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Jonny DeLuca takes a seat on Thursday

Jonny DeLuca

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Jonny DeLuca is not in the starting lineup on Thursday against the Royals.

DeLuca has started four straight games and appears to have emerged as a regular starter in center field or right field. Since coming off the injured list earlier in June, he has gone 5-for-18 (.278) with two doubles, two home runs, four RBI, and one steal in six games. He’s slashing .270/.301/.453 in 47 games for the Rays this season and is an option in deeper formats even though he will sit one or two games a week. Victor Mesa Jr. will start in right field and bat eighth on Thursday.

- Eric Samulski

Source: Tampa Bay Rays

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Jonny DeLuca went 2-for-4 with a double, run scored, and RBI on Wednesday against the Athletics.

Part of the Rays’ platoon brigade, DeLuca notched two early hits off the Athletics’ left-handed starter Brady Basso and helped Tampa Bay build an early lead. With a .281 batting average against lefties this season, DeLuca consistently hits in the heart of the order against them and is a solid deep league, daily streamer on Friday and Saturday with two more lefties on the schedule.
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Victor Mesa Jr. hit a solo homer in Tampa’s loss to the Braves on Thursday afternoon.

He golfed a Raisel Iglesias change up just over the right field wall in Truist Park. Mesa didn’t start against lefty Martín Pérez but has been something of a revelation for the Rays against right-handers this year, as he’s hitting .238/.303/.455 with 11 homers and eight stolen bases.
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Victor Mesa Jr. went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a walk, and two runs scored on Wednesday against the Braves.

Recently back off the injured list, Mesa Jr. continues to hit. This home run was his 11th on the season in just 189 at-bats. He was also docked for a caught stealing in this game, but that was on an odd play where he tried to scamper home after a pick-off throw to first and was thrown out. Regardless, he’s a strong deep league option to close the season in an everyday role for the Rays hitting near the middle of their order.
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Victor Mesa Jr. is starting in right field and batting sixth against the Mets on Wednesday.

Mesa Jr. was activated off the injured list on Tuesday and right back in the starting lineup against a lefty. He went 3-for-4 with two runs scored and is right back in there against a right-handed pitcher. Jonny DeLuca started on Tuesday, and Cedric Mullins is starting in center field and batting seventh tonight, so it appears that those two may be in a platoon.
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Rays activated OF Victor Mesa Jr. (hamstring) from the 10-day injured list.

The 24-year-old was placed on the injured list on August 19th with a strained left hamstring. He was hitting .214/.288/.447 with 10 home runs and six steals in 179 plate appearances for the Rays.
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Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-3 with a walk and a two-run home run for Triple-A Durham on Wednesday.

This was Mesa Jr.'s first rehab game after being put on the injured list with a strained left hamstring. He has only missed nine days so far, so he could be back with the Rays over the weekend.
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Jonny DeLuca went 1-for-4 with an RBI double in a win over the Tigers on Wednesday.

DeLuca has been playing every day since Victor Mesa Jr. went on the injured list, and he’s gone 19-for-64 (.297) in August with five runs scored, five RBI, and three steals. He could be a deeper league asset in fantasy if he’s going to continue to play this often.
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Victor Mesa Jr. (hamstring) will begin a minor league rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham on Wednesday.

Mesa is eligible to be activated from the injured list this weekend. The 24-year-old hit the injured list with a left hamstring strain last week. He should be ready to return after getting a couple tune-up games under his belt this week. He’s homered five times in 23 games since last month’s All-Star break.
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Rays placed OF Victor Mesa Jr. on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring.

Mesa’s setback last night will shelve him for at least 10 days. Ryan Vilade and Jonny DeLuca will get extra starts against righties while Mesa is out.
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Victor Mesa Jr. was removed from Tuesday’s game against the Orioles with left hamstring discomfort.

Mesa has been battling a lingering hamstring issue, which caused him to miss three games earlier this week. It sounds like he could wind up requiring a trip to the injured list since he lasted just four innings before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in his return to Tampa Bay’s lineup.

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Lake Bachar will start another bullpen game for the Pirates on Sunday.

It’s bizarre that the Pirates have decided that the best way to use Bachar is to have him throw two innings every five or six days, but that remains the plan, apparently. Antwone Kelly will also likely figure prominently against the Royals.
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Grant Holmes allowed two runs in six innings and got the win in the Braves’ 6-3 victory over the Astros on Saturday.

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Josh Jung went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and a solo home run against the Blue Jays on Saturday.

Jung’s home run was his 11th of the season. He hit a solo shot off Jose Soriano in the first inning. Jung has hit two home runs in his last three games. He’s quietly hitting .298 with an .817 OPS and 39 RBI this year.
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José Soriano allowed six runs (five earned) in five innings and took the loss against the Rangers on Saturday.

Soriano gave up four hits, walked one and struck out eight. He fell to 12-8 with the loss. Soriano has a 4.73 ERA in nine starts since joining the Blue Jays. After posting a 1.66 ERA in his first nine starts of the season, he has a 3.72 ERA on the year. Soriano is lined up to face the Reds at home next weekend.
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Brandon Lowe went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a two-run home run against the Royals on Saturday.

Lowe’s home run was his 33rd of the season. He hit a two-run shot off Royals reliever Steven Cruz to put the Pirates up 6-5 in the bottom of the eighth inning. Lowe has four home runs in his last five games. He’s hitting .262 with an .826 OPS and 93 RBI this year.
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Mason Montgomery tossed a scoreless inning and picked up the save against the Royals on Saturday.

Montgomery entered with a one-run lead in the ninth inning. After walking the lead-off man and the runner moving into scoring position on a stolen base, he retired the next three hitters consecutively. Montgomery extended his scoreless streak to 22 2/3 innings. He has a 2.63 ERA this year. Montgomery has been a stabilizing force at the back of the Pirates’ bullpen after they spent the first half of the season searching for a closer.
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The Phillies are sending Orion Kerkering to Triple-A Lehigh Valley, according to The Athletic’s Matt Gelb.

Kerkering had nothing today after a poor outing Friday, yet Don Mattingly hung him out to try, letting him throw 36 pitches and give up four runs in the eighth against the Mets. He’s now allowed 12 runs and eight walks over seven innings in his last seven appearances. It really doesn’t seem like the Phillies pen is going to have much in the tank in October, in part because Mattingly’s ineptitude.
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Steven Cruz allowed two runs, blew the save and took the loss against the Pirates on Saturday.

Cruz came in with a one-run lead in the eighth inning. Even if he pitched well, he wasn’t likely to come back out for the ninth and get the save. Instead, he gave up a go-ahead two-run home run to Brandon Lowe. Cruz remains in the save mix in Kansas City, though he appears to be slightly behind Nate Pearson in the pecking order based on recent usage.
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