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Blandino is getting a token start Tuesday against the Indians, playing shortstop and batting eighth. He's giving Jose Peraza a day off from the starting lineup.

Blandino is getting his first start since July 1, and has gotten only three at-bats since then. His reward for staying patient? A start against Trevor Bauer. He's hitting .221/.307/.279 on the season.

Rizzo is on the bench Tuesday against the Giants.

The first baseman has struggled lately, going hitless in his last three games and hitting just .224/.306/.303 over his last 20. Victor Caratini will start at first base in his place.

Bour is not starting Tuesday against the Brewers, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports.

Bour will sit for just the third time in the Marlins' last 54 games. Garrett Cooper starts at first base in his place.

Cron went 3-for-4 with an RBI single, two doubles and a run in an extra-inning win over the Tigers on Monday.

Cron has flipped the switch since the calendar flipped to July, following a forgettable June during which he hit just .130. He's hitting .500 (10-for-20) with five doubles, a home run, five RBI, two walks and two runs over the first six games of the new month, raising his season average 17 points to .250 in the process.

Guerrero (strained patella tendon) will join Triple-A Buffalo once he is activated from the minor-league disabled list, Rob Longley of the Toronto Sun reports.

This isn't surprising, as Guerrero was reportedly days away from a promotion to Triple-A when he suffered the injury in early June. He is almost completely recovered from his injury, upping his workload in Florida over the past couple weeks, so he could join the Bisons very shortly. Naturally, this move to the highest level of the minors will lead to questions about when Guerrero could get a callup to Toronto. Offensively, he is probably ready for the majors, but there are obviously a lot of factors at play that go well beyond his readiness on the field. The Blue Jays are barely hanging around the wild-card race, and if they were willing to keep him at Double-A for 53 games while he was over 100 percent better (203 wRC+) than the average hitter in the Eastern League, it may be wishful thinking to expect them to quickly promote him from Triple-A to the big leagues, even if he gets off to an excellent start.

Flores went 1-for-1 with a solo home run in the first game of Monday's twin bill against the Phillies.

Flores was called upon to pinch hit in the 10th inning, and he came through with his eighth home run of the season to win the game. He's been rolling at the dish of late, recording a base knock in eight of his last 10 games, collecting six extra-base hits and three RBI over that span.

Cabrera will take a seat for the second half of Monday's doubleheader against the Phillies, Tim Healey of Newsday reports.

Cabrera went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double and two RBI in Game 1, but he'll get the rest of the night off. He's recorded a base knock in eight of his last 10 games, collecting five extra-base hits and eight RBI over that span.

Gurriel is out of Monday's lineup against the A's.

He is 9-for-21 with two home runs over his last 21 at-bats. Tyler White will start at first base and hit eighth in his stead.

Bell is not starting Monday against the Nationals.

Bell was tried at leadoff for the Pirates' last three games but went just 2-for-13. He'll sit Monday with David Freese starting at first base.

Flores is on the bench for the first half of Monday's doubleheader against the Phillies.

Flores has hit in 12 of his last 14 games, going .296 with an .846 OPS over that stretch. He'll sit Monday afternoon with Dominic Smith playing first base in his place.