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Anderson is out of the lineup Sunday against the Orioles.

Anderson was bumped down to seventh in the order Saturday, and despite collecting a base hit to bring his season average up to a meager .209, the young shortstop will get the day off. According to Colleen Kane of the Chicago Tribune, manager Rick Renteria gave him the day off to deal with a personal loss. Tyler Saladino will get the starting nod in his stead.

Lindor went 1-for-5 with a solo homer in Saturday's win over the Royals.

Lindor left the yard for the eighth time this year to give the Indians an insurance run in the ninth inning of a come-from-behind victory. He's done very little to disappoint fantasy owners, as the superstar is slashing .287/.354/.591, which is currently better production then he had in his breakout 2016 campaign.

Anderson is hitting seventh Saturday against the Orioles, the Chicago Sun-Times' Daryl Van Schouwen reports.

Prior to this game against righty Dylan Bundy, Anderson had seen 11 games in the leadoff spot and 15 games in the two-hole, but with him hitting .207/.235/.288, the team wanted to take some pressure off his bat. Anderson will need to heat up in order to offer much value, regardless of where he is hitting. Leury Garcia moved to the two-hole and Melky Cabrera moved to the leadoff spot. If Anderson starts to produce, he should be able to reclaim a top spot in the lineup, as Garcia is hardly a qualified No. 2 hitter.

Bogaerts is starting at shortstop and hitting No. 3 in the order Saturday against the Twins.

With the Red Sox shaking up their lineup in an attempt to generate some offense, Bogaerts moves up to a spot in the order in which he's only made one start this year. The 24-year-old leads the team with a .326 batting average and a .380 OBP and normally hits out of the fifth or sixth spot, but could be in line for more at-bats.

Anderson went 2-for-5 in his return to the lineup in Friday's 4-2 loss to the Orioles. He had been given a rest day Thursday.

Anderson's two singles Friday raised his average to .207, the second time this season he's crossed the Mendoza threshold. After making a nice splash in 2016, it appears the league has caught up to the 23-year-old shortstop the second time around. Pitchers are feeding him more sliders and it's resulting in more soft contact. Additionally, he's hitting just .171 against right-handers. Right-handers that throw sliders are pretty common in the majors. Anderson and the White Sox have seen a steady dose of AL Central foes, teams that may know Anderson better than others. Perhaps Anderson's bat can come alive when the schedule features more teams outside his division, but word about a hitter's deficiencies circulates pretty quickly around the league. Anderson will need to adjust to the increased diet of sliders he's seeing.

Adrianza (oblique) was activated from the disabled list Friday, Brandon Warne of Zone Coverage reports.

Adrianza is finally ready to rejoin the Twins after spending the first month of the season on the disabled list with an oblique injury. The 27-year-old will offer some depth around the infield, but given his career .220/.292/.313 slash line in the majors, he likely won't be anything more than a bench option for the Twins.

Correa went 2-for-4 with a double and two runs during Thursday's loss to Texas.

While the double was just the 10th extra-base hit of the season for Correa, and his three home runs and .422 slugging percentage don't jump off the page, the shortstop is heating up. Correa has eight runs, seven doubles, six RBI and a .366/.422/.610 slash line over his past 10 games, so after a slow start, it's encouraging to see him posting high-end fantasy numbers again.

Pennington went 2-for-3 with a walk, a run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 8-7 loss to the Mariners.

He continues to see sporadic playing time behind a veteran Angels starting infield, and while Pennington has seen action in 12 games this year he's just 5-for-20 at the plate. Barring an injury ahead of him on the depth chart, don't expect the 32-year-old's role to increase any time soon.

Correa went 4-for-5 with a double and a homer in Wednesday's win over the Rangers.

It's been a slow start to the year for Correa, as this was really the first time in 2017 we've seen him flash the sort of game-changing hitting he's capable of. Considering his background, it's quite reasonable to think that this might be the game that ignites Correa on a hot streak that erases the memories of his early-season power outage.

Bogaerts is batting fifth Wednesday against the Orioles, Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.

Bogaerts performed well out of the leadoff spot for Boston, but with Dustin Pedroia finding his swing lower in the order, the Red Sox will head back to the batting order they held earlier in the year. Bogaerts may be in line for a few more RBI opportunities with this new spot in the batting order, as he's now sandwiched between sluggers Hanley Ramirez and Mitch Moreland for the evening.