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Roache is set to receive his first taste of the Double-A level after batting .259/.326/.448 with 10 home runs, 11 doubles and 36 RBI in 63 games for Brevard County. Unfortunately, the 23-year-old also struck out 94 times in 264 plate appearances (35.6% K%) in that span, thus highlighting his extreme swing-and-miss tendencies. Roache also spent the entire 2014 season at Brevard County, giving him an overall batting line of .238/.308/.417 with 28 homers, 28 doubles and a 31.1% strikeout rate in 185 career games in the Florida State League.

With Victor Robles (pec) landing on the injured list, Joe will come up to play against left-handed pitchers when Dominic Canzone sits. The 33-year-old slashed just .186/.263/.243 in 80 MLB plate appearances last season.

Robles has been limited to just 13 plate appearances this season as a short-side platoon outfielder. He doesn’t have much fantasy value in that role, even if he were healthy.

It’s just a routine day off for Machado, who doesn’t get many of those. Miguel Andujar will start at third base with Nick Castellanos in the lineup at designated hitter.

With Jose Trevino (spinal strain) on the IL, Higgins will come up to serve as Tyler Stephenson’s backup.

This is quite a fall for the 26-year-old. Encarnacion-Strand emerged as an intriguing power prospect after hitting 32 home runs in Double-A for the Twins and Reds in 2022. He then hit 13 home runs in 63 MLB games for the Reds in 2023, but things quickly fell apart after that. He was limited to just 29 games in 2024 due to injury, and his results at Triple-A were modest in 2025. Still, there is plenty of power in his bat, and we’d be shocked if somebody didn’t claim him off waivers.

Well, that doesn’t sound great. The Reds have called up P.J. Higgins to take Trevino’s place, but we don’t yet have a set timeline for how long the 33-year-old will be sidelined.

The veteran is struggling to start the season, with his hard contact rates among the lowest he’s posted in his career. Obviously, the Pirates are going to want his bat in the lineup, considering the contract they signed him to this off-season, so they’re likely treating this as a mini reset. Ryan O’Hearn is at DH, with Nick Yorke starting at third base.

It seemed like an injury to Austin Hays could open up a starting spot at designated hitter for Sosa, but it seems like the White Sox are content to play him only against Lefty. Dustin Harris will start in left field today with Miguel Vargas at DH. It’s unclear what Sosa could have done better last year to earn a starting spot in Chicago.

Turang claims that it’s a short term absence, and he plans to be back in the lineup on Friday. In the meantime, David Hamilton will make his second straight start at second base, with Luis Rengifo in the lineup at third base.

Even with tough left-hander Cole Ragans on the mound, the Guardians will have DeLauter back in the lineup after one day off. He will hit fifth instead of second, but it’s nice to see that he is not in a strict platoon. It does seem like Kyle Manzardo and Bo Baylor are in strict platoons, as both of them will sit yet again with Austin Hedges catching and Rhys Hoskins at first base.