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Candelario went 2-for-4 with a home run, double and three RBI in Tuesday's loss to the Angels.

Candelario got the Tigers on the board early with an RBI ground-rule double in the first inning, then later deposited a two-run shot in the fifth. The 24-year-old suffered through a difficult June and July -- hitting below .200 in both months -- but he's gotten off to a better start since the calendar flipped to August. In 23 at-bats in the month, he's hitting .261/.320/.435 with a pair of extra-base hits and four RBI.

Moustakas went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in Tuesday's loss to the Padres.

Moustakas hit a two-run homer -- his 22nd of the year -- in the first inning and then recorded a sacrifice fly in the third. Moustakas has homered in back-to-back games and logged his first multiple-RBI game since joining the Brewers on July 28. The 29-year-old is hitting .249/.307/.466 with 68 RBI and 48 runs this season.

Devers (hamstring) will be activated off the 10-day disabled list Wednesday, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.

Devers will rejoin the Red Sox in Toronto for Wednesday's game after a short stint on the disabled list. The 21-year-old should make his return to the starting lineup as he was showing progress prior to landing on the shelf, going 7-for-19 in five games.

Asuaje is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Brewers.

Even with a right-hander (Chase Anderson) toeing the rubber for the opposition, Asuaje will stick on the bench for a fifth straight game. Cory Spangenberg will start in his place Tuesday, hitting eighth.

Segura will take a seat Tuesday against the the Rangers, Shannon Drayer of 710 ESPN Seattle reports.

The rest will be Segura's first since late June. In 35 games since his last day off, he's hit a modest .243/.282/.321, a stark contrast to the .334/.329/.480 line he posted through his first 71 games. Those two sections of the season are separated by a forearm infection which cost Segura four games. It's not inconceivable that the issue is having lingering effects. Andrew Romine will be the Mariners' shortstop Tuesday.

Lewis went 4-for-6 with a pair of home runs and five RBI for High-A Fort Myers in its 13-0 win over Lakeland on Monday.

Lewis' stat line is notable even without context, but it's rendered even more impressive in that two of his hits -- including the first of his two long balls -- came off Casey Mize, the Tigers' top pitching prospect and the 2018 No. 1 overall pick. The shortstop has turned in multi-hit efforts in five of his last 10 games and is hitting .329/.418/.506 with three home runs and four steals through his first 21 games in the Florida State League.

Escobar went 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles, a walk and a run Monday in the Diamondbacks' 3-2 win over the Phillies in 14 innings.

Escobar has remained a doubles machine since joining the Diamondbacks ahead of the trade deadline, collecting four two-baggers in his eight starts with his new team. He leads the majors with 41 doubles and is on pace to record 58, which would rank as the second-best single-season mark of this century.

Chapman went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run in a win over the Tigers on Sunday.

Chapman continued blasting the cover off the ball after having laced a three-bagger and solo homer in Saturday's contest. The infielder has hit safely in five straight games overall, and factoring in his production in the shutout win, he's now raised his average 43 points to .271 since May 31.

Walding was named the International League Player of the Month on Monday.

Walding earned the honor by hitting .326 with 10 homers and 21 RBI. He's yet to translate any of that success to the major-league level, where he's gone 0-for-14 with 10 strikeouts. The sample size is small, but so far he looks like a Quad-A player, though there remains a chance he could provide value as a bench bat.

Anderson went 3-for-5 in Sunday's loss to the Phillies.

It's his fourth multi-hit performance in his last seven contests, and Anderson has a solid .286/.403/.375 slash line since the All-Star break, albeit with only one homer, three RBI and eight runs in 15 games. His lack of power and the unappealing lineup around him put a firm limit on the 25-year-old's fantasy ceiling, but he still has value in deeper formats, particularly those that use OBP.