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Paredes is starting at third base and batting sixth Friday against the Brewers.

Paredes saw his six-game hitting streak come to an end during Thursday's loss to the Mets, but with a .978 OPS in the month of May, he's hardly at risk of losing playing time anytime soon.

Garcia is not in the Royals' lineup for Friday's game in Chicago against the White Sox.

Garcia has been the Royals' primary third baseman of late while also being mixed in at other positions, but he'll begin this contest on the bench. Hunter Dozier will cover the hot corner.

Paredes is absent from the Rays' lineup for Friday's game versus the Brewers, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Taylor Walls will get the call at third base. Paredes has a .978 OPS this month and had a two-homer game earlier this week but has been on the bench two of the last five contests.

LeMahieu is not in the Yankees' lineup for Friday's game in Cincinnati.

It's a routine day off for the infielder. Oswaldo Cabrera will play third base while LeMahieu begins the contest on the bench.

Henderson is not in the Orioles' lineup for Friday's game in Toronto, Steve Melewski of MASNSports.com reports.

Henderson will take a seat against left-hander Yusei Kikuchi. The rookie infielder has gone just 4-for-30 at the plate versus southpaws this season. Joey Ortiz will get the start at third base.

Ramirez was activated from the bereavement list by the Guardians on Friday, Zack Meisel of The Athletic reports.

Ramirez missed a series against the White Sox but is back for this weekend's set versus the Mets. He's at third base and batting third against former Cleveland teammate Carlos Carrasco.

Donaldson (hamstring) said Thursday he recently sliced his thumb, which has delayed him from beginning a rehab assignment, Max Goodman of The Newark Star-Ledger reports.

Donaldson said Thursday that he was "putting something together" with his daughter when he suffered the cut. It's not a huge setback -- his hamstring is almost fully healed -- but he might not get into minor-league rehab games until sometime next week. The veteran third baseman has been on the shelf since early April.

Moncada is not in the White Sox' lineup for Thursday's game versus the Guardians.

It looks to be a routine day off for Moncada. The hot-hitting Jake Burger will handle third base against Logan Allen and the Guardians.

Urshela is absent from the Angels' lineup for Thursday's game in Baltimore.

Luis Rengifo will handle third base and Brandon Drury will be at first while Urshela gets some rest. He had started the previous 11 contests.

Walls went 1-for-5 with a run and two stolen bases Wednesday in an extra-inning loss to the Mets.

Walls was punched out four times in the contest, but he still helped his fantasy managers with a pair of thefts. One of those came after he began the 10th inning as the automatic runner, leading to a run that temporarily gave Tampa Bay the lead. Walls has nine steals through 33 games this season, which already puts him one short of his total over 142 contests last year.