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Mountcastle went 3-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Blue Jays in the first game of Wednesday's doubleheader.

Mountcastle had a solid finish to 2022, slashing .279/.362/.441 with four home runs and 19 RBI from Sept. 1 onward. The 25-year-old's power took a downward turn this year, as his slugging percentage dropped from .487 in 2021 to .423 while he hit only 22 homers in 2022 compared to 33 last year. It was still a solid campaign for Mountcastle, and he should come into spring training as Baltimore's starting first baseman once again.

Pasquantino went 2-for-4 a solo home run in Wednesday's loss against the Guardians.

The rookie capped off a solid start to his career with a two-hit effort, including a solo home run in the first inning. The homer, his 10th of the season, capped off a season-ending hot streak that saw Pasquantino hit .408 (29-for-71) with two home runs and a 6:11 K:BB over his final 19 games.

Naylor went 2-for-4 with a double, three RBI and one run scored in Wednesday's win over the Royals.

Naylor provided a big lift for Cleveland, driving in three of the Guardians' nine runs on the day. Two of those RBI came via a two-run double in the first inning to put the Guardians up 2-1, and the third came via an RBI single in the eighth. Naylor had his ups and downs this season, but his season-long line held up at a respectable .256/.319/.452 over 498 plate appearances.

Guerrero is out of the lineup for the second game of Wednesday's doubleheader with the Orioles.

After going 2-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in the Blue Jays' 5-4 loss in Game 1, Guerrero will retreat to the bench for the regular-season finale. He'll be absent from the lineup for the first time since July 5 and will close the season with a .274 batting average, 32 home runs, 97 RBI, 90 runs and eight stolen bases.

Arias is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.

Arias' streak of nine consecutive starts will come to an end in the regular-season finale while Cleveland rolls out the infield configuration that will likely be the norm for the postseason (Josh Naylor, Andres Gimenez, Amed Rosario and Jose Ramirez). While filling in at all four infield spots over the last nine games, Arias went 7-for-28 (.250 average) with three extra-base hits, seven walks and a stolen base.

Santana went a combined 4-for-8 with two walks, an RBI and two runs over both games of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Tigers.

The veteran went 3-for-4 with an RBI single, a walk and a run in the first game before lacing another knock, drawing another free pass and crossing the plate again in the nightcap. Santana heads into Wednesday's regular-season finale swinging a hot bat of late, hitting .412 (7-for-17) over his last five games.

Diaz isn't in the lineup Wednesday against the Red Sox, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Diaz started Tuesday against Boston and went 0-for-2 with a strikeout. He'll head to the bench for the third time in the last four games while Jonathan Aranda takes over at the hot corner and bats ninth.

Casas isn't starting Wednesday against Tampa Bay, Chris Cotillo of The Springfield Republican reports.

Casas will head to the bench for a second consecutive game to close out the regular season since left-hander Josh Fleming is starting for the Rays. Eric Hosmer is starting at first base and batting seventh.

Clemens is on the bench for Wednesday's season finale in Seattle.

Despite hitting a grand slam among his four at-bats in the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader with the Mariners, Clemens won't be rewarded with another start in the season finale. Even after connecting on his fifth home run of the season, the 26-year-old rookie is still sitting on a lowly .147/.198/.310 slash line over his first 126 big-league plate appearances.

Mountcastle is not in the starting lineup for Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader with the Blue Jays, Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com reports.

After he was set to sit out Tuesday's matchup before it was rained out, Mountcastle will remain on the bench for Wednesday's matinee. Jesus Aguilar will take over at first base and bat fifth versus Toronto.