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Carpenter is out of the lineup again Wednesday versus the Giants.

Carpenter seems to have slumped his way into a bench-bat role, as this is his third straight absence from the Padres' starting lineup. Nelson Cruz will handle DH duties and hit seventh Wednesday night in San Francisco.

Rooker is out of the lineup Wednesday at Cleveland.

Seth Brown will serve as the A's designated hitter and bat third versus the Guardians and young right-hander Gavin Williams. JJ Bleday is starting in left field and hitting fifth. Rooker has gone 1-for-17 with 10 strikeouts across his last five games and his season OPS has dropped from .984 to .832 over the last four weeks.

Stanton is not in the lineup Wednesday against the Mariners.

Willie Calhoun will take a turn as the Yankees' designated hitter and bat third. Stanton gets a day of physical and mental rest after going 0-for-11 with one walk and seven strikeouts over his last three games.

Pederson went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and an additional RBI in Tuesday's 4-3 win over the Padres.

Pederson was the engine behind the Giants' comeback win -- he tied the game with his eighth-inning solo shot before his walk-off walk in the ninth. The designated hitter has gone just 4-for-21 (.190) over his last seven contests, though he also has five walks in that span. He's at a .266/.387/.508 slash line with eight homers, 27 RBI, 24 runs scored, no stolen bases, four doubles and a triple through 39 contests while seeing the vast majority of his playing time versus right-handed pitchers.

Canha is not in the starting lineup Wednesday versus the Astros.

Canha will get a breather after he went 1-for-2 with an RBI in Tuesday's 4-2 loss. Tommy Pham will replace him in left field while Daniel Vogelbach takes over at designated hitter and bats seventh in the series finale with Houston.

Cabrera is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.

Cabrera had started each of the Tigers' last four games and seven of the past eight, so the 40-year-old will receive some much-needed maintenance while Detroit and Kansas City wrap up their series with a matinee contest. With Cabrera on the bench, Kerry Carpenter will re-enter the lineup following an off day Tuesday to serve as Detroit's designated hitter.

Winker is not in the starting lineup Wednesday versus the Diamondbacks.

Winker will take a seat after he went 1-for-6 with a two-run homer and four strikeouts over the first two games of the series. Rowdy Tellez will take over at designated hitter and bat cleanup in the series finale with Arizona.

McCutchen is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs due to a sore right elbow, Justice delos Santos of MLB.com reports.

Manager Derek Shelton downplayed concern about the injury, noting that McCutchen is day-to-day and is just receiving an additional game off to manage the elbow issue. With McCutchen sitting for the second straight contest, rookie Henry Davis will get another look as the Pirates' designated hitter.

Belt (hamstring) was reinstated from the 10-day injured list and will start Wednesday and bat third in the Blue Jays' series finale with the Marlins, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.

Belt is back in the lineup after missing the minimum 10 days while on the IL with a hamstring injury. The 35-year-old has produced a .296 average with two home runs, four doubles, four RBI and four runs scored over eight games in June. In order to open a roster spot for Belt, Spencer Horwitz was optioned to Triple-A Buffalo in a corresponding move.

The Blue Jays optioned Horwitz to Triple-A Buffalo on Wednesday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.

With Brandon Belt (hamstring) returning from the injured list Wednesday, the Blue Jays had no room on the 26-man active roster for Horwitz. During his five-day stint in the big leagues, Horwitz started at designated hitter in three games and went 2-for-8 with two walks and a run.