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D'Arnaud went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in Sunday's win over the Marlins.

After going 0-for-2 with a walk in his first three plate appearances, d'Arnaud came through for fantasy managers in the eighth inning by clubbing a two-run homer off Andrew Nardi. The long ball was his seventh of the campaign and his fifth in his last 10 games. Through 34 appearances, d'Arnaud is slashing .279/.358/.492 while striking out at an 18.2 percent clip.

Rogers went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, an additional run scored and a walk in Sunday's 14-9 win over the Rockies.

Rogers was steady in June, batting .286 (14-for-49) with four homers over 17 games. He kept his power up in his first contest in July, giving him 11 long balls on the year. The catcher continues to have a slight edge over Eric Haase for playing time, though that could change when the Tigers get some outfielders back from the injured list. Rogers is slashing .203/.304/.473 with 26 RBI, 23 runs scored and seven doubles through 172 plate appearances, and he's hit safely in six of his last seven games.

Sabol is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Mets, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

While moving between designated hitter, left field and catcher, Sabol had started in each of the Giants' last eight games while going 5-for-26 with a pair of doubles. The lefty-hitting rookie will hit the bench with a southpaw (David Peterson) on the bump for the Mets, but Sabol's multiple pathways to the lineup should continue to make him at least a semi-regular starter against right-handed pitching.

Contreras went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer in Sunday's win over the Pirates.

Contreras got the Brewers on the board with a three-run, 435-foot shot off Rich Hill, giving Milwaukee a 3-2 lead in the third inning. It was Contreras' first homer since June 10 and his ninth of the season. The 25-year-old backstop has gone 6-for-20 (.300) over his last five games, boosting his slash line to .247/.337/.421 with 29 RBI and 34 runs scored across 267 plate appearances this season.

Naylor is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Cubs, Joe Noga of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

Naylor appears to be receiving some routine maintenance after he started behind the dish in the first two games of the series in Chicago while going hitless in seven at-bats. Cam Gallagher will form a battery with starting pitcher Aaron Civale in the series finale.

Zavala will start at catcher and bat ninth in Sunday's game against the Athletics.

With top backstop Yasmani Grandal getting the day off, Zavala will enter the lineup for the fourth time in five games. With manager Pedro Grifol having shown an increased willingness to deploy Grandal at designated hitter of late, Zavala could continue to see more playing time than the typical No. 2 backstop. Zavala helped his case for earning more work by slugging two home runs in an 11-5 win over the Angels on Wednesday, but he's still holding down a weak .552 OPS on the season.

Grandal is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against Oakland.

Grandal started the last three games and will take a seat after he went 3-for-13 with two walks, two RBI and two runs. Seby Zavala will work behind the plate Sunday.

Wallach is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks.

After going 0-for-20 with nine strikeouts over his last eight games, Wallach appears to have lost hold of the Angels' No. 1 catching gig, a role he appeared to have poached from Matt Thaiss a couple weeks ago. Thaiss will pick up his fourth start behind the plate in five games in place of the slumping Wallach.

Thaiss will start at catcher and bat seventh in Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks.

After making just two starts in an eight-game stretch from June 18 through June 27, Thaiss has now stepped in behind the dish four times over the Angels' subsequent five games. At least for the time being, Thaiss appears to have reclaimed primary catching duties from Chad Wallach.

Raleigh is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rays.

Raleigh started the first two games of the series versus Tampa Bay, and he'll take a seat for the finale after going 1-for-7 with two walks, a run and five strikeouts. Tom Murphy will step in behind the plate to catch for Luis Castillo.