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  • Jake Bauers RF | MIL

    Brewers' Jake Bauers: On bench again Sunday

    Bauers is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Rockies.

    Bauers is sitting for the second straight day as Kyle Freeland is the second consecutive lefty to start for Colorado. Gary Sanchez will step in behind the plate while William Contreras rests his legs as the designated hitter.

  • Michael Busch 3B | CHC

    Cubs' Michael Busch: Taking seat Sunday

    Busch is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Yankees.

    Busch went 1-for-17 while starting the past seven games but will sit Sunday against New York righty Gerrit Cole. Cody Bellinger will shift to first base while Mike Tauchman receives a start in right field.

  • Justin Turner 1B | SEA

    Mariners' Justin Turner: Late add to lineup

    Turner is starting at first base and batting fifth Sunday against the Cardinals.

    The 39-year-old was poised to sit Sunday in St. Louis but will instead start the contest since Victor Robles (elbow) was scratched. Turner is off to a slow start in September, as he's gone 4-for-20 with four walks, a double, an RBI and two runs in six games.

  • Carlos Santana 1B | MIN

    Twins' Carlos Santana: Sitting Sunday

    Santana (illness) is absent from Sunday's lineup against Kansas City.

    Santana left in the fifth inning of Saturday's game due to an illness, and he will sit for the series finale Sunday. Jose Miranda will start at first base while Ryan Jeffers serves as the designated hitter.

  • Yandy Diaz 1B | TB

    Rays' Yandy Diaz: Not in Sunday's lineup

    Diaz is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Orioles.

    Diaz started the previous four games and will receive a day off after going 7-for16 with two homers, five RBI and three runs during that span. Jonathan Aranda will receive a start at first base in the series finale at Baltimore.

  • Luis Arraez 2B | SD

    Padres' Luis Arraez: Tallies three hits Saturday

    Arraez went 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI in Saturday's loss to San Francisco.

    Arraez brought the Padres to within a run with his fifth-inning RBI single, but that was the final tally for the team. The talented DH/infielder extended his hitting streak to seven games with the performance, and he's batting an excellent .414 (12-for-29) with four walks, two steals, five runs and four RBI during that span, though all 12 of his hits have been singles. Remarkably, Arraez has gone 24 games and 108 plate appearances without a strikeout, and his minuscule 4.3 percent strikeout rate on the season leads qualified MLB hitters by a wide margin (Steven Kwan is second-best at 9.2 percent).

  • Bobby Dalbec 1B | BOS

    Red Sox's Bobby Dalbec: DFA'd by Boston

    The Red Sox designated Dalbec for assignment Sunday, Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.

    Dalbec has been with Triple-A Worcester since June 22. Since then, he has slashed .260/.345/.475 with 11 home runs, 43 RBI and a 36.9 percent strikeout rate across 249 plate appearances with Worcester. Dalbec has hit 47 home runs for the Red Sox over the past four seasons, and if he elects to move on from the organization, he should get interest from teams looking for a lefty-hitting first baseman.

  • Athletics' Tyler Soderstrom: Plays defense in second rehab game

    Soderstrom (wrist) started at first base and played six innings in a rehab game for Triple-A Las Vegas on Saturday, going 0-for-3.

    Soderstrom had the night off Friday after making his rehab-assignment debut as the designated hitter Thursday and slugging a two-run home run. The rookie took the important step of getting on the field Saturday, and he should continue ramping up his participation level in coming days with Las Vegas as he works to shake the rust from a near two-month layoff.

  • Andrew Vaughn 1B | CHW

    White Sox's Andrew Vaughn: Goes yard early in loss

    Vaughn went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run in Saturday's 7-5 loss to the Red Sox.

    Vaughn opened the scoring with a first-inning homer. This was Vaughn's second multi-hit effort in the last three games, following a stretch in which he went 2-for-28 over eight contests. The first baseman is up to a .240/.295/.399 slash line with 17 homers, 62 RBI, 51 runs scored, 28 doubles and two stolen bases across 131 contests as one of the White Sox's top hitters this year.

  • Rowdy Tellez 1B | PIT

    Pirates' Rowdy Tellez: Goes deep Saturday

    Tellez went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run and two walks across both games of Saturday's doubleheader against the Nationals.

    Tellez didn't start in the first game of the twin bill, but he came up as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning and drilled a 443-foot, two-run blast to right field. The first baseman added a walk later in that contest before going 0-for-4 with another walk in the nightcap. Even with the Game 1 homer Saturday, Tellez has had a rough start to September, going 3-for-18 with seven strikeouts over his first seven games.

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