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Yoshida is absent from the lineup for Friday's game against the Twins.

The Twins are starting a right-hander in David Festa, but the left-handed-hitting Yoshida will nonetheless begin this one on the bench. After an excellent July and August, Yoshida is slashing just .231/.286/.365 so far in September. Tyler O'Neill will be Boston's designated hitter Friday.

The Yankees activated Poteet (triceps) from the 60-day injured list Friday and optioned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Poteet is over the triceps injury that's kept him out since mid-June, but the Yankees have elected to keep him at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre where he had been on a rehab assignment. The 30-year-old has allowed four runs over 10.1 rehab innings with SWB.

The Yankees designated Marinaccio for assignment Friday.

Marinaccio has collected a 3.86 ERA and 25:10 K:BB over 23.1 innings during his time with the Yankees this season. A career 12.6 percent walk rate is scary, but the 29-year-old also has a career 28.3 percent strikeout rate and is under team control for multiple seasons. He figures to draw interest via trade or waivers.

Rortvedt is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Blue Jays.

Rortvedt is sporting an unsightly .136/.214/.173 batting line with a 32.6 percent strikeout rate since the beginning of August. He will yield to Logan Driscoll on Friday in the series opener.

McClanahan (elbow) is scheduled to throw live batting practice next Thursday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

It will be the left-hander's first time facing hitters since he underwent Tommy John surgery in August of 2023. McClanahan began throwing off a mound last month and expects to have a "completely normal offseason." The 27-year-old should open the 2025 season in the Rays' rotation but is likely to have some workload restrictions in place in his first year back from elbow surgery.

Ward went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday's loss to Houston.

Ward accounted for the Angels' only run with his 416-foot solo shot to lead off the game. The long ball was his 25th of the campaign -- the first time he has reached that mark as a big leaguer. Ward's leadoff homer Thursday was his fifth in his past 19 games. According to Angels Senior Communications Manager Matt Birch, the outfielder is the first player to have at least five leadoff home runs in a season for the team since Mike Trout in 2012.

Stripling (back) came out of his bullpen session Wednesday feeling good and will thrown another one Saturday, MLB.com reports.

The veteran right-hander was able to throw mostly fastballs while occasionally mixing in each of his offspeed pitches during Wednesday's session, which consisted of 25 pitches overall. If things go smoothly Saturday, Stripling could be activated from the IL when first eligible Tuesday.

Moore went 1-for-2 with two walks and a stolen base in a win over the Yankees on Thursday.

Moore had his most active game offensively since Sept. 4 by getting on base three times, and he added his 30th steal of the campaign. Despite Thursday's busy night, Moore has had an unremarkable month thus far, hitting .250 with two extra-base hits, four RBI, four walks, two stolen bases and two runs across 29 plate appearances over 13 games in September.

Adams went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in Thursday's loss to the Astros.

Adams reached on an infield single in his second trip to the plate before going on to swipe his second bag of the campaign. The outfielder has now hit safely in five of his last six games, posting two RBI, two runs and a stolen base over that stretch. On the downside, he's also struck out in all 10 of the games he's played since being called up while drawing only three walks.

Schanuel went 1-for-3 with a walk and a stolen base in Thursday's loss to Houston.

Schanuel walked in his first trip to the plate and eventually stole third base after advancing to second on a Brandon Drury single. The first baseman would later add a single of his own to lead off the sixth, extending his hitting streak to 10 games in the process. Schanuel is batting .388 (14-for-36) over that 10-game stretch with one homer, seven RBI and three runs scored.