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Realmuto isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Nationals.

Realmuto has been on a tear recently, as he's gone 9-for-14 with a home run, two doubles, seven RBI, five walks, a stolen base and a walk across the last three games. Andrew Knapp will draw the start behind the dish and bat eighth.

The Phillies optioned Marchan to Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Wednesday.

Marchan had been serving as the Phillies' No. 3 catcher behind J.T. Realmuto and Andrew Knapp, but the club will swap him out for a bullpen piece in lefty Damon Jones. During his time with the Phillies, Marchan appeared in three games and went 2-for-5 with two runs.

Nola isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Athletics, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

Nola will get a breather after he went 4-for-5 with a double, two RBI, a run and a strikeout in Tuesday's win over Oakland. Victor Caratini will start at catcher and bat eighth.

Narvaez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Pirates.

With southpaw Steven Brault on the hill for Pittsburgh, the lefty-hitting Narvaez will take a seat, ending a streak of three straight starts behind the plate. Manny Pina will catch for Freddy Peralta in the series finale.

Casali went 1-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 3-1 loss to Arizona.

The catcher accounted for San Francisco's lone run when he went deep in the fifth inning. Casali has gone 3-for-6 with a homer and a double in his last two games. The 32-year-old has five long balls, 21 RBI, 15 runs scored and a .221/.329/.404 slash line in 158 plate appearances. He's likely to start every third game or so as Buster Posey's backup.

Barnhart is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins.

Barnhart will get a breather in the series finale after he caught in four of the Reds' past five games. Tyler Stephenson will be behind the dish Wednesday, working in a battery with Luis Castillo.

Jackson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 5-4 win over the Mets.

He opened the scoring on the night by taking Taijuan Walker deep in the second inning, his first career homer in the big leagues. Jackson also struck out twice, and the move to Miami at the trade deadline doesn't seem to have changed the catcher's fortunes at the plate -- it's a small sample of 58 plate appearances, but Jackson's gone just 4-for-51 (.078) with a 3:26 BB:K in the majors for his career.

Barnhart went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 7-5 loss to the Twins.

He went back-to-back with Eugenio Suarez to lead off in the third inning, giving the Reds an early 2-1 lead in the back-and-forth affair. Barnhart had an .815 OPS at the end of May but hasn't contributed much since, slashing .243/.304/.348 over his last 38 games with two of his five homers on the year.

Diaz went 3-for-4 with a grand slam, a double and three total runs in Tuesday's 13-6 win over the Cubs.

After Chicago jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, Diaz turned the tide with a grand slam in the bottom of the second inning. He added a single and a double and scored twice more over the remainder of the contest. Diaz is up to 12 homers on the campaign, with three of the long balls coming over his past four contests.

Realmuto went 2-for-4 with a solo home run during Tuesday's win over the Nationals.

Realmuto left the yard against Patrick Corbin in the seventh inning. After heating up with 10 hits over the last four games, the 30-year-old backstop has raised his season slash line to .275/.360/.458 to go with 12 long balls.