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Perez went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in the 8-2 loss to St. Louis on Sunday.

Kansas City couldn't muster up much offense against Tyson Ross and Perez was the only Royal with a multi-hit effort. He's still batting just .232 on the year, a considerable drop-off from his career .267 average.

Stallings was recalled from Triple-A Indianapolis on Sunday.

With Francisco Cervelli (undisclosed) sidelined for the time being, the Pirates will call up Stallings to provide major-league catching depth. His stay may be short-lived if Cervelli avoids a disabled list stint, though. Jordan Luplow was optioned to Triple-A in a corresponding move.

Sanchez (groin) is expected to hit indoors and ramp up his catching activity Monday, Coley Harvey of ESPN.com reports.

Sanchez will arrive in New York Sunday night, but his bigger workload will wait to begin until Monday. This still leaves his timetable a bit up in the air, though things should become clearer once it's known how his body reacts to the increased activity.

Narvaez is not in the starting lineup Sunday against the Indians.

Narvaez started the past two games for the Pale Hose, but failed to record a hit in either contest. As a result, he'll get a day off Sunday, allowing Kevan Smith a turn behind the dish in his place.

Mesoraco is out of the lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Marlins.

Mesoraco hasn't start back-to-back games behind the plate since July 23-24, as Kevin Plawecki draws the start Sunday. Not helping matters is that Mesoraco is slashing .174/.310/.304 over 29 plate appearances in that span.

McCann is not in the lineup Sunday against the Twins, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

McCann holds just a .208/.274/.325 slash line over the last 30 games, so he'll head to the bench for a day off. Grayson Greiner will fill in for him behind the dish for the series finale with Minnesota.

Starting for the second time in three games, Casali went 1-for-3 with a walk and scored the go-ahead run in Saturday's win over the Diamondbacks.

Casali remains a very competent backup to Tucker Barnhart. He's now hitting .294/.400/.456 in 81 plate appearances.

Realmuto is not in the lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Mets, Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports.

Realmuto started the last five game for the Marlins, so he'll get a breather as he is 3-for-31 thus far in August. Bryan Holaday will bat seventh and start behind the plate against Noah Syndergaard and the Mets.

Jansen will be recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on Sunday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.

Jansen has slashed .275/.390/.473 with 12 home runs for the Bison this season. Luke Maile and Russell Martin have been splitting time at catcher for the Blue Jays -- with sub-par offensive results -- so it will be interesting to see how the team divides playing time after the call up of the 23-year-old, but he should certainly see fairly regular opportunities.

Manager Dave Roberts said he removed Grandal from Saturday's starting lineup so he wouldn't catch four days in a row, including three straight in the Denver altitude, Alanna Rizzo of SportsNet LA reports.

Roberts also said Grandal will return to the starting nine Sunday to catch Rich Hill. Austin Barnes is behind the plate and batting eighth for the Dodgers on Saturday.