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Alvarez is not in Wednesday's lineup against the Red Sox, Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports reports.

Alvarez will get a second consecutive day off after being held out of the lineup Tuesday as well, though there's currently no indication of any physical issues. Mark Trumbo will get another turn as the club's DH in his place, batting fifth against Boston right-hander Steven Wright.

Longoria hit a three-run home run, his 16th, in a 1-for-4 game in Tuesday's win over the Mariners.

Longoria has two home runs in his past three games and four in his past seven as he continues to be Tampa Bay's biggest power threat. Only Manny Machado has a better slugging percentage than Longoria's .541 among American League third basemen. Longoria is striking out more than usual (23.3 percent), but the trade he has made of contact for power has worked out great -- he's on pace for his first 30 home run season since 2013.

Machado hit his 17th home run, a two-run shot, in a 1-for-4 game in Tuesday's win over the Red Sox.

Machado has four extra-base hits including two homers in his past three games as he continues to rake. His 17 home runs ties him with Trevor Story for the major league lead among shortstops, and his .606 slugging percentage leads the position as well. His power would still rank him near the top of his old position of third base, but at shortstop, where defense comes first, nobody is anywhere near as complete a slugger as Machado has shown thus far in 2016.

Donaldson went 3-for-4 with a grand slam, two doubles, three runs, five RBI and a walk Tuesday against the Phillies.

After doubling in a run in the second inning, Donaldson's 15th bomb of the year was a grand slam that gave the Blue Jays a nine-run lead in a blowout win. After a slow start to the month, he's now hit safely in his last seven games to raise his slash line to .263/.375/.535.

Alvarez is out of the lineup Tuesday against the Red Sox, Brittany Ghiroli of MLB.com reports.

Alvarez blasted his seventh home run of the season Sunday, but he'll head to the bench with lefty David Price set to oppose to the Baltimore lineup. Mark Trumbo will serve as the club's DH on Tuesday with Joey Rickard manning right field.

Moustakas (knee) was transferred to the 60-day DL on Tuesday, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com reports.

Moustakas has already been ruled out for the remainder of 2016 after undergoing surgery to repair his torn ACL, so the move was purely a procedural one. Tyler Olson, who was claimed off waivers by the Royals earlier Tuesday, will fill in on the 40-man roster in a corresponding move and report to Triple-A Omaha.

Longoria, who leads the Rays in homers, RBI and batting average, has been particularly proficient over the last 14 games with men on base, the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The veteran slugger is enjoying a resurgent season and has been particularly lethal with runners in scoring position over the last two-plus weeks. Longoria has hit .563 and driven in 17 runs with men on base over a 14-game span, raising his average 25 points to .279 in the process. The 30-year-old has driven in at least one run in 10 of those 14 contests, and has already amassed 11 RBI in the 10 June games he's participated in.

Devers, 19, is batting .378 over his last 10 games for High-A Salem.

Devers got off to a horrible start this season, but may have finally turned the corner. He's now slashing .228/.301/.340 with four home runs, 26 RBI and seven stolen bases in 58 games.

Bregman, 22, is batting .314/.411/.596 with 13 home runs, 42 RBI and four steals through 49 games for Double-A Corpus Christi.

With Carlos Correa (ankle) nursing a minor ailment, many clamored for Bregman to receive a promotion to briefly take Correa's place. The more likely scenario, though, is that Bregman slides over to third base, as he has been playing there in recent weeks. With the hot corner continuing to provide little pop for the Astros, Bregman may see the bigs in short order.

Longoria went 2-for-4 with an RBI in Sunday's win over the Astros.

He's putting together an impressive month of June, hitting .359 (14-for-39) with six home runs, 11 RBI and nine runs scored. The Rays have won seven of their last nine in large part due to Longoria's surging bat, and while they remain in last place in the AL East, they're just 6.5 games back of the Orioles and Red Sox with plenty of time to make up ground.