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Sanchez has been moved out of the two-spot and is slated to bat sixth for Wednesday's game against Boston.

Sanchez has struggled from the plate all season after tearing it up in the latter portion of the 2016 season when he was called up to the big leagues. After hitting in the second spot of the order for most of the season when he has been healthy, the 24-year-old will bat sixth and man the catching duties Wednesday.

Vazquez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Yankees, Evan Drellich of CSN New England reports.

Vazquez will get the day off in favor of Sandy Leon as the Red Sox go up against CC Sabathia and the Yankees. The catcher went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts in Tuesday's contest, and has been rotating behind the plate with Leon over the course of the season.

Narvaez is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Rays.

Narvaez, who was once considered the primary catcher for the White Sox, has been almost completely passed over in favor of Kevan Smith and didn't particularly help his case by hitting .229 in the month of May. He'll continue seeing irregular playing time going forward.

Perez will start at catcher and bat eighth Wednesday in Colorado.

Perez will give Yan Gomes a rest in the afternoon affair. The backup catcher is slashing just .136/.227/.167 through 75 plate appearances this year, but Perez is a decent punt play at hitter-friendly Coors Field on Wednesday.

Gomes is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Rockies, Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post reports.

Gomes has hit safely in his past three starts, but he'll head to the bench for the afternoon series finale in Colorado. Roberto Perez will head behind the plate to fill in for him.

Maile went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in Tuesday's loss to Oakland, ending his five-game hitting streak.

With Russell Martin having neck issues of late, Maile has enjoyed increased playing time. Starting six of the team's last seven games behind the dish, Maile has gone 6-for-20 (.300) with a home run. Unfortunately for the 26-year-old, the counting stats haven't been there, and he's struck out in 40 percent of his at-bats over the stretch.

Perez leads all AL catchers in All-Star voting for the second straight week, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com reports.

The backstop has his sights set on a fifth All-Star Game appearance. Perez is a perennial Gold Glove contender, and his offense continues to be among the elite at his position. Through 54 games in 2017, he has 11 home runs and 32 RBI, both of which are most among MLB catchers.

McCann's (hand) rehab assignment at Triple-A Toledo is only expected to last "a couple of days," Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

McCann would have been ready to come off the disabled list Tuesday, but since the Tigers aren't expected to face a left-handed starting pitcher until their weekend series with the Red Sox, the backstop's services wouldn't have been needed. He'll instead get a couple games in with Toledo before being activated, at which point he'll settle into the smaller portion of a platoon at catcher with Alex Avila.

Collins, 22, is hitting .230/.392/.455 with eight home runs and 26 RBI through 50 games for High-A Winston-Salem.

The batting average is not ideal, but Collins has shown superb patience at the dish, drawing 43 walks thus far in 2017. In addition, he has cracked eight home runs with his left-handed bat, flashing his 20-homer potential. With improvements in the field as well, Collins remains one of the better prospects for the White Sox.

McCann (hand) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo on Tuesday.

There was some hope that McCann could return Tuesday, but apparently the Tigers feel it's necessary he shake the rust with a few games in the minors before slotting back into the major-league lineup. McCann has been out since May 25 with a left hand laceration. He's batting .286/.375/.786 on the year against left-handed pitching, but just .175/.261/.300 against righties.