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Estrada will be called up by the Yankees on Sunday.

Estrada will replace Aaron Judge, who suffered an oblique injury Saturday. Estrada spent three days on the big-league roster earlier this month but did not get into a game.

Chavis remains out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Rays, Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.

The Red Sox promoted their top hitting prospect ahead of Friday's series opener, but he's been on the bench for both of his first two games with the big club. A corner infielder by trade, Chavis had been receiving work at the keystone prior to his callup, but the Red Sox may not be comfortable enough with his defense at the position to deploy him there on a regular basis. Tzu-Wei Lin will instead pick up a second straight start at second base with all of Dustin Pedroia (knee), Brock Holt (eye) and Eduardo Nunez (back) on the injured list.

Semien went 2-for-4 with a run in a loss to the Blue Jays on Friday and now has five multi-hit efforts in his last nine games.

Semien is a career .251 hitter, even when factoring in his .325 average through 95 plate appearances thus far this season. Therefore, skepticism persists that he'll be able to keep up anything close to his current pace, but the shortstop isn't yet showing any signs of a downturn. A look at Semien's peripheral stats reveals that a combination of improved plate discipline and a corresponding spike in contact rate have led to his stellar numbers in the early going. Both Semien's 11.6 percent walk rate and 86.7 percent contact rate are easily career highs and will naturally be pivotal to disproving the notion that his current numbers are simply outliers.

Drury went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's win over the A's.

Drury has been really struggling this season, batting .147/.194/.250 with a strikeout rate pushing 40 percent. It's nice to see him get on the board with his first long ball of the year, but Drury's playing-time outlook moving forward is murky with Vlad Guerrero Jr.'s arrival seemingly imminent. Second base is a possibility, although Drury hasn't really played the position much at all over the past two seasons.

Altuve went 2-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in Friday's 7-2 win over the Rangers.

He went back-to-back with Alex Bregman in the first inning, giving Justin Verlander all the offense he would need. Altuve now has eight homers in 19 games to begin 2019 after smacking only 13 all of last year, but that power display has come at a price -- the 28-year-old has only stolen one base in two attempts so far.

Lowe went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 6-4 loss to the Red Sox on Friday.

He's been a bit inconsistent, but Lowe has four multi-hit games since April 9. During that stretch, he also has six extra-base hits, including four homers. In large part because of this hot streak, Lowe is slashing .275/.329/.594 with six home runs, 14 RBI and 11 runs in 69 at-bats this season.

Chavis was called up from Triple-A Pawtucket on Friday, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.

The 23-year-old joins the big-league club ahead of the weekend series in Tampa Bay with a serious chance at heavy playing time, as Dustin Pedroia (knee), Eduardo Nunez (back) and Brock Holt (eye) are all on the injured list. Chavis has been receiving starts at second base with Pawtucket through the first few weeks of the season and will seemingly have those skills tested at the major-league level. The Red Sox's top prospect slashed .250/.354/.600 with four home runs in 12 games at Triple- A.

Beckham 2-for-4 with a stolen base and two runs scored in Thursday's 9-7 win over the White Sox.

Beckham recorded his first multi-hit game of the season as well as his first steal. The 32-year-old should continue to see regular playing time at shortstop while Jordy Mercer (quadriceps) is out, though Mercer's absence isn't expected to be particularly lengthy.

Clement was placed on the 7-day injured list Thursday with an adductor strain.

Clement was hitting just .120/.185/.200 through six games with Double-A Akron before landing on the shelf. It's unclear how long the issue will keep him sidelined at this point.

Lowe went 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and three RBI in Wednesday's 8-1 win over the Orioles.

The 24-year-old continues to impress at the plate. Lowe has a seven-game hitting streak going and is slashing .300/.358/.617 through 17 contests with five homers, two steals, 10 runs and 13 RBI. Joey Wendle (hamstring) is on target to return to action this weekend, but given Lowe's performance to date, manager Kevin Cash will almost certainly continue to find room for him in the starting lineup, whether at second base or elsewhere.