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Olson (eye) isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Baltimore.

Olson will be out of the lineup for a third straight game as he continues to deal with an eye injury that he sustained during batting practice Thursday. Seth Brown will start at first base and bat sixth.

Vaughn isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Cleveland.

Vaughn had started each of the last three games and went 3-for-9 with two doubles, three runs and four strikeouts. Jake Lamb will start in left field and bat eighth.

Kirilloff went 2-for-4 with two home runs, a walk and four RBI in Friday's 9-1 win over Kansas City.

Kirilloff made some major noise for the first time since his April 23 call-up. The 23-year-old launched his first two major-league homers, the first being a three-run blast in the third and his second just a solo shot in the fifth. He became the first Twins player to hit his first two career home runs in the same game since Pat Meares in 1994. Kiriloff started out just 3-for-26 with an RBI, a run scored and a 0:6 BB:K over his first eight games, so it was encouraging to see him finally living up to the hype as the organization's top prospect.

Santana went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 9-1 loss to the Twins.

Santana provided the only run for the Royals when he drove a fastball 424 feet to right-center field in the fourth inning. After a disappointing 2020 campaign, the 35-year-old is slashing .247/.363/.506 with six home runs, 20 RBI and 14 runs scored to go along with a 16:15 BB:K. He's been one of the Royals' better hitters and is a key reason why they're in sitting in first place over the first month of the season.

Olson (eye) isn't starting Friday's game against the Orioles, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.

Olson has been dealing with an eye issue since he suffered an injury during batting practice Thursday, and he'll be out of the lineup for a second straight day. Mitch Moreland will start at first base while Jed Lowrie shifts to DH and Tony Kemp enters the lineup at the keystone.

Voit (knee) is scheduled to play a rehab game with Double-A Somerset on Tuesday, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports.

The 30-year-old progressed to taking live at-bats at the alternate training site this week, and the next step in his recovery is rehab games. Voit could require a fair amount of reps before being cleared for big-league action after missing the first month of the season while recovering from knee surgery in late March for a partially torn meniscus.

Naylor is out of the lineup Friday against the White Sox.

Naylor is splitting his playing time between first base and right field, but he'll be on the bench for Friday's contest. Yu Chang receives the start at first base while Jordan Luplow works in right for Cleveland.

Gurriel is not in the lineup Friday against the Rays, Jake Kaplan of The Athletic reports.

The 36-year-old started the first 25 games of the season at first base for the Astros, and he'll receive a well-earned day off after posting a .999 OPS with four homers, seven doubles, 16 RBI and 11 runs. Aledmys Diaz will take over at first base in place of Gurriel on Friday.

White was placed on the bereavement list Friday.

White will likely miss at least the weekend series against the Angels while on the list. Jacob Nottingham was added to the roster in a corresponding move.

Vaughn started in left field for both games of Thursday's doubleheader against the Tigers. He was a combined 3-for-6 with two doubles, a walk and three runs scored in Chicago's sweep.

Vaughn's average has steadily climbed after opening the season with three hits in his first 22 at-bats (.136). Since then, the rookie's reached base safely in seven straight with hits in six of them, going 9-for-22 and pushing his average to .273. Eventually, the White Sox hope to see Vaughn display more power. He has just one RBI over 15 games for a team that ranks second in MLB with 5.16 runs per game.