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Wilyer Abreu scratched Saturday with leg bruise

Wilyer Abreu

BOS Right Fielder #52

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Wilyer Abreu was scratched from the lineup for Saturday’s game against the Athletics with a leg contusion.

Abreu receives some extra time off to recover after being hit by a pitch above his shin guard during Friday’s game. It was a bit surprising to see him on the initial lineup card in the first place with rookie left-hander Gage Jump taking the ball for the Athletics. The 27-year-old has put together a phenomenal season, slashing .256/.331/.462 with 20 homers, 62 RBI and seven steals in 429 plate appearances over 113 games. It’ll be Eli White moving over to right field with Jarren Duran getting into the lineup in the opposite corner. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day for now.

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Masataka Yoshida (illness) was held out of the Red Sox’ starting lineup for the second consecutive game on Sunday.

Yoshida was feeling so under the weather on Sunday that he wasn’t even at the ballpark with his teammates. He’s back in the dugout on Sunday and could be available off the bench. Wilyer Abreu is functioning as the team’s designated hitter on Sunday with Eli White starting in right field and batting eighth against J.T. Ginn and the Athletics.
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Wilyer Abreu (leg) returned to the Red Sox’ starting lineup for Sunday’s showdown against the Athletics.

Abreu was a late scratch from Saturday’s lineup due to a leg contusion that he sustained when fouling a pitch off of his shin during Friday’s game. He’s serving as the designated hitter and will bat third against Athletics’ right-hander JT Ginn on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park.
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Wilyer Abreu went 2-for-2 with three RBIs in Boston’s 13-1 demolition of the Athletics on Friday.

Abreu missed a homer to Fenway’s short fence in right field by about two or three feet, settling for a two-RBI double. He was replaced by Eli White in the sixth inning as a defensive sub, but the game was already out of hand at that point so we don’t suspect anything bad happened here. Abreu is red-hot, hitting .385/.485/.885 with four homers and a stolen base in his last seven games. Ride the wave if you have him in fantasy baseball.
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Wilyer Abreu went 2-for-3 with a walk, a solo home run and three runs scored against the White Sox on Wednesday.

Abreu’s home run was his 20th of the season. He hit a solo shot off Sean Burke in the third inning. Abreu now has nine home runs in 19 games since the All-Star break. He’s hitting .254 with a .787 OPS and 57 RBI.
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Wilyer Abreu hit his 18th and 19th homers Tuesday in the rout of the White Sox.

Abreu has eight homers and three two-homer games in 18 games since the break, even though he’s batting just .200 during the span (14-for-70). He’s three homers away from matching last year’s total, which seems good, but then he’s already had 71 more plate appearances than he did then, since he’s avoided the IL and he’s starting regularly against lefties.
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Red Sox optioned INF/OF Romy Gonzalez to Triple-A Worcester.

The Red Sox are going to roll with Eli White and Jahmai Jones as their lefty-mashing specialists, in addition to Nick Sogard seeing regular time at second base, with Gonzalez going to the minors in the wake of their trade deadline moves. The 29-year-old infielder has hit just .185 (12-for-65) with one homer, seven RBI and one steal in 19 games this season.
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Red Sox acquired OF Eli White from the Braves for RHP Tyler Uberstine.

White bolsters Boston’s bench mix and should get some chances against left-handed starters over the final two months. The 32-year-old has been a key role player for Atlanta over the last two years.
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Jarren Duran went 0-for-4 with a strikeout against the A’s in Thursday’s win.

Duran was extremely disappointed that he didn’t instead go 0-for-3 with a sac fly and made his displeasure known to Willson Contreras, who did not tag up from third on Duran’s 245-foot fly to left in the sixth. Contreras, though, most likely would been out had he tried to run on Tyler Soderstrom’s arm and pretty clearly made the right decision. Regardless, Duran’s gestures on his way off the field and in the dugout afterwards were completely uncalled for. Even though they’d be selling low in a big way, one wonders if the Red Sox still might choose to subtract Duran before the trade deadline.
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Jarren Duran is on the bench for Wednesday’s contest against the Athletics.

Duran takes a seat with lefty Jacob Lopez drawing the starting assignment in this one. It’ll be Jahmai Jones taking over in left field. He’ll continue sitting against the occasional southpaw, but Roman Anthony’s ongoing absence means he’ll continue playing pretty much everyday in Boston.

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Kazuma Okamoto

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Kazuma Okamoto is starting at third base and hitting fifth in Thursday’s game against the Red Sox.

He’s been bothered by a knee contusion of late, missing games on Monday and Tuesday and DHing on Wednesday. It’s good news that he’s back at third base. He’ll take on Red Sox LHP Peyton Tolle today.
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Adley Rutschman is not in Boston’s starting lineup against the Blue Jays on Thursday.

Rutschman is 1-for-6 with three walks in his first two games with the Red Sox. Connor Wong will take over at catcher in a day-game-after-a-night-game scenario.
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