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Steer is out of the starting lineup for Wednesday's game against Atlanta.

Steer will sit Wednesday with Jason Vosler getting the start at the hot corner. The 25-year-old infielder has performed well to begin the season with a 1.000 OPS and a pair of homers over 40 plate appearances.

Gurriel will start at first base and bat fifth Wednesday against the Phillies, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

He'll be making his fourth straight start, with the lineup spot opening up by Garrett Cooper (upper leg) sitting out and Avisail Garcia (hamstring) missing his third consecutive game. Gurriel has recorded at least one hit in all six games he's played this season and is sitting on a .981 OPS.

Cooper is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game in Philadelphia due to upper left leg soreness, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Cooper experienced the leg injury in Tuesday's 8-4 win and was replaced by a pinch hitter in the top of the eighth inning. He should benefit from taking a seat Wednesday along with the Marlins having an off day Thursday, potentially setting the stage for Cooper to re-enter the lineup Friday versus the Diamondbacks. Yuli Gurriel will start at first base Wednesday while Cooper is out of the lineup.

Tellez went 1-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional run in Tuesday's 7-1 win over the Diamondbacks.

Tellez's second home run of the season came in the eighth inning off reliever Jose Ruiz and helped give Milwaukee a six-run cushion. With a .161/.270/.387 slash line through 37 plate appearances, Tellez is off to a slow start to the 2023 season, but he doesn't appear in immediate danger of losing out on playing time while his main competition for reps at first base, Luke Voit, has struck out in half of his trips to the dish.

Montero (thumb) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cardinals.

According to Patrick Saunders of The Denver Post, Montero was a late scratch ahead of Tuesday's 9-6 loss to St. Louis with a right thumb injury, which he suffered during an awkward slide at home plate in Monday's 7-4 win in the series opener. The Rockies will turn to Mike Moustakas at third base Wednesday as a replacement for Montero, who is considered day-to-day.

Olson went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Tuesday's win over the Reds.

His first-inning shot off Luis Cessa left Olson's bat at 118.6 mph, the highest exit velocity measured on any hit this season and the highest for Atlanta since Statcast began tracking the metric in 2015. The first baseman is slashing .319/.439/.681 through 12 games to begin the season with five doubles, four homers, nine runs and 12 RBI.

Solano will start at first base and bat leadoff in Wednesday's game against the White Sox.

Solano is picking up his eighth consecutive start Wednesday, with the last seven coming at first base. With Joey Gallo (intercostal) recently joining Alex Kirilloff (wrist) on the injured list, Solano looks like he'll have a clear path to a regular lineup spot until one of the two injured players returns. Solano takes a six-game hitting streak into Wednesday's contest and should be a strong source of batting average while he's playing regularly, but his fantasy utility is limited in just about every other category.

Cron went 1-for-5 with a solo home run Tuesday against the Cardinals.

Cron missed a pair of games during the team's weekend series against the Nationals due to illness, but he started for the second consecutive game Tuesday. He took Miles Mikolas deep in the fifth inning to tally his fourth homer of the season and first since April 1. Overall, Cron has tallied 10 hits across 40 at-bats with eight RBI and four runs scored to begin the campaign.

Abreu went 1-for-5 with three strikeouts Tuesday against the Pirates.

Abreu collected at least one hit in each of his first 10 games of the season, but he's also uncharacteristically struck out at a 27.8 percent clip early on. After Tuesday's performance, he's punched out three times in three of his last five games. He also has only one extra-base hit, which has led to an empty .280 batting average across 54 plate appearances on the campaign.

Dalbec started at first base and went 1-for-1 with a walk and a stolen base in Tuesday's 7-2 loss to the Rays.

The Red Sox held primary first baseman Triston Casas on the bench, giving Dalbec his first start since being called up from Triple-A Worcester after Boston placed Adam Duvall (wrist) on the injured list. The Red Sox opted to call up Dalbec instead of center fielder Jarren Duran because they are projected to face several lefties in the coming week and felt Dalbec's right-handed bat was a better offensive fit. At this time, first base is not considered a platoon, although Casas, much like Dalbec the last two seasons, is off to a slow start. He's batting .161 after two hitless at-bats off the bench Tuesday. The Red Sox will see right-hander Taj Bradley on Wednesday, so expect Casas back in the lineup. After Wednesday, Boston is projected to see four consecutive lefties, which means potential starts for Dalbec. At some point next week, the team could replace Dalbec with the lefty-hitting Duran, who could be part of the rotation replacing Duvall in the field.