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Castro went 3-for-4 in Wednesday's 4-1 loss to the Twins.

Castro had three of Detroit's four total hits on the day, so it's not surprising he wasn't able to rack up any counting stats given the lineup's overall futility. The utility man is now batting .284 this season, while the team as a whole is batting just .226. As one of the squad's most consistent hitters, Castro should continue to see regular playing time, especially with Spencer Torkelson down at Triple-A Toledo.

Gorman is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs, John Denton of MLB.com reports.

Gorman, who has recorded hits in each of the past five games while swatting two home runs and stealing a base, will take a seat with the Cubs bringing southpaw Justin Steele to the mound. The righty-hitting Albert Pujols will draw into the lineup at designated hitter in place of the lefty-hitting Gorman.

Guillorme will start at third base and bat eighth in Wednesday's game against the Nationals.

Guillorme has now started at third base against a right-handed pitcher for the fourth time in the last five matchups, while Eduardo Escobar has played just once. The usage is an indication that the two will be deployed in a platoon at the hot corner moving forward, a reality that manager Buck Showalter acknowledged following Tuesday's loss to the Nationals, according to Tim Healey of Newsday. As the left-handed option in the platoon, Guillorme should see the larger share of playing time of the two and notice a spike in his fantasy value accordingly. Over his 176 plate appearances versus righties this season, Guillorme is slashing .312/.379/.395 with two home runs, nine RBI and 23 runs.

Andrus went 3-for-4 with a double in a loss to the Angels on Tuesday.

Andrus had one of only two extra-base hits for the Athletics in another low-scoring night for Oakland. The veteran shortstop now has a trio of three-hit tallies in the last seven games alone, and he's sporting a .346 average and .863 OPS across the 55 plate appearances covering his last 14 contests.

Massey's contract was selected from Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday, Lynn Worthy of The Kansas City Star reports.

Massey had a brief stint on the active roster in mid-July as a replacement player during the Royals' series in Toronto, and he went 3-for-8 with a strikeout over three games. He's starting at second base and batting seventh Wednesday against the Twins and should provide infield depth for Kansas City after Whit Merrifield was traded to the Blue Jays.

The Shortcode="annotation" data-id="306" data-text="Tigers" data-canon="Detroit Tigers" data-type="SPORTS_OBJECT_TEAM" data-league-abbreviation="MLB" data-team-abbreviation="DET">Tigers optioned Short to Triple-A Toledo on Wednesday.

Short's stay with the Tigers lasted just one day, with the 27-year-old going unused in Tuesday's 5-3 win over the Twins. He'll be replaced on the active roster by Daz Cameron, who was recalled from Toledo to bolster the Tigers' outfield depth after Robbie Grossman was shipped to Atlanta earlier this week.

Frazier went 2-for-3 with two doubles, two runs, an RBI and a stolen base in Tuesday's 8-6 win over the Yankees.

Frazier has been a solid source of batting average and steals dating back to the beginning of July, as he's hitting .323 while chipping in four stolen bases over a stretch of 26 games. After making each of his last three starts in the outfield, Frazier will be back at his natural second base position Wednesday while batting second in the series finale in New York.

Arraez isn't starting Wednesday against the Tigers.

Arraez has drawn three starts against left-handed pitchers over the last week but will head to the bench with southpaw Tyler Alexander on the mound Wednesday. Jose Miranda is serving as the designated hitter while Mark Contreras enters the lineup in right field.

Rodgers went 3-for-6 with two walks, a solo home run and three runs scored across both games of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Padres.

Rodgers delivered his 10th home run of the season in the first game, taking Yu Darvish yard in the fourth frame. He's been strong across the last month -- spanning 29 games -- during which he's maintained a .318/.371/.445 line with three home runs, 14 RBI and 15 runs scored. While he hasn't shown much growth in production from his 15-homer 2021 campaign, Rodgers has settled into being a reasonably productive player as the Rockies' everyday second baseman.

Miller will start at first base and bat cleanup in Wednesday's game against the Diamondbacks.

He'll pick up his third consecutive start after going 1-for-8 with a home run, two RBI and an additional run in the first two contests of the series. Miller has typically been occupying a short-side platoon role at first base in recent weeks with Josh Naylor -- who is sitting Wednesday with lefty Tommy Henry on the hill for Arizona -- but manager Terry Francona could find room for both hitters to play more frequently against right-handers in the wake of top designated hitter Franmil Reyes being optioned to Triple-A Columbus.