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Raleigh’s homers left the bat at 113.9 and 113.8 mph. It’s his second two-homer game in three days, and it put him up to 19 homers for the year. His overall .215/.299/.432 line is less impressive, but, really, it hardly seems fair that he’s going to miss out on the All-Star Game again this year. It’s a little odd that MLB has decided All-Star teams need four shortstops and four first basemen but only two catchers.

This qualifies as a significant shakeup. Semien, who is hitting .141 (11-for-78) with two extra-base hits through 21 games this season, is batting lower than third for the first time since signing with the Rangers back in 2022. Meanwhile, Corey Seager isn’t hitting second for the first time in Bruce Bochy’s tenure at the helm. He’s been moved to the third spot. Texas has scored the fewest runs in baseball to this point in the year so they’re going to try a different approach to see if it helps wake up their talented core. It’ll be Josh Smith leading off and Wyatt Langford batting second on Tuesday night at hitter-friendly Sutter Health Park in Sacramento.

Zach Dezenzo jammed his right thumb on a slide during Monday’s series opener against the Blue Jays when he finished 2-for-3 with an RBI. It’ll be veteran Christian Walker back at first base on Tuesday night. Fantasy managers should consider him day-to-day for now. He’s slated to undergo imaging that will determine the severity of the issue.

Snell should progress to facing hitters either later this week or early next week. The 32-year-old southpaw figures to be ready to rejoin Los Angeles’ rotation at some point in early May.

WooSox manager Chad Tracy told reporters Anthony, who hasn’t played the field since April 10, will return to the outfield on Wednesday. He also emphatically put to bed the idea of Anthony potentially moving to first base. There’s been rumblings on social media and local talk radio about the idea of moving Anthony to first base, but the Red Sox clearly have no plans to do that. The 20-year-old prodigy has put up stratospheric exit velocities and a surreal 31.9 percent barrel rate this season at the Triple-A level. His time is coming. He should arrive at Fenway Park in the coming weeks.

It qualifies as a surprise to see Rengifo absent from the lineup with lefty Bailey Falter toeing the rubber for Pittsburgh. It’s possible he’s dealing with some sort of physical issue, but that remains to be seen. It’ll be veteran Kevin Newman at the hot corner on Tuesday night against his former team.

It appears to be a routine off day for Santander, who has split time between DH and the corner outfield spots in his Blue Jays debut. He’s off to a slow start at the plate this season, hitting .196 (18-for-92) with two homers and only eight RBI through 23 games.

Marsh ran the bases on Tuesday without any issues and should be ready to get into minor league games later this week. The 27-year-old outfielder, who has been mired in a season-long slump at the plate, hit the injured list over the weekend with a right hamstring strain.

McCullers will make a minor league rehab start this weekend for Double-A Corpus Christi. He figures to be ready to make his season debut at some point in May.

Lewis should be ready to kick off a minor league rehab assignment at some point in the coming days. The 25-year-old is working his way back from a hamstring strain that he suffered back in mid-March. There’s a strong possibility he’s ready to return at some point in early May.

Hyde added that everything is on the table, including moving Charlie Morton to the bullpen, in an effort to turn things around. They’ve also discussed the possibility of veteran Kyle Gibson coming up later this week to take the ball. It seems highly likely that Young will be re-inserted into Baltimore’s rotation later this week to start against the Tigers, but that’s not official yet. He allowed three runs over four innings last Saturday against the Reds in his big-league debut.