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The Brewers traded Toronto for Tellez on Tuesday in exchange for Trevor Richards and Bowden Francis, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.

The lefty slugger joins a first base corps that's without Daniel Vogelbach (hamstring) until August. Further, Keston Hiura's inconsistencies necessitated the addition of another first baseman. The Blue Jays optioned Tellez to Triple-A on June 22 after he hit .209 with four homers and eight RBI in 139 at-bats for them this season. The exact details of the trade are unclear at this time, but righty pitcher Richards is the main piece being dealt to the Blue Jays.

Diaz went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in a win over Cleveland on Monday.

Diaz uncorked his fourth homer of the season in the seventh inning to bring the Rays within a run. The 29-year-old didn't notch his first round tripper of the season until June 6, but he's made up for lost time since that point and is now just 10 RBI shy of the career-high 38 he recorded in 2019.

Cronenworth went 2-for-5 with a double, a stolen base and two runs scored in Monday's 7-5 loss to the Nationals.

Cronenworth singled and notched his fourth stolen base of the year in the first inning but was left standing on third. The 27-year-old reached twice more before the end of the fourth and came around to score both times. Cronenworth is slashing .280/.354/.464 with 12 homers, 34 RBI, 60 runs scored, and a 32:50 BB:K over 362 plate appearances, and as a result, he's been selected to his first All-Star Game as a reserve.

Bell went 3-for-5 with a solo homer and two RBI in Monday's 7-5 win over the Padres.

Bell had arguably the biggest hit of the night for the Nationals with a solo homer in the seventh to give them a 6-5 lead. The long ball was his 12th of the year and his two other base hits raised his slash line to .247/.313/.482 with 39 RBI and 37 runs scored. The 28-year-old has shown much improvement at the plate since the start of June, slashing .313/.387/.566. He hasn't struck out once over his last eight games.

Abreu went 2-for-5 with a solo home run in Monday's 8-5 loss to Minnesota.

Abreu swatted his 15th homer in the sixth inning to put the White Sox on the board. It was the second home run in as many games for the slugging first baseman and third in the last six. June was not kind to Abreu, who batted .182 with eight RBI during the month, but he's matched that RBI total in just five July games (9-for-23, .391).

Bohm went 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, two RBI and two runs scored in Monday's 13-3 win over the Cubs.

Bohm helped spark a six-run rally for Philadelphia in the eighth inning when he forced in a run with a bases-loaded walk. He later scored on an Odubel Herrera home run before adding a solo shot of his own in the ninth. Bohm hit .329 in June, but he's still posted a lackluster .240/.291/.336 slash line with five homers, 37 RBI, 35 runs scored and four stolen bases through 309 plate appearances this year.

Hoskins went 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBI and two runs scored in Monday's 13-3 win over the Cubs.

Hoskins knocked an RBI single in the sixth inning and added a two-run homer in the ninth. With three long balls in his last six games, the first baseman may be setting up to finish the first half of the season strong. He's up to 19 homers, 49 RBI, 44 runs scored, two stolen bases and a .231/.310/.474 slash line through 345 plate appearances.

Alonso went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in a 4-2 loss in the second game of Sunday's doubleheader with the Yankees.

Alonso provided both New York runs with his fourth-inning home run off reliever Darren O'Day, recording one of just three Mets hits in the process. It was the first baseman's second homer on the day as he also went yard in Game 1. The Game 2 homer was his fourth home run in the last seven games.

Beaty went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a strikeout in Sunday's 5-1 win over the Nationals.

Beaty tied Sunday's game with his fourth home run of the season in the top of the fourth inning. The 28-year-old has started in just six of the last 16 games, and he hadn't homered since June 1. He's now slashing .252/.342/.382 with 28 RBI and 19 runs this year.

Abreu went 3-for-5 with a home run, four RBI and two runs scored in Sunday's 6-5 loss to Detroit.

The first baseman got Chicago on the board with an RBI single in the third inning before scoring on a Leury Garcia sacrifice fly. In the ninth, Abreu made things interesting with a three-run homer, but that left Chicago a run short in the loss. The 34-year-old went 5-for-14 with five RBI and four runs scored in this weekend's three-game series in Detroit. He's slashing .250/.330/.447 with 14 long balls, 61 RBI, 42 runs scored and a stolen base through 327 plate appearances overall.