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Mountcastle is not in the lineup for the first game of Friday's doubleheader against the Yankees, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

Mountcastle has hit the ball quite well in his first 11 major-league games, slashing .341/.400/.537. DJ Stewart will be the left fielder for the afternoon game, but Mountcastle will likely return to the lineup for the nightcap.

O'Hearn is not starting Friday against the White Sox, Alec Lewis of The Athletic reports.

O'Hearn has just a .654 OPS this season, a near match for his .650 mark from last year. Hunter Dozier again moves in to play first base Friday, with Whit Merrifield sliding over to right field and Edward Olivares starting in center.

Dalbec is not in the lineup for the first game of Friday's doubleheader against Toronto, Bill Koch of The Providence Journal reports.

Dalbec sits after starting four of the last five games. He's gone 2-for-15 with 10 strikeouts to start his big-league career. Michael Chavis will start at first base.

Dalbec started at first base Thursday and went 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts in a 6-2 loss to the Blue Jays.

Dalbec has started four of five games since the Red Sox called him up from the alternate camp. As someone who could be the primary starter at first base in 2021, it makes sense Dalbec will see regular plate appearances. However, that doesn't mean they will be good plate appearances. Dalbec is hitless in his last 11 at-bats and has struck out 10 times in 15 at-bats.

Voit went 1-for-4 with a double, two walks and two RBI on Thursday against the Mets.

Voit came through with a two-RBI double in the second inning to put the Yankees up 4-0. He now has multiple RBI in three of his last six contests, despite slugging only one home run in that span. He has hit the ball very well this season, managing a .293/.359/.664 line to go along with 13 home runs, 23 runs scored and 28 RBI across 128 plate appearances.

Tellez isn't starting Thursday against the Red Sox.

After recording hits in each of the past four games, Tellez will take a seat Thursday. Teoscar Hernandez will take over as the designated hitter with Jonathan Villar entering the lineup at second base.

Guerrero isn't in Wednesday's lineup against the Marlins.

Guerrero tallied two hits Tuesday, and he'll take a breather for Wednesday's contest. Rowdy Tellez will start at first base in his absence.

O'Hearn is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Indians, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com reports.

O'Hearn typically doesn't sit out against right-handers like Cleveland's Triston McKenzie, but manager Mike Matheny may have just wanted to give the 27-year-old a day to clear his head after he went 0-for-12 with six strikeouts over the previous three games. Ryan McBroom will bat fifth for Kansas City and will spell O'Hearn at first base.

Abreu went 1-for-4 with a run scored in Tuesday's 3-2 loss to the Twins.

Abreu's first-inning single extended his hit streak to 15 games, an extremely productive stretch in which he's bashed nine home runs, driven in 20 runs, scored 13 times and posted a 1.367 OPS. The first baseman has 22 extra-base hits among his 46 hits and sports a .313 ISO.

Lowe was recalled by the Rays on Tuesday, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.

Lowe hit a solid .263/.325/.454 in his 50-game debut last season but failed to crack the Rays' Opening Day roster this year. He'll give the team an extra corner bat with Yandy Diaz (hamstring) heading to the injured list, though it's not yet clear whether or not he'll receive regular at-bats.