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Baez is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Giants.

Baez will take a seat for the second time in the second half while the Tigers and Giants get together for a make-up game that begins at 1:10 p.m. ET. With Baez on the bench, Zach McKinstry will slide over from third base to pick up a start at shortstop.

Chang went 1-for-3 with an RBI, a stolen base and was hit by a pitch in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Mets.

The steal was just the second of the season for Chang, who continues to operate as Boston's everyday shortstop. His window of opportunity will last another couple of weeks, as Trevor Story (elbow) has just begun a rehab assignment that may reach the upper limits of the 20-day maximum. Chang is batting .219 (7-for-32) since he returned from the injured list July 7.

Duran started at shortstop and went 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored in Sunday's 8-4 win over the Dodgers.

Duran made a second consecutive start at short and 28th of the season, as Corey Seager (thumb) is on the injured list. Duran has been chilly since coming back from the All-Star break. He entered Sunday 2-for-18 with nine strikeouts over six games.

Perez was promoted from Double-A Toledo to Triple-A Erie on Sunday, Emily Waldon of Baseball America reports.

Perez began the 2023 campaign on the injured list but returned to full health in early April and slashed .275/.357/.380 with six homers, 56 runs, 28 RBI and 19 stolen bases over 75 Double-A games. He'll now have an opportunity to showcase his talents at the Triple-A level.

Story (elbow) will move to Triple-A Worcester to continue his rehab assignment this week, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.

Story began a rehab assignment at Double-A Portland on Friday and has gone 2-for-8 with a three-run homer, two runs, two walks and five strikeouts over his first three games. The 30-year-old will likely require several games with the Triple-A club before he's cleared to rejoin the Red Sox, but it wouldn't be surprising to see him activated sometime in early August.

Allen is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Astros.

Allen has started at shortstop in eight of nine games since the All-Star break but will take a seat Sunday after he hit .154/.148/.154 during that span. Aledmys Diaz will bat ninth as Oakland's shortstop Sunday.

Volpe is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals.

Volpe has a .143/.226/.179 slash line through eight games in the second half, and he'll take a seat Sunday to end a stretch of 32 straight starts. Despite the recent slump, he hit well overall during that stretch with a .772 OPS. Oswald Peraza will start at shortstop Sunday, batting eighth.

Crawford went 2-for-4 with a two-run double and a run in a win over the Blue Jays on Saturday.

Crawford's seventh-inning two-bagger plated Dylan Moore and Kolten Wong to knot the score at 7-7. The 28-year-old mustered just a single in his first nine post-All-Star-break plate appearances, but he's caught fire since that point by going 10-for-26 with a trio of two-baggers, two RBI, three walks and four runs in his subsequent seven games.

Volpe went 1-for-3 with a double, a run and a stolen base Saturday in a 5-2 win over Kansas City.

Volpe was instrumental in breaking a 1-1 tie in the third inning, beginning the frame with a ground-rule double, stealing third and coming home on a sacrifice fly. The theft was the rookie's first since June 29, a span of 19 games. Volpe leads the Yankees with 17 steals on the campaign, though he's slowed down in that area after a hot start, with only four of his thefts coming over his past 58 contests.

Neto (back) isn't expected to return to the Angels lineup until Tuesday in Detroit, Sam Blum of The Athletic reports.

Neto was scratched from Saturday's game against the Pirates due to lower-back tightness and will also be held out of Sunday's series finale, but the young shortstop should be ready to rock following Monday's scheduled team off day. Andrew Velazquez got the start at short in Saturday's loss to Pittsburgh and went 0-for-2 with a strikeout.