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Fortes will start at catcher and bat seventh in Monday's game against the Tigers, Ryan Bass of Rays.tv reports.

With lefty Framber Valdez on the hill for the Tigers, the Rays will send the left-handed-hitting Liam Hicks to the bench to open up a start for Fortes behind the plate. So long as Hicks is healthy, Fortes is likely to see the bulk of his playing time versus lefties, against whom he's slashing .254/.321/.339 across 133 plate appearances on the season.

The Brewers optioned Naylor to Triple-A Nashville on Monday.

Naylor was up with the Brewers as their 27th man in Sunday's MLB Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pa., but he remained on the bench for the entirety of a 4-2 loss to Atlanta. He'll head back to Nashville and may have to wait until the roster expands in September before he makes his Brewers debut.

Serven went 2-for-4 with a three-run home run in Sunday's 7-6 win over the Astros.

Serven put the Athletics on the board in the fifth inning, launching a three-run homer off Cristian Javier that chased the right-hander from the game and jump-started an eventual six-run comeback. Serven hasn't hit for much average since being recalled July 26, going just 9-for-39 (.231) across 13 games, but he's provided plenty of power. Four of his nine hits have left the yard, and he's driven in 11 runs during that span.

Diaz went 1-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Angels.

Diaz brought home a run with a sacrifice fly in his first trip to the plate before taking Yusei Kikuchi deep for a solo homer in the fifth inning. The performance snapped a rough stretch for the veteran catcher, who entered Sunday in a 3-for-20 slump without an RBI during that span. Through 172 plate appearances this season, Diaz is slashing .233/.253/.399 with six homers, nine doubles, 22 RBI and 15 runs scored, and he faces a tough battle to get regular playing time with Danny Jansen healthy and Logan O'Hoppe now on the big-league roster.

The Rays will promote Bodine from Double-A Montgomery to Triple-A Durham during the upcoming week.

The 22-year-old catcher will jump up to the highest rung of the minors after slashing .316/.397/.447 with five home runs and five steals in 179 plate appearances at Montgomery. Liam Hicks is locked in as the Rays' primary backstop at the big-league level for the foreseeable future, but Bodine could be a candidate to work in tandem with him at some point in 2027.

The Brewers recalled Naylor from Triple-A Nashville to serve as the 27th player for Sunday's Little League Classic against Atlanta, Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

The 26-year-old was acquired from Cleveland ahead of the summer trade deadline and will have the chance to make his Milwaukee debut Sunday in Williamsport. Naylor has gotten off to a hot start at Nashville, posting an .895 OPS with three homers in just 10 games after posting a .225/.344/.438 slash line in 45 contests at Triple-A Columbus prior to the trade.

Manager Dave Roberts said Sunday that Smith (neck) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Katie Woo of The Athletic reports.

The veteran backstop recently progressed to taking live batting practice and has now been cleared for game action. Smith has been shelved since early June due to neck inflammation, and he could be ready to rejoin the Dodgers when MLB rosters expand Sept. 1, which would give him time to play up to seven games with Oklahoma City.

Jeffers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.

Jeffers will get a rest Sunday after he started behind the plate for the first two contests of the series in San Diego. Victor Caratini will assume catching duties for the Twins in the finale.

Davis is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Dodgers.

After making four straight starts behind the plate from Aug. 8 through Aug. 12, Davis appears to have fallen into a timeshare with Rafael Flores. Davis has started on consecutive days just once over the past 10 games, with Flores' hot bat earning him more opportunities behind the plate as well as at first base on his non-catching days.

Double-A Chattanooga placed Duno on the 7-day injured list Aug. 4 due to a hamstring injury.

The 20-year-old backstop logged a .288/.397/.500 slash line with three home runs and a 16.7 percent strikeout rate in 18 games for the Lookouts before landing on the shelf.