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Steer (rib) will start in right field and bat cleanup in Wednesday's game against the Mariners.

After being lifted late in Monday's 8-0 loss due to a rib contusion, Steer was held out of the starting nine for Tuesday's 4-2 win. He went unused off the bench but was reportedly available after checking out fine when he took pregame swings, per MLB.com. Following the full day of rest, Steer is ready to step back into the starting nine for the finale, covering right field while Noelvi Marte heads back to the bench.

Reds manager Terry Francona said that Steer (ribs) is expected to be OK and was slated to hit in the batting cage pregame Tuesday, Charlie Goldsmith of Fox 19 Now Cincinnati reports.

Steer was unable to play Tuesday in Seattle after being hit by a pitch in the ribs during Monday's contest. He appears to have avoided a serious injury, however, and should be considered day-to-day. While Steer could play Wednesday, a looming team off day Thursday might convince the club to hold the 28-year-old out until Friday.

Vargas started at second base and went 1-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run scored in Tuesday's 6-5 extra-inning victory over the Athletics.

Vargas supplied the game-winning hit in the bottom of the 10th inning, when his bases-loaded singled completed the walk-off win. In addition to sharing first base with Tim Tawa and Tyler Locklear, Vargas has also stepped in at second base -- Tuesday's start at the keystone was his third in the last six contests. That deployment reduces the stress on Ketel Marte -- no stranger to overuse injuries -- who operated as the designated hitter in those three games. Vargas, who has cooled off signficantly from his hot April, is batting .268 (11-for-41) with two doubles, one triple, four RBI, one steal and three runs scored over 13 games in July.

Young went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 4-0 win over the Brewers.

Young opened the scoring by taking Brandon Sproat deep for a solo shot in his first plate appearance. The 31-year-old had gone 18 games since his last homer and now has seven home runs on the season. Since returning from the injured list May 26, he has batted .235 with a .749 OPS, seven home runs, five doubles, 17 RBI and 16 runs scored across 44 games.

Burleson went 3-for-4 in Tuesday's 5-1 loss to the Angels.

Burleson has gone 9-for-21 (.429) over five games since the All-Star break. He doesn't have an extra-base hit and has added just two RBI in that span. The first baseman is batting .282 with an .809 OPS on the year, and he's supplied 15 home runs, 69 RBI, 53 runs scored, 23 doubles, one triple and three stolen bases over 99 contests as a consistent part of the Cardinals' lineup.

Steer is not in Tuesday's lineup versus Seattle following Monday's game in which he was hit in the ribs by a pitch.

Sal Stewart is starting at first base for Steer on Tuesday while Eugenio Suarez takes over at third and Nathaniel Lowe serves as the designated hitter. Steer underwent X-rays following Monday's game. The Reds finish off the series in Seattle on Wednesday before getting the day off Thursday as they head to St. Louis.

Bauers is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Mets.

The left-handed-hitting Bauers often plays against lefty hurlers, but he will begin Tuesday's game on the bench as the Mets send rookie southpaw Zac Thornton to the bump. Luis Lara will patrol right field for the Brewers, and Andrew Vaughn will play first base.

Blanco (hamstring) began a rehab assignment in the Florida Complex League on July 17.

Per Mark Chiarelli of Baseball America, Blanco suffered a hamstring injury June 20. He also missed the first half of 2025 with a hamstring injury. Nagging muscle injuries aside, Blanco has arguably the most raw power in the minors and slashed .237/.319/.500 with 12 home runs, a 10 percent walk rate and a 29 percent strikeout rate in 49 games at High-A Greensboro.

France went 2-for-4 with a solo home run Monday in a loss to Atlanta.

France launched a 397-foot shot to left-center field in the seventh inning to extend one of the best stretches of his career at the plate. Over his past eight games, the veteran slugger is slashing a sizzling .464/.500/1.107 with five long balls, three doubles, 10 RBI, eight runs and a 2:3 BB:K. That's pushed France's season OPS to .887 -- on pace for the best mark of his career -- and has catapulted him to second place on the Padres with 15 homers on the campaign.

Chaparro went 1-for-3 with a three-run home run in Monday's win over Colorado.

Chaparro unloaded on the first pitch he saw Monday, walloping a three-run homer to open the scoring in the first inning. The first baseman has gone 5-for-11 (.455) with three homers and 11 RBI over his past three games after totaling one long ball and seven RBI across 31 contests before the All-Star break. The right-handed-hitting Chaparro is used almost exclusively in a short-side platoon role against left-handed pitching, with Daylen Lile replacing him in the seventh inning after Colorado brought in a right-handed reliever.