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Contreras went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers.

Contreras took Dane Dunning deep to for his second home run in three games. Though he's found some power in his swing lately, Contreras has just four hits total over his last 14 games dating back to May 19, and for the year, he's slashing just .213/.299/.372 with seven homers, 27 RBI, 24 runs and a 24:55 BB:K over 234 plate appearances.

Hedges is not in the starting lineup Wednesday versus the Athletics, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports.

Hedges will take a seat after he went 1-for-7 with a run scored, a walk and two strikeouts while starting the first two games of the series with Oakland. Jason Delay will start at catcher and bat ninth in the series finale Wednesday.

Stephenson went 3-for-5 with two RBI in Tuesday's 9-8 win over the Dodgers.

Stephenson recorded base knocks in the first, seventh and ninth innings, while his two RBI came from his hit in the opening frame. Tuesday marked hist first multi-hit game since May 27 and his second three-hit effort this year. The 26-year-old has just 15 extra-base hits in 238 plate appearances this year, leading to a .105 ISO, which is currently in the bottom 20 of the league among all qualified hitters. He now owns a slash line of .246/.332/.351 with three homers, 24 RBI, 26 runs and a 24:66 BB:K.

Bailey went 3-for-5 with two doubles, one triple, one RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 10-4 win over the Rockies.

Bailey took advantage of the Colorado air to pummel some extra-base hits. The catcher has logged four multi-hit efforts over his last nine contests, and he continues to see regular playing time behind the dish. He's also struck out 11 times over his last six games, and he's at a 31.6 percent strikeout rate on the year. Bailey has added a strong .309/.321/.545 slash line with two home runs, 13 RBI, six runs scored, five doubles and a triple in 15 games. It's unclear if Bailey's shown enough to stay in the majors once Joey Bart (groin) is activated from the injured list.

Alvarez is not in the starting lineup Tuesday at Atlanta.

Alvarez caught fire toward the end of May, but he's gone 0-for-14 with four strikeouts and zero walks over his last five games. Omar Narvaez will start behind the plate and bat ninth for the Mets on Tuesday night.

D'Arnaud is not in the lineup Tuesday versus the Mets.

Sean Murphy will catch and Marcell Ozuna is serving as Atlanta's designated hitter. D'Arnaud got off to an encouraging start this season, but he has slashed just .231/.286/.333 in 42 plate appearances since returning from the concussion IL nearly a month ago. He's drawn only 10 starts in that timeframe.

Fortes went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored in Monday's win over the Royals.

Fortes is now 12-for-38 (.342) with a .917 OPS in his last 12 games while seeing the majority of reps behind the plate in Miami. While he doesn't offer a ton of power (three home runs), Fortes could be a viable catching option in deeper leagues. He's slashing .250/.302/.333 with 12 RBI, 14 runs scored and three stolen bases through 129 plate appearances this season.

Contreras went 0-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Monday's 4-3 loss to the Rangers.

Contreras got aboard on an error in the second inning, stole third and scored on a Paul DeJong single. Over his last 11 games, Contreras has gone an awful 2-for-40, though one of those hits was a home run. The prolonged slump has him down to a .211/.296/.358 slash line with five steals, six homers, 26 RBI and 23 runs scored through 56 contests. He could begin to cede some playing time to Andrew Knizner if he can't get his bat going again.

Sanchez went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk against the Cubs in Monday's 5-0 win.

Sanchez put the Padres on the board in the second inning with a two-run shot to left field. The veteran catcher has logged just 28 at-bats for San Diego so far, but he's already gone deep three times -- one more than fellow backstops Austin Nola and Luis Campusano (thumb) have produced over 128 at-bats combined. Sanchez should have an open path to the primary catcher role for the Padres moving forward given the struggles of Nola in particular.

Stephenson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Monday's 2-0 win over Milwaukee.

Offense was scarce in the contest, and Stephenson accounted for one of two total runs with his fourth-inning solo blast. The long ball was his first since May 13, a span of 19 games. Stephenson has struggled since that previous homer, batting .189 with 24 strikeouts and just 14 hits over 74 at-bats.