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Mets manager Terry Collins confirmed catcher Travis d'Arnaud will be activated off the disabled list Friday. Collins added d'Arnaud will be eased back into action and won't catch more than two or three games in a row.

He has been on the disabled list since June 23 due to a sprained left elbow. He has been active for only 19 games this season due to injury.

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud is ready to come off the disabled list and will likely be activated prior to Friday's game against the Nationals, according to MLB.com.

D'Arnaud traveled to New York after going 1 for 5 for Double-A Binghamton on Wednesday, according to the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin.

He has been on the disabled list since June 23 due to a sprained left elbow. He has been active for only 19 games this season due to injury.

D'Arnaud hit safely in all five games on a rehab assignment with Binghamton. He hit .300 (6 for 20) with one double, one RBI, three runs and two strikeouts.

Royals center fielder Lorenzo Cain and catcher Salvador Perez were held out of the starting lineup for Wednesday's game at Cleveland. Drew Butera started for Perez and Jarrod Dyson started in Cain's absence.

Perez is hitless in his last four games (13 at-bats) and is batting .169 through 20 July games. Cain has had a much better month offensively, posting a .366/.422/.683/1.105 slash line through 21 July games.

Rays catcher Curt Casali went 3 for 4 with two home runs in Tuesday's win over Detroit. 

Casali became the second rookie catcher in MLB history to have back-to-back games with multiple home runs. Casali also went deep twice on Monday. 

The Mariners' Kenji Johjima also had back-to-back multi homer games in 2006. 

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud successfully caught the entire game on Tuesday with Double-A Binghampton, as he continues to recover from a sprained elbow. d'Arnaud went 1 for 4 in the 3-0 victory.

The Mets have not laid out the next step in his rehab assignment, but the team is hoping to have him back in the lineup by this coming weekend. d'Arnaud has been on the disabled list since June 20.

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud went 1 for 3 with a single in a Double-A rehab game on Monday.

d'Arnaud is working his way back from a sprained left elbow. He is expected to catch a full rehab game on Tuesday.

"I feel great, and I'm excited to get back whenever they feel like I'm ready," d'Arnaud said, per ESPN.com.

Rays catcher Curt Casali smacked two home runs to help send the Rays to a 5-2 win over the Tigers on Monday.

Casali hit his fifth home run of the season off Anibal Sanchez in the third inning and his sixth off Bruce Rondon in the eighth inning. He finished the game 3 for 4 with three RBI.

Prior to Monday's win, Casali was hitting .167 with two home runs and four RBI in his last 11 games.

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud went 2 for 5 with a run scored in his rehab assignment game for Double-A Binghamton on Sunday.

d'Arnaud is currently on the 15-day disabled list with an elbow injury.

Royals catcher Salvador Perez gets a break from the field on Sunday. Perez is in the starting lineup at designated hitter for Sunday's game. 

It's Perez's second start at DH this year and first since June 30. 

Replacing Perez at catcher is Drew Butera, who gets his 12th start behind the plate and second in three games. 

Mets catcher Travis d'Arnaud, who has been sidelined with a sprained elbow since June 20, began his rehab assignment with Double-A Binghamton on Saturday, per ESPN.com. 

d'Arnaud went 1-for-3 and was behind the plate for five innings. If all goes well, the catcher could return to the Mets' lineup next week.