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  • Padres' Xander Bogaerts: Gets rare day off

    Bogaerts is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Reds.

    Bogaerts will hit the bench for just the second time all season in what appears to be a routine maintenance day after he had started each of the past 16 games. Tyler Wade will step in for Bogaerts at second base and will bat ninth.

  • Bryson Stott 2B | PHI

    Phillies' Bryson Stott: Getting rest Wednesday

    Stott is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels.

    With a lefty (Patrick Sandoval) on the mound for the Angels and with the Phillies and Halos wrapping up their series with a day game after a night game, the lefty-hitting Stott will get a maintenance day. Whit Merrifield will replace Stott at second base.

  • Giants' Thairo Estrada: Logs first steal

    Estrada went 0-for-3 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 4-0 loss to the Red Sox.

    Estrada reached on an error and recorded his first steal of the year to get into scoring position, though he was left on base. Considering he logged a combined 44 steals over the previous two seasons, it's unusual that he's been less active on the basepaths. It doesn't help that he's batting just .229 with a .248 on-base percentage for the year, though those numbers improve to .291 and .316, respectively, over the last 16 games. Estrada is still seeing a starting role at second base despite the early struggles, while Tyler Fitzgerald remains in more of a bench role.

  • Jonathan India 2B | CIN

    Reds' Jonathan India: Steal, two RBI in loss

    India went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and two RBI in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Padres.

    India delivered a two-run single in the sixth inning then put himself in scoring position with his third steal of the season. He took a turn at cleanup -- his first time this season -- as the Reds continue to work around the absence of primary cleanup hitter Christian Encarnacion-Strand (hand). India is 9-for-23 (.391) over six games since returning from an illness that cost him four days.

  • Brice Turang 2B | MIL

    Brewers' Brice Turang: Plates three during win

    Turang went 2-for-3 with three RBI, a run scored, a walk and stole a base during Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Rays.

    Turang's RBI single in the second inning drove in Jackson Chourio to give Milwaukee a 2-0 lead, and his seventh-inning double scored another two runs, pushing the score to 8-2. The 24-year-old second baseman continues to look like a reformed hitter, batting .312 through 93 at-bats this season -- a drastic improvement from his .218 average last year -- and his 14 stolen bases rank second in the majors.

  • Tyler Black DH | MIL

    Brewers' Tyler Black: Tallies two hits in debut

    Black went 2-for-4 and scored a run during Tuesday's win over Tampa Bay.

    Black was not in the Brewers' starting lineup Tuesday, but he ended up serving as the designated hitter for most of the game after Gary Sanchez (hamstring) was removed from the game in the first inning. Black doubled and singled in his first two MLB at-bats, and he was able to score his first run in the big leagues thanks to a fifth-inning Willy Adames homer. The 23-year-old infielder will likely see the field most often versus right-handed starters, though he showed he can hold his own against lefties Tuesday, as both of his hits Tuesday came off of southpaws.

  • Gavin Lux 2B | LAD

    Dodgers' Gavin Lux: On bench versus lefty

    Lux isn't in the Dodgers' lineup Tuesday versus the Diamondbacks.

    Lux will sit in consecutive games for the first time this season with the Diamondbacks starting their second straight southpaw in Jordan Montgomery on Tuesday. Miguel Rojas will start at second base and bat eighth.

  • Xavier Edwards SS | MIA

    Marlins' Xavier Edwards: Upping baseball activities

    Edwards (foot) has increased his baseball activities this week, Christina De Nicola of MLB.com reports.

    It's been a slow recovery for Edwards as he comes back from a bacterial infection in his left foot. While there remains no timetable for his return, it does appear he's finally making some progress.

  • Tommy Edman CF | LAD

    Cardinals' Tommy Edman: Tee work from both sides of plate

    Edman (wrist) took swings off a tee from both sides of the plate last week, Derrick Goold of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

    Edman had been limited to hitting only from the right side due to lingering concerns about his surgically repaired right wrist. However, he's now progressed to hitting from both sides of the dish and has done so without any soreness. Edman will continue a hitting progression as tolerated and appears far off from a return, but he's progressing.

  • Vidal Brujan 2B | MIA

    Marlins' Vidal Brujan: Resting Monday

    Brujan is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Nationals.

    Brujan will hit the bench for the series finale after he had started at third base in each of Miami's last three games while going 6-for-11 with two triples, three runs and one RBI. Though Emmanuel Rivera will get the nod at the hot corner Monday, Brujan's hot hitting of late should gave him the leg up in terms of playing time at the position until Jake Burger (intercostal) returns from the 10-day injured list.

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