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Maile is out of the lineup Sunday against the Orioles, MLB.com's Bill Chastain reports.

Promoted Friday from Triple-A Durham, Maile immediately claimed the first two starts at catcher out of the All-Star break for the Rays, recording three hits across those contests. Curt Casali will get the nod Sunday, but since he hasn't given the Rays much in the way of offense this season, Maile could have a case for more frequent starts if he keeps hitting well on days he's in the lineup.

McCann is out of the lineup Sunday against the Royals.

McCann was behind the plate for the first two games out of the All-Star break, going 0-for-8 at the dish. He'll get the day off Sunday afternoon, with Jarrod Saltalamacchia stepping in to handle the catching duties.

Leon went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and three-run homer in Saturday's 5-2 victory over the Yankees.

The improbable story that is Leon's 2016 season at the plate continues, as he practically defeated the Yankees single-handedly. His fourth-inning RBI single brought home Jackie Bradley, and his 424-foot shot in the sixth drove in Bradley and Aaron Hill, giving the Red Sox a 5-1 lead. Leon now has three straight two-hit efforts and is slashing .458/.500/.712 over 59 at-bats this season.

Garver is hitting .265/.347/.419 with eight home runs at Double-A Chattanooga.

Garver has an 11.6-percent walk rate and some power, but it's not clear he has the bat to make the majors. However, he has a strong arm behind the plate and the Twins are thin at catcher, so it's possible he could work his way to the majors as a backup next year. At age 25, he's getting too old to be considered much of a prospect.

Maile went 2-for-3 with an RBI single in Friday's 4-3 loss to the Orioles.

The rookie backstop had a solid debut after being called up from Triple-A Durham, plating Corey Dickerson with a run-scoring single in the third and adding another hit as well. Maile will spell starter Curt Casali intermittently while he remains with the big league club.

Thole struggled in his limited playing time during the first half of the season, hitting a measly .141 with just one extra-base hit in 78 at-bats.

The fact that Russell Martin was disgustingly awful for the first two-plus months of the season, and Thole still didn't receive extra playing time, tells you all you need to know about his fantasy value. If not for being knuckleballer R.A. Dickey's personal catcher, it's very unlikely that Thole would still be wearing a big league uniform with the way his season has gone.

Maile is expected to be called up Friday.

Maile is getting the call up to be replace Hank Conger who was sent down to the minors Monday. Although Maile will be behind Curt Casali on the depth chart, he figures to see one or two starts a week at catcher on days when Casali needs off. Maile has spent all of 2016 with Triple-A Durham where he's accumulated a .242/.310/.340 slash line over 58 games.

Thole went 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and two RBI in Sunday's win over the Tigers.

He continues to get a start or two a week as R.A. Dickey's personal catcher, but Thole's .141/.239/.179 slash line on the season tells you all you need to know about his fantasy value.

Perez (thumb), who figures to be rehabbing for a few more weeks, may not be guaranteed a role with the Indians once he's back healthy, MLB.com reports.

Perez started the season as the Tribe's backup catcher but Chris Gimenez has become Trevor Bauer's personal catcher during Perez's injury and the Indians may be reluctant to break the duo up with Bauer performing so well.

Perez will be held out of the lineup for Sunday's tilt with Seattle, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com reports.

Perez will get the day off as Drew Butera makes a start behind the plate and bats ninth. Perez, who's made six consecutive starts coming into Sunday, is 5-for-10 with two homers, five runs and four RBI over the last three games.