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Grandal isn't starting Wednesday against the Royals.

Grandal started the last two games and went 0-for-8 with two strikeouts. Seby Zavala will take over behind the plate and bat ninth Wednesday.

Plawecki isn't starting Wednesday against the Astros, Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.

Plawecki started the last two games and went 0-for-6 with two strikeouts. While he should see an uptick in playing time after Christian Vazquez was traded to Houston on Tuesday, Reese McGuire is starting behind the dish and batting eighth Wednesday.

Raleigh isn't starting Wednesday against the Yankees.

Raleigh started the last three games and went 1-for-12 with a solo home run and two strikeouts. Luis Torrens will take his place behind the dish and bat eighth.

Trevino isn't starting Wednesday against Seattle.

Trevino is getting a breather after he went 4-for-8 with three home runs, a double and four RBI over the last two games. Kyle Higashioka will start behind the plate and bat ninth.

Trevino went 2-for-4 with a double and a two-run home run in Tuesday's loss to Seattle.

Trevino's two-run shot came in the fourth inning. It sent Josh Donaldson home and put the Yankees within one run of the Mariners. After going hitless in three appearances, Trevino is 5-for-13 in his last four games, which includes two two-hit performances and three home runs. After ending July with a .255 batting average, the catcher has increased it to .265 thanks to two excellent performances to begin August.

Raleigh went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 8-6 win over the Yankees.

Raleigh's homer came in the second inning and increased Seattle's lead to 3-0. This was his 15th home run of the year and his first hit since July 28. The catcher has spent most of this season hitting below the Mendoza line, but he finished July with a .207 batting average. Raleigh is now sporting just a .204 average on the season, but his penchant for making impactful contact (28 out of 47 hits have gone for extra bases) affords him some fantasy value.

Maile went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBI in Tuesday's 6-3 loss to the Diamondbacks.

Maile was the only Guardian with multiple hits in the contest. He knocked in two of their three runs with a second-inning single and a sixth-inning double. The catcher hit a meager .219 in 15 games in July, and he's likely to remain in a backup role to Austin Hedges over the final two months of the campaign. Maile has a .206/.308/.294 slash line with no home runs, nine doubles, eight RBI and 15 runs scored in 120 plate appearances this year.

Rortvedt (knee) was activated from the 60-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Tuesday.

Rortvedt has been on the shelf since mid-May after undergoing knee surgery, but he's been deemed healthy after an 11-game rehab assignment. The 24-year-old may not see an opportunity in the big leagues this year while Jose Trevino and Kyle Higashioka remain healthy.

The Twins acquired Leon from the Guardians on Tuesday in exchange for right-hander Ian Hamilton.

The move restores some catching depth in the upper levels of the Twins' minor-league system after Caleb Hamilton was promoted from Triple-A St. Paul following Ryan Jeffers' (thumb) placement on the injured list shortly before the All-Star break. Leon, who is now with his third organization of the season, will report to St. Paul.

The Mariners acquired Casali (oblique) and Matthew Boyd (elbow) from the Giants on Tuesday in exchange for right-hander Michael Stryffeler, Robert Murray of FanSided.com reports.

Casali is on the injured list due to a right oblique strain, but he's already made three minor-league rehab appearances and should be ready to come off the IL by the end of the week. In his new destination, Casali will likely serve as the understudy to Cal Raleigh, who has shown enough strides at the plate over the past two months to hang on to the No. 1 job. In San Francisco, Casali had been occupying a larger side of a timeshare behind the dish with Joey Bart, but the trade should pave the way for Bart to see the lion's share of the starts at catcher for the Giants over the final two months of the season.