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Espinal went 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, three RBI and a run scored in Saturday's victory over the Rangers.

Espinal put the Blue Jays up 4-0 with a two-run single in the first inning and added an RBI double in the third, both off Texas starter Kohei Arihara. The second baseman had been dreadful in his last nine games prior to this contest, turning in a .483 OPS in 31 plate appearances. Furthermore, the 27-year-old had recorded only two RBI in 39 at-bats over his last 14 games prior to Saturday.

Manager Rocco Baldelli said Saturday that he hopes Polanco (knee) will be able to return early-to-mid next week, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.

Although Polanco is eligible to be reinstated from the injured list during the Twins' weekend series against Cleveland, he'll be held out for at least a few more days. However, he played catch Thursday and seems to be trending in the right direction.

Frazier isn't starting Saturday against Atlanta.

Frazier went 2-for-13 with four strikeouts over the last three games and will get a day off Saturday. Abraham Toro is starting at the keystone and batting ninth.

Rengifo isn't starting Saturday against the Astros, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Rengifo has recorded hits in six consecutive games, hitting .385 with a triple, a double, three runs, an RBI and a stolen base over that stretch. He'll take a seat Saturday while Matt Duffy starts at the hot corner and bats fifth.

Kemp went 2-for-4 with an RBI single and two runs in a loss to the White Sox on Friday.

Kemp's hitting streak is now at 11 games following Friday's output. The veteran did see his 10-game stretch without a punchout end courtesy of a swing and miss of a Joe Kelly knuckle curve during his final plate appearance of the night, but Kemp's current .231 average qualifies as his best figure in that category since June 25.

Gimenez went 0-for-4 with a hit-by-pitch and a stolen base in Friday's 7-6 win over the Twins.

Gimenez appears to have a green light on the basepaths currently -- he's logged three steals in four attempts over his last five games. For the season, he's 18-for-21 in steals while slashing .302/.370/.478 through 123 contests.

Gonzalez isn't in the lineup Saturday against Oakland, Sonja Chen of MLB.com reports.

Gonzalez is getting a breather after he went 5-for-9 with a home run, a double, four runs, four RBI and four strikeouts over the last two games. Josh Harrison will start at the keystone and bat ninth.

Rengifo went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in a loss to the Astros on Friday.

Rengifo notched one of five Angels hits in the contest, collecting a single in the seventh inning and following with a swipe of second base. The hit extended the infielder's on-base streak to 16 games, during which he's slashing .299/.309/.448 with two homers, six RBI and a stolen base. After struggling early in the season, Rengifo has worked his way into fantasy relevance with a .306 batting average, nine homers, 33 RBI and five thefts over 66 contests since June 22.

Andrus went 2-for-5 with a double, two RBI and a stolen base Friday against the Athletics.

Andrus doubled in the winning runs in the ninth inning and then proceeded to steal third base. He now has nine stolen bases on the season, though this was only his second in 20 games with the White Sox. In that same span with his new club, Andrus is hitting .298 with four homers, 17 RBI and 12 runs scored.

Castro isn't in the lineup Friday against the Royals.

Castro is getting a breather after he went 0-for-8 with two walks over the last two games. Spencer Torkelson will start at first base and bat fifth.