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Santana went 0-for-1 with four walks, an RBI and a run scored in Thursday's 13-0 win over the Reds.

Now in his 11th big-league season, Santana remains an on-base machine. He leads the majors with 15 walks. Santana is also striking out a lot lately (10 strikeouts in his last seven games) and he still sits with just one homer, but that same discerning eye is there and the track record should buy him a lot of time on fantasy rosters.

Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk Thursday against the Rangers.

Olson took Mike Minor deep in the second inning to collect his fourth home run of the season. After failing to homer in 10 consecutive starts, Olson now has gone yard in back-to-back games. Despite collecting only eight hits in 55 plate appearances to begin the season, Olson has drawn 13 walks and has an on-base percentage of .382.

White went 1-for-4 with an RBI ground-rule double in a win over the Angels on Wednesday, striking out in his other three plate appearances. He's now 1-for-18 with 10 strikeouts across five August games.

White's seventh-inning two-bagger Wednesday broke the 0-for-17 slump he'd opened the month with, a skid that's helped lead to a .125/.208/.229 season line. The rookie has only three extra-base hits (two doubles, one home run) on the campaign, and his mammoth 43.4 percent strikeout rate is naturally a major culprit in his struggles. With the Mariners' in a rebuilding mode, manager Scott Servais is still likely to give White a chance to continue working his way through his slump, especially considering the upside the 24-year-old demonstrated throughout his minor-league career, as well as the fact he's still adjusting to big-league arms after only having logged 18 plate appearances at the Triple-A level.

Gurriel went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Wednesday's 14-7 loss to the Diamondbacks.

Gurriel went yard in the eighth inning off Diamondbacks reliever Hector Rondon, but it was too little and too late to help the Astros turn things around. Gurriel has hit safely in six straight games, going 9-for-26 with two RBI and five runs scored in that span. The 36-year-old is hitting .286 with two homers, four RBI and eight runs scored across 51 plate appearances.

Olson went 2-for-3 with two home runs, three RBI and a walk in Wednesday's 6-4 win over the Rangers.

Olson put the Athletics ahead with a two-run blast in the bottom of the first inning. That lead didn't hold, but he would later provide insurance with a solo shot off Rangers reliever Luke Farrell in the eighth. Olson now has three homers, nine RBI and six runs scored in 12 games this season despite a .179/.373/.410 triple-slash line.

Voit went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in the second game of the Yankees' doubleheader against the Phillies on Wednesday.

Voit sat out the early game of the doubleheader but performed well when he returned to the lineup. He provided the Yankees with an early 1-0 lead, taking Aaron Nola deep in the second frame to record his fourth home run of the campaign. While he's provided plenty of power early on, Voit has also struck out 39 percent of the time in 31 plate appearances this season.

Tellez is not in the lineup Wednesday against Atlanta.

Tellez will stick on the bench for a second straight day with the Blue Jays facing another lefty in Sean Newcomb. In his place, Randal Grichuk is serving as DH while Anthony Alford gets the start in center field.

Voit is not starting the afternoon portion of Wednesday's doubleheader against the Phillies.

Expanded rosters mean the Yankees won't have to ask many players to start two games in one day. Mike Ford will be the first basemen for Game 1 of the doubleheader, but Voit will likely be in the lineup for Game 2.

Guerrero went 2-for-3 with a walk, two doubles and a run scored in Tuesday's 10-1 loss to Atlanta.

The 21-year-old has struggled to make hard contact to begin the season, so this performance was encouraging -- especially on a night when the Jays only managed five hits in total. Guerrero is hitting .219 (7-for-32) through eight games as he searches for a way to translate his dominant minor-league numbers to the majors.

Tellez isn't in the lineup Tuesday against Atlanta.

Tellez has served as the Blue Jays' primary designated hitter to begin the season and is currently riding a four-game hit streak. However, Lourdes Gurriel will shift to designated hitter Tuesday with Anthony Alford taking over in left field and batting ninth.