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India went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Mets.

India continued his campaign for NL Rookie of the Year on Tuesday night with a solo home run off Mets starter Robert Stock. Since May 28, the Reds' second baseman has a .462 OBP, good for best in all of baseball. India has clearly attended the Joey Votto School of Taking Walks, as he's worked 47 free passes this season.

Arraez was removed from Tuesday's game against the White Sox with right knee soreness, Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

Arraez appeared to suffer the injury during the third inning when he slipped while fielding a ball in left field. The 24-year-old should be considered day-to-day heading into Wednesday's series finale with Chicago.

Rodgers is not starting Tuesday's game against the Marniners.

Rodgers missed the final two games of the first half due to illness but returned to the lineup last Friday. He'll get a breather Tuesday as Ryan McMahon shifts to second base and Josh Fuentes mans the hot corner.

Castro will start at second base and bat seventh Tuesday against the Rangers.

He'll be filling in for Isaac Paredes, who is day-to-day after picking up a hip injury in Monday's 14-0 win. Castro picked up a start at shortstop for a resting Zack Short on Monday and went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, an RBI and a run in the blowout victory.

Albies will start at shortstop and bat cleanup Tuesday against the Padres.

Albies has most commonly hit out of the No. 3 spot this season, but Ronald Acuna's season-ending injury has prompted manager Brian Snitker to shake up the batting order. The newly acquired Joc Pederson has settled into Acuna's old leadoff spot, but because Snitker doesn't want two lefties at the top of the lineup, the righty-hitting Dansby Swanson will hit between Pederson and Freddie Freeman. That leaves cleanup duties open for Albies, who has driven home a run in both of his starts out of the No. 4 spot so far.

Mayfield is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Athletics.

Luis Rengifo will get the nod at third base while Mayfield heads to the bench after a stretch of six consecutive starts. During that span, Mayfield went 3-for-16 with a solo home run, a double and two additional runs. He'll remain atop the depth chart while Anthony Rendon (hamstring) is on the shelf, but Mayfield's sickly .478 OPS for the season won't make him an appealing fantasy option outside of deep AL-only leagues.

Biggio went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's loss to the Red Sox.

He took Nick Pivetta deep in the fourth inning, but the Jays came into the frame already in a 12-0 hole. Biggio hadn't gone yard since June 16, snapping a 22-game power drought with the blast, and on the season he's slashing .226/.331/.378 with seven homers, three steals, 25 RBI and 26 runs through 67 contests.

Estrada went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored in Monday's 7-2 win over the Dodgers.

Estrada was right in the middle of things during a four-run seventh inning in which he sent a two-run double down the third-base line to extend the Giants' lead to 6-2. The 25-year-old has come out of nowhere to become a key contributor since being called up from Triple-A Sacramento on June 29. Since then, he's slashed .353/.421/.500 with a homer, 10 RBI, five runs scored and a 4:6 BB:K over 13 games. He figures to play an everyday role moving forward after the team placed Brandon Crawford on the 10-day injured list Monday with a left oblique strain.

McNeil went 2-for-6 with a home run, two RBI and two runs scored in Monday's 15-11 extra-innings win over the Reds.

He launched a solo shot off Vladimir Gutierrez in the first inning, going back-to-back with Pete Alonso to give the Mets an early 3-0 lead in the wild affair. McNeil has hit safely in eight straight games and is slashing .280/.359/.329 over 92 plate appearances since returning from the IL in late June, but Monday's homer was his first in that time and only his fourth of the season. His 2019 power output is increasingly looking like a product of that year's rabbit ball.

Kemp went 1-for-2 with a walk and a stolen base in Monday's 4-1 win over the Angels.

Kemp walked his first time up and later reached on a bunt single before stealing his fifth bag of the year. The 29-year-old hit well for the majority of June, but he started to tail off toward the end of the month and is slashing just .120/.286/.160 with six hits, one RBI, two runs scored and a 9:15 BB:K over 18 games since June 25. Kemp may no longer be an everyday player with Mark Canha having come back from the 10-day injured list over the weekend.