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Lowe is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Athletics, Adam Berry of MLB.com reports.

The Rays have been facing a slew of left-handed starters of late, but it hasn't routinely cost Lowe playing time. With southpaw Cole Irvin on the hill for Oakland on Wednesday, Lowe will be sitting for only the second time in the last week and a half. That said, Lowe's productivity has taken a hit due to the lefty-heavy schedule. Lowe has gone 4-for-34 while striking out in 27 percent of his plate appearances over his past eight games.

Gimenez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Twins, Joe Noga of The Cleveland Plain Dealer reports.

With southpaw J.A. Happ on the hill for Minnesota and a team off day coming Thursday, Cleveland manager Terry Francona determined that Wednesday was a good opportunity to give Gimenez a breather. The young shortstop had started each of the past six games, going 2-for-18 to drop his season average to .192.

Arraez is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against Cleveland.

With southpaw Logan Allen on the bump for Cleveland, the lefty-hitting Arraez will take a seat in what amounts to his second day off of the season. Byron Buxton will assume leadoff duties in place of Arraez, who is slashing .284/.372/.351 with one home run, 10 runs and nine RBI across 86 plate appearances on the campaign.

Biggio went 3-for-3 with an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's win over the Nationals.

Biggio plated a run in the fourth with a sac fly that scored Alejandro Kirk, and this might be the game the third baseman was needing to spark his confidence up. Even though he's now posted two three-hit outings over his last three appearances, he's still hitting just .260 over his last eight games, going hitless six times during that stretch.

Arroyo (hand) is not in Tuesday's lineup against the Mets, and while he is available, the Red Sox would prefer not to use him in this contest, Bill Koch of The Providence Journal reports.

It does not sound like an IL stint is imminent for Arroyo, but we probably won't see him until at least Wednesday. Marwin Gonzalez is starting at second base and batting seventh.

Mayfield was claimed off waivers by the Mariners and optioned to the alternate training site Tuesday.

He will continue his tour through the AL West, as he has now moved on from the Astros and Angels, respectively. Mayfield will serve as organizational infield depth.

Rosario is not in the lineup for Tuesday's tilt with the Twins.

Rosario hits the bench after starting 10 of the last 11 games. It's hard to say he deserves a regular role, as he's hitting .153/.242/.220 through 66 plate appearances this season, though he can at least blame a .174 BABIP for some of his struggles. Jordan Luplow slides to center field in his absence, with Josh Naylor starting in right.

Polanco is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against Cleveland.

Polanco will head to the bench for the first time all season, breaking a streak of 21 consecutive starts. The day off will give Polanco a chance to reset after he followed up a season-best four-hit effort April 21 in Oakland with a 1-for-12 showing over his subsequent four games.

Altuve went 3-for-5 with a double, two RBI, a run scored and a stolen base during Monday's win over the Mariners.

In his return after testing positive for COVID-19, Altuve had himself a solid night at the plate, including his third double and first steal of the season. He was also thrown out on a second stolen-base attempt. Across 12 games this year, the 30-year-old is slashing .347/.400/.469 with one home run.

Merrifield went 1-for-3 with an RBI in Monday's 3-2 win over the Tigers.

Merrifield notched his 15th RBI of the season in the top of the fifth inning on a sacrifice fly to left field, driving in what turned out to be the game-winning run. The 32-year-old is slashing .286/.319/.440 with three homers and is tied for the league lead in stolen bases with Ramon Laureano at eight through 21 games.