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Stassi is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

Stassi is 2-for-48 over his past 13 contests and will take a seat Sunday for the second time in the Angels' last three games. Chad Wallach will step in behind the plate and bat eighth.

Maldonado was scratched from Sunday's lineup against the Angels with an illness, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

Maldonado was originally set to work behind the plate, but he'll instead receive a day off since he's under the weather. According to McTaggart, the veteran backstop is expected to rejoin the lineup Monday versus the Rangers. Christian Vazquez will work behind the plate Sunday.

Raleigh is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.

Raleigh will be receiving some routine maintenance in the series finale after he caught in five of the Mariners' past six contests. Curt Casali steps in behind the plate Sunday in Raleigh's stead.

Haase (abdomen) will start at designated hitter and serve as the Tigers' No. 5 batter in Sunday's game against the Royals.

Haase checks back into the lineup after a one-game absence due to a lower abdominal contusion, which he sustained in Friday's 5-4 win. Though Haase is projected to see most of his playing time at catcher moving forward, he'll be eased back into action in a non-defensive role while Tucker Barnhart gets another turn behind the dish.

McGuire is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rangers, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.

McGuire went 0-for-3 with a walk, a stolen base and two strikeouts Saturday and will take a seat Sunday for the second time in the past three games. Connor Wong will work behind the plate in the series finale and bat ninth.

Trevino is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays.

Trevino started the past three games and will receive a maintenance day for the series finale in Tampa Bay. Kyle Higashioka will work behind the plate and bat ninth.

Mejia is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

Mejia went 2-for-3 with a run scored during Saturday's contest and will take a seat for the series finale. Christian Bethancourt will work behind the plate and bat seventh Sunday.

Perez (hand) is starting behind the plate and batting third Sunday against the Tigers, Joel Goldberg of Bally Sports Kansas City reports.

The 32-year-old sat out Saturday's contest after being hit by a pitch on the right hand Friday, but he was diagnosed with a bruise after X-rays came back negative and will end up missing only one game. Perez is 0-for-7 through his first two games in September, though he finished August on a seven-game hitting streak, during which he had a 1.156 OPS.

Barnhart went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Saturday's loss to the Royals.

Barnhart launched a solo shot in the fifth inning, but the Tigers were behind 9-1 at the time, and it would turn out to be their final score of the game. For Barnhart, it was his first homer of the season. This has not been a productive season for the catcher who is likely to see his lowest run, home run and RBI totals outside of a 54 at-bat rookie year and the shortened 2020 season.

Zavala went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored Saturday against the Twins.

Zavala had been out of the lineup for the team's last three games since the return of Yasmani Grandal. Zavala tallied a two-run single with position player Nick Gordon on the mound in the eighth inning of the blowout 13-0 win. He will find regular plate appearances hard to come by so long as Grandal is healthy, but Zavala has maintained a strong .276/.349/.388 line across 174 plate appearances on the season.