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Blanco, 31, is considered day-to-day. The speedy outfielder will take a seat with Joey Wiemer getting the start in the outfield in Blanco’s absence.

Julien, who didn’t start any of the Twins’ first four games, went 3-for-14 with a double and a walk in the last five contests. Jose Miranda is getting the nod over Julien today, with Willi Castro sliding from third base to second.

Michael Siani is finally getting his first start after Scott played center in both games yesterday. Scott is hitting .281/.368/.406 with four steals through nine games.

Vientos hit sixth the previous four games. He’s still struggling mightily, having opened up 4-for-34 with no homers. That he’s moving back up seems like a reaction to Brett Baty taking a seat in favor of Luisangel Acuña. When the left-handed-hitting Baty plays, he bats seventh. However, with all righties at the bottom of the order tonight, the Mets are slotting Vientos back in between lefties Brandon Nimmo and Winker.

Good to see that this odd fascination seems over. Biggio, who is 4-for-14, started five of the Royals’ first seven games, with three of those coming at first base when Vinnie Pasquantino was limited to DH. Biggio did DH on Friday, but the Royals have rotated players in that spot since. Maikel Garcia is actually there tonight.

No word on anything being wrong with Abrams, so it’s probably just his first day off of the season. The Nationals have Paul DeJong at short and José Tena at third. James Wood has taken on leadoff duties.

Welcome back to the majors, Robert Stock. The 35-year-old, who pitched in 10 games for the Red Sox in 2020, had a 4.71 ERA in 72 2/3 innings for four teams from 2018-21. He’s since reinvented himself as a sidearmer, and he excelled in Mexico last year. He opened this season by pitching 8 1/3 scoreless innings with a 12/3 K/BB in two appearances for Worcester. The Red Sox will use him in middle relief for now.

Criswell got a three-inning save to finish Sunday’s doubleheader, but he’s given up eight runs — four earned — in 4 1/3 innings this season, and he’s struck out zero of the 27 batters he’s faced. He’ll be back at some point.

Campbell didn’t have quite as much fun as most of his teammates in going 1-for-7 with two walks in the sweep of the Cardinals, so that might have something to do with him getting a day off. David Hamilton is starting at second tonight.

He needed this one. The 22-year-old is just 2-for-19 to start the season in Triple-A with seven strikeouts and six walks in five games. He still has immense upside but there may not be a quick promotion coming here for Carter.

He was due for one, but this is also about the Yankees not wanting to sit the red-hot Trent Grisham. Domínguez is hitting .242/.342/.424 with one homer and one steal through 38 plate appearances. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s possible he’ll spend more time on the bench if Grisham keeps playing out of his mind.