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Quantrill is slated to start Saturday's game against the Blue Jays in Toronto.

Quantrill will be making his second start in five days, though he'll likely be limited to around 2-to-3 innings after covering two frames and tossing 34 pitches as an opener in front of Jose Corniell in Tuesday's loss to the Marlins. Corniell has since been demoted to Triple-A Round Rock, but Winston Santos hasn't been used following his call-up from Double-A Frisco on Wednesday and could end up covering multiple innings behind Quantrill on Saturday.

Okamoto went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Friday's loss to the Rangers.

Once again, the third baseman provided some late power that his teammates couldn't capitalize on, as Okamoto deposited a Jakob Junis sweeper into the seats in left-center field in the eighth inning to bring the Blue Jays within a run in a 5-4 loss. Over the last 13 games, Okamoto's produced a .326/.415/.783 slash line with six of his 19 homers on the season and 15 of his 53 RBI.

Chisholm isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against Boston.

Chisholm has gone just 1-for-10 at the plate while facing a left-handed starter in each of his last three games, so the Yankees will move him to the bench to begin Saturday's matchup against southpaw Jake Bennett. Jose Caballero will cover second base while Anthony Volpe starts at shortstop.

Springer is expected to be placed on paternity leave this weekend, Gregor Chisholm of the Toronto Star reports.

The veteran slugger would be afforded up to three days away while on the paternity list. Springer is still struggling to produce consistent offense this season, and over 20 games in June he's slashing just .224/.341/.382 with three homers, seven RBI and 11 runs. While he's away from the team, the Blue Jays are expected to promote prospect Sean Keys.

Alvarez isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Tigers, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.

Alvarez will get a day to regroup Saturday after going 0-for-10 with two walks and four strikeouts over his last three games. His absence will move Yainer Diaz into the DH spot, giving Christian Vazquez a start behind the dish.

Dingler isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Astros.

Dingler will get a day off after going 2-for-7 with a homer and two RBI through the first two games of the series. Jake Rogers will fill in for him behind the plate and bat ninth.

Cheng went 1-for-3 with a walk, a double and an RBI in Friday's 6-1 win over the Yankees.

Cheng was recalled from Triple-A Worcester on Friday after the Red Sox placed Marcelo Mayer (forearm) on the injured list. The former celebrated his Red Sox debut with an RBI groundout in the second inning and a 407-foot double to center field in the fourth. With both Mayer and Trevor Story (abdomen) on the injured list, Cheng is line for more work in the short term, including Saturday as a member of Boston's starting lineup. He slashed .254/.351/.424 with seven home runs in 240 plate appearances with Worcester.

Gasper isn't in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Yankees.

Gasper appears to have moved down a spot on the depth chart, as he will move to the bench for the fourth time in Boston's last five games while Carlos Narvaez starts behind the plate for the third time in the team's last four.

Latz walked one batter in a scoreless ninth inning to secure the save in Friday's 5-4 win over the Blue Jays.

Latz walked Brandon Valenzuela to lead off the ninth but was able to regain his composure and force the next three batters he faced to fly out, ending the Blue Jays' comeback effort. Latz now owns a sparkling 1.85 ERA and 0.67 WHIP through 39 innings on the year and has converted 16 of his 18 save chances.

Moran (elbow) will make at least one more rehab appearance before being activated, MLB.com reports.

Moran kicked off a rehab assignment Thursday, when he allowed one hit and struck out two over a scoreless inning (17 pitches) for Triple-A Worcester. Relievers on rehab assignments usually don't need much more than one or two appearances, so Moran could return early next week.