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Manzardo went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 3-0 win over the Pirates.

Manzardo gave the Guardians a two-run lead in the seventh inning, when he took the first pitch from Paul Skenes deep to right field for a solo homer. It was Manzardo's fifth homer of the season, which already ties his total from the 2024 regular season. The 24-year-old is top 10 in the American League in both home runs and RBI (13), and he ranks 16th in slugging percentage (.500) to start the year.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Saturday that Ohtani (paternity) is expected to be back in the lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Rangers, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports.

Ohtani missed the first two games of the series to welcome the birth of his daughter, but he'll be back with the Dodgers for Sunday's finale. Eddie Rosario has served as the designated hitter for the Dodgers for the past two games, but he'll likely be dumped from the big-league roster once Ohtani is activated.

Rice was diagnosed with a left elbow contusion after getting hit by a pitch in Saturday's game against the Rays, Erik Boland of Newsday reports.

Rice was plunked twice during Saturday's contest and ran for himself on both occasions, but the Yankees decided to pull him in the sixth inning. The 26-year-old slugger also received X-rays and a CT scan on his elbow to make sure he didn't suffer any structural damage, and both tests came back negative, per Boland. He can be considered day-to-day.

Larnach isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Atlanta.

With southpaw Chris Sale scheduled to take the mound for Atlanta, the left-handed bat of Larnach will stay put on the bench to begin Saturday's contest. Ryan Jeffers will serve as Minnesota's designated hitter instead while Christian Vazquez starts behind the dish.

Maton is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Red Sox.

The lefty-hitting Maton will stay put in Chicago's dugout with left-hander Garrett Crochet set to start on the bump for Boston. Maton's absence will create an opening for Jacob Amaya to join the starting nine as the White Sox's shortstop.

Steer is not in Cincinnati's starting lineup against Baltimore on Saturday.

Steer has struggled at the plate while working through a sore shoulder, going 1-for-23 with two runs scored and 10 strikeouts over his last six games. He'll begin Saturday's contest on the bench with Gavin Lux serving as the designated hitter.

Winker is not in the Mets' starting lineup against the Cardinals on Saturday.

With St. Louis sending southpaw Matthew Liberatore to the mound, Winker will begin Saturday's contest on the bench while Starling Marte serves as the designated hitter and bats fifth. Winker has started the season slashing .184/.238/.368 with six RBI across 42 plate appearances.

Pederson went 0-for-3 in Friday's 3-0 loss to the Dodgers.

Season-opening slumps tend to get more attention than ones in the middle of a season, but there's no sugar-coating Pederson's futility. Following Friday's game, he's 0-for-his-last-36 and is batting .057. If he qualified he would be last in the majors. To Pederson's credit, the slump hasn't resulted in him chasing -- his 24.8 chase percentage is below league average and less than his career norm (27.6). He is, however, topping a lot of balls and is experiencing a spike in groundball rate (56.4). Texas manager Bruce Bochy is standing behind the slugger and continues to put him third or fourth in the lineup.

Steer went 0-for-4 with a walk and four strikeouts in Friday's 8-3 win over Baltimore.

Steer's in the middle of a 1-for-23 stretch over the last six games, including 10 strikeouts (40 percent). He's limited to DH duties due to a sore shoulder, but Steer has begun throwing this week and could soon return to the field. That would give manager Terry Francona another option at first base while Christian Encarnacion-Strand (back) is on the 10-day injured list.

Reynolds went 3-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in Friday's 10-7 loss to the Guardians.

After Cleveland surged ahead 10-2 in the top of the seventh inning, Reynolds sparked a late comeback attempt with his two-out solo shot off Tim Herrin in the bottom of the frame. The 30-year-old outfielder had gone hitless over his prior three games, and he continues to have trouble making consistent contact -- his other two at-bats Friday resulted in strikeouts, and his 34.1 percent K rate through 20 contests is by far a career worst -- but Reynolds is still providing a steady fantasy floor, batting .270 (10-for-37) over his last 10 games with two homers, five RBI and five runs.