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Sanchez cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A El Paso on Friday.

Sanchez -- designated for assignment on June 14 -- went unclaimed by another club during his waiver period and will remain with Triple-A El Paso. The 26-year-old slashed .143/.200/.393 with the White Sox Triple-A affiliate before being picked up off waivers by the Padres in May.

Gomes was left out of the lineup Friday after having a cyst drained on his back, Paul Hoynes of Cleveland.com reports. He is expected to return to the lineup Saturday.

Friday marks Gomes' second straight day out of the lineup, but no injury had been reported until Friday afternoon. That said, Gomes isn't expected to miss much additional time as he'll be available to pinch hit Friday and he should be able to return to the lineup for Saturday's tilt.

Gomes remains out of the lineup for Friday's game against Detroit.

Gomes is getting another game off as Chris Gimenez makes his second consecutive start behind the dish. Gomes is showing signs that he's breaking out of his slump with hits in each of his last four games and multi-hit performances his last two. Gomes will likely be back out there Saturday as he has yet to miss three consecutive games this season.

Stallings was optioned to Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday, Adam Berry of MLB.com reports.

Stallings was brought up by the Pirates on Sunday and went 1-for-8 at the plate with a double during his time with the club. Prior to being called up, he had been hitting .199/.242/.340 with four home runs and 21 RBI for Indianapolis this year.

Barnhart is not in Thursday's lineup against the Padres.

Barnhart has started the past four games, and will get a day off Thursday as Ramon Cabrera will man the catching duties. He had a rough road trip, going 3-for-27 at the plate, but the 25-year-old has provided a consistent presence behind the plate for the Reds this season.

Contreras will make his first major league start at first base, batting fourth, against Miami on Thursday, Carrie Muskat of MLB.com reports.

Contreras has generated plenty of excitement since his call up on June 17, smashing two homers and driving in five runs in only nine at-bats. He'll bring a four game hit streak into Thursday's game as he faces off against Miami hurler, Wei-Yin Chen.

Rupp is out of the lineup Thursday against the Twins, Meghan Montemurro of The News Journal reports.

He had started the last four games, and seven of the last nine, so Carlos Ruiz will get the nod in the day game following Wednesday's night game. Rupp has surprisingly returned solid value so far, especially when factoring in how much of a wasteland the catcher position has been this season. His .262 average may not be sustainable, but he should be able to hit double-digit homers this year for the first time since he hit 10 in High-A back in 2012.

Leon is out of the lineup Thursday against the Red Sox, Tim Britton of the Providence Journal reports.

Leon has made back-to-back starts behind the plate, going 1-for-5 at the plate with three walks and two runs scored. He'll give way to Christian Vazquez for the afternoon contest.

Rupp went 1-for-4 with a solo homer Wednesday at the Twins.

Rupp's sixth bomb of the year tied the game at one in the second inning of a game the Phillies would go on to lose. He's now homered in back-to-back games to raise his slash line to .262/.291/,458.

Diaz (elbow) has resumed more of his normal baseball activities including hitting and catching, and will begin to throw to bases in the near future, Bill Brink of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

Diaz started throwing at 120 feet last week and seems to be progressing well from a right elbow injury that has caused him to miss all of the 2016 season thus far. He decided to undergo surgery in early May and is still on pace to return just after the All-Star break around mid-July.