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  • Jose Caballero SS | NYY

    Yankees' Jose Caballero: Sitting Saturday

    Caballero is not in the Yankees' starting lineup against the Twins on Saturday.

    Caballero will get a breather after going 1-for-3 with a steal, an RBI single and a run scored in Friday's 5-2 win over Minnesota. Anthony Volpe will draw the start at shortstop and bat fifth in Saturday's contest.

  • Twins' Victor Caratini: Idle Saturday

    Caratini is not in the Twins' starting lineup against the Yankees on Saturday.

    Caratini will get a breather while Alex Jackson starts behind home plate and bats ninth while forming a battery with right-hander Zebby Matthews. Caratini has a 1.021 OPS with five home runs, 15 RBI and four doubles over 85 plate appearances since June 1.

  • Jose Tena DH | WAS

    Nationals' Jose Tena: Pops fourth homer

    Tena went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Friday's win over the Pirates.

    Getting the start at DH and batting third, Tena took Mitch Keller deep in the third inning for his fourth homer of the year. Tena has mainly been an option off the bench against right-handed pitching of late, amassing just 49 plate appearances since the beginning of June with a .222/.286/.378 slash line, one homer, two steals, five runs and five RBI.

  • Byron Buxton CF | MIN

    Twins' Byron Buxton: Back in action Saturday

    Buxton (hip) will start in center field and bat second against the Yankees on Saturday.

    Buxton missed each of the Twins' last four games due to a right hip impingement, but the veteran outfielder has been given the green light to return to action Saturday. He finished the month of June with a .287/.330/.596 slash line with three steals, eight home runs and 16 RBI across 100 plate appearances.

  • Jacob Young CF | WAS

    Nationals' Jacob Young: Scratched with hand injury

    Young has been removed from Saturday's lineup against the Pirates due to left hand soreness.

    With Young out of the lineup, the Nationals will start Daylen Lile, Dylan Crews and James Wood in the outfield from left to right while deploying Jose Tena as the designated hitter. It's unclear whether Young's hand injury will prevent him from being available off the bench for Saturday's contest.

  • Bo Bichette 3B | NYM

    Mets' Bo Bichette: On base three times Friday

    Bichette went 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI in Friday's loss to Atlanta.

    The performance snapped a brief seven-game skid in which he'd gone 5-for-25 without a multi-hit effort. Despite that small swoon, Bichette's mostly been on fire over the last month, and in 27 contests since June 3 he's delivered a .343/.368/.565 slash line with 13 extra-base hits (seven doubles, a triple and five homers), 16 runs and 19 RBI.

  • Owen Caissie RF | MIA

    Marlins' Owen Caissie: Belts 11th homer

    Caissie went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run in Friday's win over the A's.

    The Marlins took advantage of a trip to Sutter Health Park in Sacramento by launching five homers on the night, including Caissie's 390-foot shot the other way to left-center field in the ninth inning off Mason Barnett. Five of Caissie's 11 homers on the season have come in his last 15 games, a stretch in which he's slashing an impressive .357/.396/.762 with 10 runs and 14 RBI.

  • Jakob Marsee CF | MIA

    Marlins' Jakob Marsee: Swats fifth homer

    Marsee went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Friday's win over the A's.

    The Marlins took advantage of a trip to Sutter Health Park in Sacramento by launching five homers on the night, including Marsee's shot off Jack Perkins in the first inning. Marsee snapped a 12-game power drought with the blast, and since the beginning of June he's managed a meager .170/.291/.277 slash line with two of his five long balls on the season, along with four steals, six RBI and 11 runs in 28 contests.

  • Nick Kurtz 1B | ATH

    Athletics' Nick Kurtz: Reaches 20-homer plateau

    Kurtz went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run and a walk in Friday's loss to the Marlins.

    Kurtz launched his 20th homer of the season with a two-run shot to center in the bottom of the third inning. The star first baseman snapped a nine-game homer drought with this long ball, but he still sits tied for sixth on the AL home-run leaderboard while tying Shea Langeliers (thumb) for the team lead. Kurtz is batting .269 with an excellent .966 OPS across 29 games since the beginning of June.

  • Jeff Hoffman RP | MIN

    Blue Jays' Jeff Hoffman: Collects ninth hold

    Hoffman walked one and struck out two in a scoreless eighth inning Friday to record his ninth hold of the season in a win over the Mariners.

    The right-hander kept a combined shutout going after Dylan Cease delivered seven scoreless frames, before Hoffman handed the ball off to Louis Varland in the ninth. Hoffman hasn't allowed an earned run since June 6, and over 11 appearances since then he's produced a 0.79 WHIP and 15:5 K:BB in 11.1 innings while picking up one win and two holds.

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