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Velazquez went 1-for-3 with a walk, a run and two stolen bases in a loss against the Royals on Saturday.

Since being recalled from Triple-A Salt Lake on Thursday, Velazquez has accumulated three steals in three games while starting at shortstop in place of the injured Zach Neto (oblique). Velazquez was a perfect 7-for-7 in theft attempts in the minors before his promotion, and he swiped 17 bags in 18 attempts with the Angels last season, so it may be tempting for fantasy managers in need of steals to look his way. However, it's worth keeping in mind that he's a .192 career hitter with a 33.9 percent strikeout rate in the majors.

Seager went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 4-2 win over the Blue Jays.

Seager provided extra cushion with a seventh-inning shot. It was his 10th homer in 39 games and fourth in the last eight starts. A hamstring injury cost him five weeks, so Seager's monster season does not yet qualify him for MVP consideration, but his numbers are right there with the best of the American League thus far. For the season, Seager boasts a line of .348/.409/.639.

Abrams is not in the starting lineup against the Marlins on Sunday.

Abrams generally gets one day off per week, and the 22-year-old infielder will get a rest after picking up one hit in seven at-bats over the first two games against the Marlins over the weekend. Ildemaro Vargas will play shortstop and hit eighth.

Wendle is out of the starting lineup for Sunday's game versus the Nationals, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Wendle returned to the lineup Friday after a short absence due to a groin injury, and he went 3-for-8 over the first two games of the set against the Nationals. Jacob Amaya is making his MLB debut and hitting ninth while playing shortstop.

Perdomo batted leadoff and went 0-for-4 in Saturday's 6-3 win over Cleveland.

Pavin Smith had recently been the preferred leadoff hitter against right-handers, but manager Torey Lovullo vaulted Perdomo into the role from the lower third of the order. It was the fourth time the young shortstop hit atop the order and the first time he failed to reach base. Perdomo is 7-for-16 with two walks as the Diamondbacks' leadoff hitter. It's uncertain if Lovullo will continue to use Perdomo at leadoff, but his numbers in a short sampling have been better than Smith's.

Reyes is not in the starting lineup for the first game of a doubleheader versus the Yankees on Sunday, Mac Cerullo of the Boston Herald reports.

Reyes was scheduled for a day off Saturday before the game was postponed due to inclement weather, and the infielder will open the first game of the twin bill on the bench Sunday. Enrique Hernandez will get the start at shortstop and hit eighth.

Crawford went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and two walks in an extra-innings loss to the White Sox on Saturday.

Crawford wasted no time getting the Mariners on the board, uncorking a 383-foot solo shot to lead off the home half of the first. The veteran shortstop reached safely for the seventh time in the last eight games in the process, and his pair of free passes helped push his on-base percentage to just three points shy of the career-high .356 figure he generated back in his rookie 2017 campaign.

Pena went 1-for-4 with a stolen base Saturday against the Reds.

Pena extended his hitting streak to five games -- it was interrupted by an absence due to illness -- with a base knock in the second inning. He went on to steal second base, his seventh of the season. Despite hitting .268, Pena has had a power outage of late with only four extra-base hits -- no home runs -- across his last 15 games. He has only one RBI in that span.

Arcia went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two total runs, two total RBI and a stolen base Saturday in a 10-2 win over the Rockies.

Arcia was a force from the No. 8 spot in the order for Atlanta, hitting a solo homer in the third inning and a run-scoring single in the fifth. He finished with his sixth three-hit game of the campaign and bumped his season slash line to .339/.398/.494. While Arcia entered the contest without an extra-base hit over his previous eight games, he batted .346 over that stretch and has hit .396 with 12 RBI across 15 contests in June.

Witt went 2-for-5 with a double and four RBI in Saturday's 10-9 win over the Angels.

Witt had a pair of two-run knocks, a double in the seventh inning and a single one frame later, to help the Royals erase a six-run deficit. This was his fifth multi-hit effort in his last 13 games, a span in which he's gone 17-for-51 (.333). The shortstop is still hitting just .247 on the year, but he's trending in the right direction. Witt has added ample counting stats with 11 home runs, 21 stolen bases, 35 RBI, 40 runs scored, 10 doubles and four triples through 69 games.