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Williams has now homered three times in the AFL. The 6-foot-5, 255-pound first baseman forged an .845 OPS while reaching High-A with 11 homers in 77 games. There’s obvious athletic limitations in this type of profile and the fact he hasn’t played at the higher levels at his age is concerning, but Williams definitely has the skill set to hit for power while drawing walks.

The injections will keep Alvarez from participating in baseball activities in the coming days. He recently visited with a hand specialist, and the specialist determined there has been “notable progress” in the imaging compared to previous weeks.The 28-year-old was placed on the 60-day injured list, but that was just a procedural move that cleared a spot on the 40-man roster.. That being said, there’s no timetable for when Alvarez will be able to return, and it’d be a surprise if he was back before the All-Star break.

Agnos spent a little over three weeks in the minors after his relatively surprising demotion from the MLB club. The 24-year-old could see high-leverage work with Colorado, and yes, there is such thing as high-leverage work with the Rockies, how dare you.

Chvilli has been up-and-down from Albuquerque to Colorado and vice versa for the majority of the year, and it’s unlikely to change anytime soon. He’ll move south this time with Zach Agnos getting the promotion to take his place on the roster.

Diaz will get a break with Victor Caratini getting the start behind the plate, Jose Altuve getting a break from the field as the DH and Cooper Hummel getting the start in left.

The leave will extend through the All-Star break, and obviously his absence away from the club will be considerably higher — if not permanent — if he’s found to have violated the league’s policy. There should be considerably more details in the coming days, but don’t expect to see Ortiz on the mound soon.

Cantillo is a starter by trade but opened this season in the Guardians’ bullpen and posted a 3.81 ERA over 28 1/3 innings in 21 appearances. He was sent down to Triple-A Columbus to get stretched back out as a starter. He has started four games and posted a 3.86 ERA, 0.98 WHIP, and 15/4 K/BB. However, he has thrown just 11 2/3 innings and hasn’t made it out of the fourth inning in any of those. It seems like five innings might be the max we can expect from Cantillo early on, which keeps him off fantasy radars for now.

It’s just a routine day off for the veteran, who hit .269 in 24 games in June with two home runs, 11 runs scored, and 10 RBI. He will be replaced at shortstop by Brooks Lee today as Lee continues to play every day by moving all around the infield.

The switch-hitter is riding a modest four-game hitting streak, but he has also gone just 8-for-45 (.178) with two RBIs and no home runs over an 11-game stretch that included eight games in Coors Field and three games in a hitter-friendly park in Milwaukee. We knew Toglia would struggle with batting average, but if he’s not going to take advantage of extended stretches at Coors Field, it’s hard to argue for keeping Toglia on your rosters. Orlando Arcia will start at first base and bat seventh on Thursday.

Gage elected free agency after he was designated for assignment by the Tigers back on June 26th. The reliever had a 1.67 ERA in 32 1/3 innings for Triple-A Toledo this season and has a 1.42 ERA in 22 career MLB appearances. He will now return to the organization that drafted him in 2014 and start off in Triple-A Sacramento.

Hill was activated off the IL on Tuesday but had been on the bench for the first two games back. The 29-year-old figures to remain a part-time player with Dane Myers playing well in center field for the Marlins.