orioles.

The 25-year-old rookie was held out of the lineup for back-to-back games due to illness, but he's feeling well enough to spell Jake Rogers behind the dish Friday. Dingler is slashing .141/.167/.281 in 20 games with the Tigers.

Fermin isn't part of the Royals' starting lineup for Friday's game against Pittsburgh.

The Royals have seemingly settled into a routine behind the plate, starting Fermin for a pair of games and then giving him a night off in favor of Salvador Perez, who has otherwise been manning first base. Kansas City has utilized this arrangement for a nine-game stretch, and with Fermin catching the past two games, it'll be Perez's turn behind the dish Friday.

Jansen went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in Thursday's 2-1 loss to the Yankees.

Jansen accounted for Boston's only run Thursday with a solo homer off Nestor Cortes in the fifth inning. It was his ninth home run of the season and third since joining the Red Sox late in July. Playing time has been hard to come by for Jansen, as he's played behind Connor Wong at catcher and has just 59 at-bats in the Boston's 45 games since the trade.

Bailey isn't in San Francisco's lineup for Thursday's game versus the Brewers, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Bailey will catch a breather after going 3-for-4 with a run scored during Wednesday's blowout victory. Curt Casali will catch instead for right-hander Hayden Birdsong and bat eighth.

Bailey went 3-for-4 with a double and one run scored in Wednesday's 13-2 win over the Brewers.

Bailey has gone 8-for-25 (.320) in September, though he's been held hitless in five of his nine games this month. The catcher is slashing .235/.298/.340 with seven home runs, 42 RBI, 41 runs scored and three stolen bases through 108 contests overall. He should continue to handle a starting role behind the dish with Curt Casali as his backup.

Smith went 2-for-5 with a solo home run, an additional run and a double in Wednesday's 10-8 win over the Cubs.

Smith hit the middle of back-to-back-to-back homers for the Dodgers in the first inning and added a double in the seventh, subsequently scoring the go-ahead run. The All-Star catcher went through a prolonged rough stretch at the plate following the break, beginning the second half of the season by batting .165 with a 24.4 percent strikeout rate over his first 28 games. Smith has shown signs of bouncing back since then, however, slashing .278/.316/.500 with two home runs, two doubles, four runs and seven RBI across his past nine contests.

Atlanta optioned Tromp to Triple-A Gwinnett on Thursday.

Tromp was up with Atlanta for the club's last three games while Travis d'Arnaud (personal) was away from the team on paternity leave, but Tromp will head back to the minors now that d'Arnaud has been reinstated to the 28-man active roster. Atlanta didn't use Tromp during his abbreviated stay with the big club, as Sean Murphy started all three games at catcher.