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Brice Turang 2B | MIL
Brewers' Brice Turang: Heads to bench Friday
Turang is out of the lineup for Friday's game at Baltimore.
Turang started the past 10 games after sitting Opening Day against a left-handed starter, but he'll take a seat Friday with right-hander Tyler Wells pitching for the Orioles. Andrew Monasterio will handle the keystone and bat eighth.
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Jarred Kelenic LF | TEX
Braves' Jarred Kelenic: Sits versus southpaw
Kelenic is out of the lineup for Friday's game against the Marlins.
Kelenic will once again head to the bench as Atlanta faces a left-handed starter in Trevor Rogers. Adam Duvall is starting in left field and batting sixth.
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Jesus Sanchez DH | ARI
Marlins' Jesus Sanchez: Won't start Friday vs. lefty
Sanchez is not in Miami's starting lineup for Friday's game against Atlanta, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
With Atlanta sending out left-hander Max Fried to start Friday's contest, Sanchez will take a seat while Avisail Garcia starts in right field. Sanchez has started the season batting 4-for-25 with four RBI, two walks and three stolen bases while striking out seven times.
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Nick Gordon CF | BAL
Marlins' Nick Gordon: Won't start vs. southpaw
Gordon is not in the starting lineup for Friday's game against Atlanta, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
With Atlanta left-hander Max Fried taking the mound Friday, Gordon will once again take a seat while Bryan De La Cruz shifts to left field. Gordon is slashing .217/.269/.522 with two home runs and seven RBI over 26 plate appearances to start the season.
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Edward Cabrera SP | CHC
Marlins' Edward Cabrera: Will make another rehab start
Cabrera (shoulder) will make another rehab start with Triple-A Jacksonville on April 17, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.
There had seemed to be a chance that Cabrera's next start would come with the Marlins, but the club has elected to give him one more rehab outing. He will be stretched out to six innings and/or 90 pitches in Wednesday's start. Assuming all goes well, Cabrera should rejoin the Marlins' rotation after that, setting him up to be back as soon as April 22 in Atlanta.
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Tim Anderson 2B | LAA
Marlins' Tim Anderson: Sitting with illness
Anderson is out of the lineup for Friday's game against Atlanta since he's feeling under the weather, Daniel Alvarez-Montes of ElExtraBase.com reports.
Anderson started at shortstop in Miami's first 13 games of the season, but he'll hit the bench for Friday's series opener since he's not feeling well. Vidal Brujan will take over at shortstop and bat ninth.
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Walker Buehler SP | SD
Dodgers' Walker Buehler: Making third rehab start
Buehler will continue his minor-league rehab assignment Friday with a start for Single-A Rancho Cucamonga.
It's the third start of Buehler's rehab assignment, and he built up to 65 pitches over 4.2 innings his last time out. The Dodgers will decide whether additional rehab starts are necessary after Friday's outing, and it's possible the right-hander is cleared to make his season debut as early as next week.
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Johan Rojas CF | PHI
Phillies' Johan Rojas: Out again Friday
Rojas is not in the lineup for Friday's game versus the Pirates, Matt Gelb of The Athletic reports.
It's his second straight game on the bench. Phillies manager Rob Thomson said he wanted to give Rojas a "soft reset" amidst a 5-for-31 start at the plate this season. Brandon Marsh is again in center field and Whit Merrifield will handle left.
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Jeimer Candelario 3B | LAA
Reds' Jeimer Candelario: Absent from Friday's lineup
Candelario is not in the lineup for Friday's game versus the White Sox.
Candelario is off to a dreadful 7-for-46 (.152) start at the plate this season, but this will be his first day off. The Reds will roll with Santiago Espinal at third base in Chicago.
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Rowdy Tellez 1B | ATL
Pirates' Rowdy Tellez: Out again versus lefty
Tellez is absent from the lineup for Friday's game versus the Phillies.
He will yield to Connor Joe at first base with the Phillies sending lefty Cristopher Sanchez to the hill. Tellez is 0-for-8 at the dish against left-handers this season.