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Stanton went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a double and a walk in Saturday's loss to Washington.

New York's offense couldn't get much going Saturday, but Stanton supplied a highlight-reel homer with a 483-foot blast to left field in the fourth inning. The slugger has gotten off to a fine start with home runs in each of his first two games of the campaign after going deep only three times in 18 contests last season.

Vogelbach is not in Sunday's lineup against the Astros.

This comes as a bit of a surprise as the Mariners are facing a righty (Zack Greinke) in the third game of the series. Vogelbach is 0-for-7 with two strikeouts and one walk through two games. Jose Marmolejos will get the start at designated hitter while batting sixth.

Jimenez went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Saturday's 10-3 win over the Twins.

The White Sox offense was held in check over the first four innings but exploded for nine runs in the middle innings. Included in the explosion was Jimenez's first home run of the season. The left fielder, who has extra-base hits in each of the first two games, launched 31 homers in his rookie 2019 season.

Cabrera went 1-for-5 with a two-run homer in the Tigers' 6-4 win over the Reds on Saturday.

Michael Lorenzen left a changeup high in the strike zone on a 3-2 count and Cabrera put the ball in the left-field seats, just inside the foul pole. Cabrera was hitless Opening Day, though he did draw a walk. He's batting third as the everyday DH.

Lewis went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Saturday's 7-2 loss to the Astros.

Lewis went yard in the sixth inning against Astros starter Lance McCullers. The 25-year-old Lewis has homered in both of the Mariners' games this season -- the only problem has been a lack of runners on base when he has done so. The outfielder has also amassed four strikeouts already, which could make him a boom-or-bust option in fantasy.

Ohtani will not be on a pitch count in his first start of the season Sunday against Oakland, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.

Pitchers entered this season at varying levels of readiness depending on how well they were able to stay in some approximation of game shape during the shutdown period. In Ohtani's case, he continued to throw the whole time as he was still completing his rehab from Tommy John surgery. Expect him to pitch as deep into the contest as his performance allows.

Ohtani isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Athletics.

Ohtani went 1-for-5 with a strikeout in Friday's season opener, but he'll sit Saturday before he's scheduled to take the mound Sunday. Justin Upton will take over as the designated hitter, batting third.

Canha is not in the lineup Saturday against the Angels.

Canha started against lefty Andrew Heaney in the season opener Friday but will sit in favor of Robbie Grossman against righty Dylan Bundy in this one. The Athletics are certainly known to utilize platoons heavily, though it would be a surprise to see Canha sit against most righties, as he hit an excellent .273/.396/.517 last season. Over the course of his career, he's actually had reverse splits, posting a 101 wRC+ against lefties and a 121 wRC+ against righties, so platooning him in the conventional way wouldn't make much sense.

Solak started in left field Friday in place of Willy Calhoun (hip). He went 0-for-3 in a 1-0 win over the Rockies.

Calhoun is expected to return to action Saturday but as the designated hitter, so Solak may be in the starting lineup again. Eventually, Calhoun will return to left field, leaving Rangers manager Chris Woodward looking to find a spot for Solak's bat.

Ohtani won't be on an innings restriction this season even in the case of a potential playoff run, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.

Ohtani did not pitch at all last season following 2018 Tommy John surgery, so he would likely be handled carefully in a typical season. The 60-game 2020 campaign is far from typical, however, so the Angels have no plans to limit his season workload even if the team goes deep into the playoffs. As it stands, Ohtani is slated to pitch on a once-per-week schedule throughout the campaign, so he's unlikely to make more than 10 regular-season starts.