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Perez (thumb) will be activated from the disabled list on Monday to replace the injured Yan Gomes, Paul Hoynes of Cleveland.com reports.

Perez will replace Gomes, who dislocated his shoulder during Sunday's game against the Twins, on the 25-man roster on Monday. Perez injured his thumb in April and has spent time on the disabled list ever since. Over his career, he's slashed .235/.340/.379 over 277 total at-bats.

Bethancourt went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and an additional run scored during Sunday's win over the Giants.

Bethancourt got the start as Derek Norris took a seat, and he desposited a Johnny Cueto fastball into the seats in left to give the Padres a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning. Bethancourt quietly sports a .457 slugging percentage and five homers in just 105 at-bats this season, and he could carve out some fantasy value for himself is Norris is traded before the approaching deadline.

Speaking on his Sunday radio show, GM Neal Huntington gave no timetable for a return by Stewart (knee).

Huntington only said that Stewart was in the process of testing his knee. It might be premature to suggest that Stewart's season is over, but the Pirates seem to be hurrying Francisco Cervelli (hand) and Elias Diaz (elbow) back into the fold.

Diaz will move up from Double-A to Triple-A to continue his rehab assignment, Pirates Prospects reports.

GM Neal Huntington said Sunday that Diaz would head to Triple-A as soon as fellow rehabbing catcher, Francisco Cervellli, was ready to return in Pittsburgh. Unless Cervelli suffers an injury Sunday then he'll likely be back Tuesday with the Pirates following Monday's day off. Huntington said he's gotten good reports on Diaz, who's gone 11-for-30 in Altoona.

Perez (thumb) seems the likely candidate to join the Indians, via activation off the disabled list, following Yan Gomes' shoulder injury Sunday, Zack Meisel of The Plain Dealer reports.

Perez's potential role with the club was unclear when he was sent on the rehab assignment, but he could see a decent amount of time behind the dish with Gomes sidelined for an extended period of time. Assuming his activation is the corresponding move Monday, he and Chris Gimenez could be in line to share the duties until Gomes returns, at which point the Indians would need to make a decision.

Manager Terry Francona indicated after Sunday's game that Gomes will be placed on the disabled list with a separated shoulder, Zack Meisel of The Plain Dealer reports.

Considering he left the field in a cast and on a cart, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the veteran backstop will land on the DL. The team could reportedly activate Roberto Perez prior to Monday's contest against the Royals, leaving he and Chris Gimenez as the options behind the plate in Gomes' absence.

Gomes has suffered a right shoulder injury and will head back to Cleveland for further evaluation.

If there's any silver lining in this situation, it's that he didn't suffer a lower-body injury, which easily could have happened based on how Gomes appeared to fall. There appears to be little information known at the moment, but looks for Gomes to at least miss a few days in a best-case scenario.

Gomes was carted off the field in the fifth inning of Sunday's game against the Twins after he violently tripped while running out a groundball, suffering an apparent right arm injury in the process, Paul Hoynes of the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

After breaking a 0-for-27 slump in the third inning with a double, it didn't take long for Gomes' tremendously disappointing season to take another turn for the worse. While it looks like Gomes may have avoided a serious lower-body injury since he was able to stand and walk with assistance to the cart, team trainers immediately placed the catcher's right arm in a sling. An official timetable for Gomes' injury won't be known until the Indians' medical staff is able to conduct tests, but this certainly looked like the sort of injury that would require a DL stint. If that ends up being the case, Chris Gimenez would be next in line to take over as the Tribe's primary catcher.

Thole went 2-for-3 with a two-RBI double in Saturday's 5-4 loss to the A's.

The reserve catcher enjoyed some rare success at the plate, opening the scoring on the day by plating Troy Tulowitzki and Darwin Barney with a two-bagger to deep right field in the third. Thole now has back-to-back multi-hit and RBI efforts, and is slashing .333/.385/.417 over 12 at-bats in July.

Grandal is out of the lineup Sunday against the Diamondbacks.

Dating back to before the All-Star break, Grandal has started a total of five consecutive games behind the plate. He'll get a regular rest day Sunday, giving way to backup A.J. Ellis.