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Rays' Taylor Walls: Sitting Sunday
Taylor Walls is absent from Sunday's lineup against Boston, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.Jose Caballero will start at shortstop and bat eighth in Tampa Bay's regular-season finale. Unless he pinch hits Sunday, Walls will end the year having slashed .183/.282/.248 with 16 stolen bases, one home run and 14 RBI over 252 plate appearances.
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Rays' Taylor Walls: Idle Friday
Taylor Walls is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Red Sox.Walls will yield to Jose Caballero at shortstop for the second time in three games. In September, Walls is 12-for-50 (.240) with five stolen bases, eight runs and seven RBI.
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Rays' Taylor Walls: Heading back to bench Wednesday
Taylor Walls is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Tigers.Walls will hit the bench after a stretch of three consecutive starts and five starts in the past six games. The infielder has produced a weak .546 OPS in September, but that mark is actually an improvement over his season-long OPS of .519. He continues to see semi-regular playing time largely because of his defensive work.
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Rays' Taylor Walls: Out of Sunday's lineup
Taylor Walls is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Guardians.Walls started Friday and Saturday and will sit for Sunday's series finale after going 1-for-7 with three strikeouts. Jose Caballero is starting at shortstop and batting seventh.
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Rays' Taylor Walls: Resting Thursday
Taylor Walls isn't in the Tampa Bay Rays' lineup for Thursday's game versus Cleveland, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.Walls will take a seat Thursday after going 1-for-3 with an RBI during Wednesday's game against the Phillies. In his place, Jose Caballero will start at shortstop and bat sixth.
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Rays' Taylor Walls: Getting sixth straight start
Taylor Walls will start at shortstop and bat seventh in Monday's game against the Phillies, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.Walls will pick up his sixth consecutive start at shortstop and may have at least temporarily reclaimed a near-everyday role from Jose Caballero. The Tampa Bay Rays will have room in the middle infield for both players while Brandon Lowe (finger) is on the bench Monday for a fourth straight game, but Walls has made a case for continuing to see regular playing time once Lowe returns. Over his last five starts, Walls has gone 5-for-15 with a home run, three walks, five RBI, four runs and two stolen bases.
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Rays' Taylor Walls: Fills stat sheet in win
Taylor Walls went 2-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two RBI, an additional run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 7-1 win over the Orioles.Walls had his best game of the season Saturday, homering for the first time this year in the third inning and swiping his 13th bag in the eighth. The shortstop has produced on just six hits in his past 10 games, scoring six times while driving in seven runs. On the season, he is hitting just .178 with 12 RBI and 23 runs scored across 212 plate appearances.
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Rays' Taylor Walls: Rare offensive spark
Taylor Walls went 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored Friday against the Padres.Walls delivered a two-RBI single in the second inning, bringing his total on the season to only seven RBI across 193 plate appearances. He remains in a semi-regular role at shortstop for Tampa Bay and has stolen 11 bases on the season, but he otherwise offers a poor fantasy profile.
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Rays' Taylor Walls: Heading to bench Wednesday
Taylor Walls is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Mariners.Walls will hit the bench for the series finale after starting each of the past three games, allowing Jose Caballero to pick up a start at shortstop. The Tampa Bay Rays value Walls' glovework in the middle infield, but he's been one of the league's least productive hitters this season. Among the 378 players who have logged at least 150 plate appearances heading into Wednesday, Walls ranks 375th with a .493 OPS.
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Rays' Taylor Walls: Taking seat Saturday
Taylor Walls is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Dodgers.Walls had started six of the Tampa Bay Rays' last seven games, but he'll give way to Jose Caballero at shortstop Saturday. Walls is 11-for-48 (.229) with five runs, six stolen bases and more walks (six) than strikeouts (four) in August.