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Now that’s a name I’ve not heard in awhile. Duplantier hasn’t appeared in the majors since 2021 when he made four starts for the Diamondbacks and wound up making 16 relief appearances earlier this year for Triple-A Syracuse in the Mets’ minor league system. The 30-year-old righty was a notable pitching prospect for Arizona last decade, but never wound up finding his footing in the big leagues, mostly due to injury.

Jansen will be eligible to return next Saturday, though it’s unclear if that’s realistic. He’s hit .171/.277/.309 while splitting time with Kyle Higashioka this season. Higashioka will play regularly, with veteran Elias Díaz backing up, in Jansen’s absence.

Díaz will serve as Kyle Higashioka’s backup until Danny Jansen is ready to return from a forearm strain. The 35-year-old went 5-for-22 with two homers in 10 games with the Royals before being bumped from the roster last week.

Morán has been effective in low leverage situations for Boston, amassing a 3.00 ERA in 33 innings. Alex Gamboa is replacing him on the roster and will likely take over his role, as well.

Gamboa pitched one scoreless inning in his first stint with Boston last month. He had a 3.66 ERA and a 30/8 K/BB in 32 innings while mostly starting for Worcester.

The Yankees finally have a right-handed catcher on the roster in Ali Sánchez, who was promoted today, so it looks like Wells is going to more sitting against southpaws. Wells is hitting just .166/.278/.255 overall this year, and he’s come in at .100/.179/.160 versus lefties.

The Yankees have José Caballero in right field and Anthony Volpe at short against left-hander Ranger Suárez. Boston is throwing another lefty in Connelly Early on Sunday, so there’s a good chance that Jones will sit once again.

Isiah Kiner-Falefa seems to have cooled off, so he’s taking a seat after 10 straight starts. The switch-hitting Seigler was called up Wednesday after hitting .298/.425/.471 in 30 games for Triple-A Worcester. He appeared in one of his first three games on the roster, going 0-for-2.

Canzone’s three-hit effort included his eighth long ball of the season, a gargantuan 451-foot blast to center field off Tigers starter Keider Montero in the fourth inning. It came just a few innings after sending a run-scoring double off the base of the center-field wall in his first at-bat of the contest. The 28-year-old has been on fire recently, hitting .350 (14-for-40) with four homers and seven RBI over his last 15 games.

Miller authored his strongest performance of the season, falling just short of posting his first double-digit strikeout performance since last September 11. He generated an eye-popping 16 swinging strikes, including nine on his fastball alone, and allowed just three baserunners. The 27-year-old righty has been phenomenal since coming off the injured list last month, forging a microscopic 1.33 ERA, 0.78 WHIP and 29/5 K/BB ratio across 27 innings. He’ll try to keep the momentum going when he faces the Orioles on Thursday in his next start.

Montero gave up six hits, including a 451-foot moonshot to Dominic Canzone in the fourth inning. He finished with one strikeout and issued one walk. He’s allowed four earned runs in three of his last five outings since May 14. He’ll bring a respectable 3.95 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 44/16 K/BB ratio across 66 innings into a road outing against the Guardians on Friday.