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Bride will start at third base and bat ninth in Wednesday's game in Boston, Matt Kawahara of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Even though he went hitless in three plate appearances in his MLB debut Tuesday in Oakland's 6-1 loss, Bride will stick in the starting nine against a right-handed pitcher (Josh Winckowski) for the second straight contest. Bride looks like he'll get at least a short-term trial as the Athletics' primary third baseman after journeyman Matt Davidson failed to capitalize on the opportunity upon being called up from Triple-A Las Vegas last week.

Donaldson is starting Wednesday's game against the Rays.

Donaldson served a one-game suspension during Tuesday's series opener against the Rays, but he'll start at the hot corner and bat fifth a day later. Over his last eight games, the 36-year-old has slashed .219/.282/.313 with three doubles, three RBI, a run and a stolen base.

Davis isn't in the lineup Wednesday against the Brewers.

Davis recently drew four consecutive starts and went 6-for-15 with a homer, four runs, a walk and five strikeouts during that time. However, he'll be out of the lineup for a second consecutive game while Eduardo Escobar serves as the designated hitter with Luis Guillorme starting at third base.

Bride, promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas earlier in the day, went 0-for-3 in a loss to the Red Sox on Tuesday.

The 26-year-old hit ninth and drew the start at third base. Bride was wielding a red-hot bat with the Aviators prior to the promotion, posting a .392 average and 1.049 OPS across 14 games while drawing starts at catcher and every infield spot except shortstop.

Farmer was scratched from Wednesday's lineup against Arizona for rest purposes, Mark Sheldon of MLB.com reports.

Farmer was working out prior to Wednesday's matchup but was removed from the lineup approximately an hour before the start of the game. However, the Reds said that he's fine and is simply out of the lineup for rest purposes. It seems likely that he'll be available off the bench during Wednesday's series finale against the Diamondbacks. Matt Reynolds will shift to shortstop and bat third while Albert Almora enters the lineup in left field.

Miranda will start at first base and bat sixth in Wednesday's game against the Mariners.

Miranda will draw his fifth start in a row, despite seeing his five-game hitting streak come to an end in Tuesday's 5-0 loss with an 0-for-3, two-strikeout performance. The rookie has indirectly benefited from the Twins missing some lineup regulars in the past couple of weeks, but as long as Jorge Polanco's sore back doesn't force him to the 10-day injured list, Miranda could be moving to a part-time role soon.

Toro isn't in the lineup for Wednesday's game against Minnesota.

Toro started in the last seven games but will get a day off after he went 0-for-11 with five strikeouts over the last three matchups. Jesse Winker will serve as the designated hitter while Sam Haggerty starts in left field.

Longoria isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Royals, Amy Gutierrez of the Giants' official site reports.

Longoria returned to the starting nine Tuesday after he was out of the lineup for three consecutive games due to a hamstring injury. However, he'll get a breather in Wednesday's series finale against the Royals while Wilmer Flores shifts to the hot corner with Tommy La Stella starting at first base.

Burger (hand) isn't starting Wednesday against Detroit but took swings ahead of the game, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

The White Sox announced Tuesday that Burger wouldn't return to the lineup until Friday against the Astros at the earliest, but he'll likely be available off the bench if needed Wednesday. However, the team will likely try not to use him prior to Thursday's scheduled off day. Regardless of whether the 26-year-old takes the field, manager Tony La Russa said Wednesday that Burger will "for sure" be available Friday against Houston.

Rafaela was promoted to Double-A Portland on June 5 and has hit .310/.375/.621 with two homers through his first seven games there.

This comes on the heels of a remarkable 45-game run in High-A during which the 21-year-old Rafaela batted .330/.368/.589 with nine homers and 14 steals. At the time of his promotion, he led the South Atlantic League in batting average, hits and runs. Though he's a free swinger who's going to accumulate a fair share of strikeouts and thus may not ultimately hit for lofty average, Rafaela's tools and defensive versatility have made him a rising star in Boston's organization. The Red Sox aren't known for promoting prospects this quickly, which says a lot about what they think of Rafaela.