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Lowe is a candidate to lead off against right-handed pitchers while Austin Meadows (thumb sprain) is on the injured list, Josh Tolentino of The Athletic reports.

Joey Wendle, who was just activated from the injured list, is manager Kevin Cash's other option atop the lineup while Meadows is out. Lowe was providing excellent counting stats (15 RBI, 11 runs) in the middle of the order. A move up would hurt his RBI chances while giving him a slight bump up in runs scored.

Altuve is not in Sunday's lineup against the Rangers, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

He is hitting .345 with seven home runs and 14 strikeouts over his last 14 games, and will get some well-deserved rest in this one. Aledmys Diaz will start at the keystone, hitting seventh.

Frazier (back) is out of the lineup for the third straight game Sunday against San Francisco.

Back spasms have kept Frazier out of the lineup for the entirety of the weekend series. Colin Moran starts at second base in his absence.

Chavis is starting at second base and hitting seventh Sunday against the Rays, Christopher Smith of MassLive.com reports.

He started on the bench Friday and Saturday after getting the promotion from Triple-A prior to Friday's game, but he'll finally be a part of the starting nine against tough righty Tyler Glasnow. Given the amount of injuries facing the Red Sox at the keystone, it would seem logical for Chavis to get regular work, at least in the short term, but it remains to be seen if that will be the case next week. Tzu-Wei Lin is the only other healthy player on the 25-man roster who has significant experience at second base.

Torres is not in Sunday's lineup against the Royals.

As the Yankees deal with mounting injuries to their offensive core, Torres is in the midst of a 7-for-35 skid at the plate, striking out 29.7 percent of the time over that nine-game span. Tyler Wade will start at shortstop, hitting ninth.

Drury went 3-for-4 with a double, a home run, two runs scored and two RBI in Saturday's 10-1 win over the A's.

He's now homered in back-to-back games, although those are Drury's only two long balls on the year. The 26-year-old still only sports a .181/.234/.333 slash line through 19 games, though, and time is running out for him to prove to the Jays that he deserves to keep a starting role -- whether at second base or elsewhere -- after Vlad Guerrero Jr. joins the big-league roster and displaces Drury from third base.

Polanco is sitting for the second game of Saturday' doubleheader against the Orioles, Phil Miller of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

Polanco went 0-for-5 in the first game of the day. Ehire Adrianza will fill in at shortstop for the nightcap.

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.

Hernandez is on the bench Saturday against the Brewers.

Hernandez sits for the second straight game despite hitting a game-winning pinch-hit homer in Friday's contest. According to Jorge Castillo of the Los Angeles Times, it's just a pair of scheduled off days for the 27-year-old, as he is slated to start Sunday's series finale as well as all three upcoming games against the Cubs.

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.