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Gallagher will sit out his fifth consecutive game with Martin Maldonado starting at catcher Wednesday.

Gallagher is yet to appear in a game as a starter or as a late-inning replacement with Maldonado spending the entire time behind the dish. Gallagher was initially expected to be the starter after veteran All-Star Salvador Perez underwent Tommy John surgery in March, but the Royals elected to go in a different direction after signing Maldonado at the end of spring training. For now, it looks like Gallagher's starts will be few and far between.

Jansen is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Orioles.

Jansen has started four of the Blue Jays' seven games so far this season. Luke Maile takes over behind the plate in his absence.

Vazquez went 1-for-3 with his first stolen base of the season in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the A's.

The Red Sox couldn't get anything going with their bats, but they were busy on the basepaths, with Andrew Benintendi and Eduardo Nunez also swiping bags off Josh Phegley. Vazquez doesn't offer much fantasy upside, but he does stand out for his baserunning in the barren catcher pool -- the 28-year-old went 11-for-14 on steal attempts in 179 games over the last two seasons.

Sanchez is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Tigers.

Sanchez will sit for the first time this season. Austin Romine gets the start behind the plate.

Maldonado will start at catcher and bat eighth Tuesday against the Twins.

Like Salvador Perez (elbow) before him, Maldonado looks like he'll handle a heavy workload at catcher for the Royals. He has now settled in behind the dish in each of the Royals' first four games, with backup Cam Gallagher having yet to even enter a contest as a late-inning replacement or pinch hitter.

Sanchez went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Monday's 3-1 win over the Tigers.

That's now two homers in two days for the 26-year-old, as good a sign as any that the shoulder issue he's been dealing with since 2017 is no longer a problem. With Giancarlo Stanton (bicep) and Miguel Andujar (shoulder) both now sidelined with their own injuries, Sanchez's power will become even more important for the Yankees' offense.

Sanchez went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in the Yankees' 7-5 defeat against the Orioles on Sunday.

Sanchez is just 3-for-13 to start the season after a slow spring training, but he cranked his first long ball of the year with a seventh-inning solo shot off John Means. The young backstop will look to parlay that into some momentum going forward as he looks to rebound from last year's injury-riddled campaign that saw him struggle to the tune of a .186/.291/.406 slash line over 323 at-bats.

Narvaez went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and a pair of runs scored in the 10-8 win over Boston on Sunday.

Narvaez took Rick Porcello deep in what ended up being a seven-run third inning. The first-year Mariner collected two hits and a home run in each of the last two games. He should get most of the starts as long as his bat continues to make noise.

Murphy drew the start behind the dish in Saturday's win over the Red Sox and went 1-for-2 with two walks.

Murphy arrived via trade from the Giants on Friday, and he was already in the starting lineup with southpaw Eduardo Rodriguez on the mound for the Red Sox. Murphy is expected to platoon with Omar Narvaez behind the dish moving forward, logging starts against any left-handers in addition to potentially seeing an occasional opportunity versus right-handed pitching.

Perez is on the bench for Sunday's game against the Twins.

Perez started the team's first two games but will sit in favor of Kevin Plawecki in the third. That pattern suggests that Perez will have a fairly typical workload for a starting catcher this season, though it may take more time for the full picture to emerge.