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Tellez went 1-for-2 with a home run off the bench in Sunday's Grapefruit League win over the Twins.

His fourth long ball of the spring broke an 8-8 tie and proved to be the game-winner. Tellez impressed after earning his first callup last September, and he's now batting .295/.326/.591 through 16 spring games, but Mike Wilner of Sportsnet 590 The Fan says Tellez is still likely to start the year at Triple-A, barring injury. There are two paths to playing time for Tellez this season: first base and DH.

The Rays reassigned Lowe to their minor-league camp Saturday, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.

Lowe only went 3-for-34 at the dish during Grapefruit League play, but bashed a pair of towering home runs to offer optimism about his power potential. The 23-year-old is viewed as more of a disciplined, all-fields hitter rather than an all-or-nothing slugger, but that profile is still one that makes him interesting for fantasy purposes. He'll open the season at Triple-A Durham and could debut with the big club at some point in 2019 if the International League doesn't prove too challenging in his second go-around.

Diaz went 2-for-2 with a home run, four RBI and a walk in Friday's game against Detroit.

Diaz plated a run in the fourth inning on a single to right field, and he clubbed a three-run homer in the fifth to give Tampa Bay a four-run lead. The 27-year-old is having a decent camp and has gone 9-for-31 with two home runs, nine RBI and two runs scored thus far.

Abreu (eye) will start at first base and bat third in Friday's exhibition game against the Cubs, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Abreu was a late scratch from Wednesday's lineup after a ground ball deflected off his glove and hit him in the right eye pre-game, but his quick return to the lineup indicates he likely just had some swelling. The 32-year-old is 10-for-31 with three doubles, two home runs and 11 RBI through 11 spring training games.

Bour went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run and a walk in Thursday's spring game against Milwaukee.

Bour clubbed a three-run homer in the third inning, his third home run of spring training. He's gone 4-for-20 with six RBI and three runs scored thus far in camp.

O'Hearn went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored Thursday against Texas.

O'Hearn plated the game's first run in the first inning on a single and would score later in the frame on an Humberto Arteaga double. O'Hearn is on track to begin the 2019 campaign as the starting first baseman after hitting .262 with 12 homers and 30 RBI over 44 games in the first big-league action of his career. He's now 11-for-34 with eight RBI and five runs scored this spring.

Guerrero (oblique) was reassigned to minor-league camp Thursday, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.

He was already sidelined with a Grade 1 oblique strain, so this move doesn't really change anything for Guerrero in the short term or the long term. If the original three-week recovery timetable holds, Guerrero should be good to go for the start of the minor-league season. The expectation is that he will still be promoted by the Blue Jays once he has his timing down at Triple-A and the team has gained a seventh year of control. A mid-to-late April promotion to the big leagues seems likely if he avoids setbacks in his recovery.

Abreu was scratched from Wednesday's spring lineup against the Dodgers after taking a grounder off his right eye.

Abreu was scheduled to start at first base and bat third, but a groundball deflected off his glove pre-game and struck him in the eye, causing the change of plans. It seems likely the 32-year-old is simply dealing with some swelling, but he may remain out of the lineup for a couple days.

While manager Aaron Boone has not declared a winner of the first-base job battle, he says he likes the look of Voit in the cleanup spot for the Yankees, Pete Caldera of The Bergen Record reports.

He also noted that Voit could be the No. 3 hitter at times. It would be pretty counterintuitive to demote a player at the end of spring training that the manager likes at the third and fourth spots in a loaded lineup, so while there hasn't been any official word on whether Voit or Greg Bird will break camp as the starting first baseman, everything continues to point toward Voit winning this job battle.

Wade was optioned to Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday, Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

Wade spent 74 games with Rochester last season, hitting just .229/.337/.336. He'll need an improvement at that level before he's considered for a big-league job.