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Mountcastle will get a breather for the series finally against Cleveland. Eloy Jimenez is the designated hitter with Ryan O’Hearn moving to first base against Gavin Williams and the Guardians.

Castro started in center field tonight. He didn’t have an at-bat before leaving at the beginning of the third injury.

Graterol has missed a month with a hamstring strain. He’s allowed one run in two innings during a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City.

Hernández is missing a third straight start Monday after taking a pitch off his ankle on Friday night.

There’s been nothing from Hill since the move to DFA him about whether he’ll try to find another team right away. He made just four appearances for Boston and allowed two runs in 3 2/3 innings.

Bickford can opt for free agency if he’d like. He was DFA’d on Saturday after giving up eight earned runs in 8 1/3 innings for the Yankees.

Aaron Boone was very short on specifics on how exactly he intends to integrate Domínguez, although expectations are that Alex Verdugo will typically draw the short straw. Tonight, thought, Stanton is getting a rest, with Aaron Judge DHing and Verdugo in left field. Stanton is currently in a 1-for-19 slump.

Moncada, out since April with an adductor strain, has appeared in eight games for Charlotte, five of them at third base, and gone 9-for-26 with a homer and three doubles. Still, there doesn’t really seem to be much desire on either side to have him back in the White Sox lineup in advance of the inevitable divorce this offseason.

There was hope yesterday that he’d be back tonight, but it wasn’t to be. Chris Taylor is playing left field against the Cubs.

Santana is leading off tonight against the Angels. It’s the third time in the last five games that he’s done so against a left-hander. Before that, he hadn’t led off in a game since 2018.

Blackburn apparently intended to pitch through the soreness until that happened. He was expected to return from a right hand contusion to start tonight against the Blue Jays, but he’s going to remain on the IL for now. Tylor Megill is starting in his place.