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Mondesi (oblique) is with his teammates in Florida as they prepare to face the Rays, though it's not yet clear whether he'll be activated prior to Tuesday's game, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

The Royals have been very cautious with their young shortstop, who's been out with a strained right oblique since late March. Manager Mike Matheny said the Royals wanted to take "every minute they have" when it comes to the decision to activate Mondesi, so his status might not become clear until after the team releases its lineup. If he's not active Tuesday, however, it looks as though he'll be back within the next few days.

Anderson went 1-for-4 with a double and two RBI in Monday's 5-1 win over the Cardinals.

Anderson capped off a four-run sixth inning with a two-run double off Daniel Ponce de Leon. He's now hit in three straight games but is still mired in a 3-for-25 slump, and these were his first RBI in 10 games.

Wendle went 3-for-4 with a grand slam, a double and two runs scored in Monday's 14-8 win over Toronto.

Wendle kicked off the first inning with a bang, clubbing a grand slam in the first inning to extend his team's lead to five. Following an impressive three-hit performance, he's batting .310 on the season to go along with six home runs, 24 RBI and three stolen bases through 45 games.

Witt went 2-for-5 with a double and a solo home run Sunday in Double-A Northwest Arkansas' 12-5 win over Springfield.

Though he generated hype in spring training about potentially bypassing the higher levels of the minors entirely to break camp with the big club, Witt was ultimately assigned to Double-A to begin the season. The 20-year-old was expected to find immediate success at Northwest Arkansas, but Witt is off to a surprisingly lackluster start to the campaign. He's reaching base at a modest .307 clip through 75 plate appearances, and he only had one extra-base hit prior to Sunday. Witt has at least excelled on the basepaths, going 7-for-10 in steal attempts.

Fletcher went 1-for-2 with a single, two walks and a run scored in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Athletics.

Fletcher got on base in three of his four plate appearances, as he raised his slash line to .254/.281/.288 with 24 runs scored, 13 RBI, two runs scored and a 7:22 BB:K. The 27-year-old is walking a career-low 3.8 percent of the time and is striking out a career-high 11.8 percent of the time in what has been a down year so far for him at the plate in comparison to his numbers since he entered the league in 2018.

Crawford is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.

Donovan Walton will pick up a start at shortstop in place of Crawford, who will take a seat for the first time all season. Despite starting in all 46 of the Mariners' games to date, Crawford has produced relatively modest counting stats (18 runs, 14 RBI, one home run, one stolen base), a byproduct of typically batting in the bottom half of one of the majors' weaker lineups.

Wendle is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Blue Jays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The left-handed Wendle will take a seat for the second day in a row with Toronto bringing another southpaw (Hyun Jin Ryu) to the hill. Yandy Diaz will cover third base in Wendle's stead.

Bogaerts is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Phillies, Christopher Smith of The Springfield Republican reports.

According to Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic, manager Alex Cora suggested that Bogaerts, J.D. Martinez and Alex Verdugo (hamstring) are all sitting out Sunday for maintenance purposes with a team off day coming Monday. After getting a two-day breather, Bogaerts should be feeling refreshed heading into a two-game set with Atlanta that begins Tuesday. Marwin Gonzalez will fill in at shortstop in the series finale in Philadelphia in place of Bogaerts, who slugged his 10th home run of the season in Saturday's 4-3 victory.

Anderson went 1-for-3 with a walk in Saturday's 7-0 loss to the Yankees.

Anderson's sixth-inning single snapped an 0-for-17 run, which came after he'd hit in 12 straight. The shortstop has a .299/.336/.438 slash line over 152 plate appearances.

Bogaerts went 1-for-3 with a home run, a walk and two RBI in Saturday's 4-3 victory over Philadelphia.

The star shortstop plated Boston's second run with a sacrifice fly in the third inning. He later swatted the first of back-to-back Red Sox home runs with a solo shot to right field. Bogaerts has been among baseball's elite hitters this season, slashing .345/.402/.602 with 10 homers, 30 RBI and four stolen bases.