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Taylor is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cubs.

Taylor will exit the lineup for the first time since June 15, breaking a streak of 13 consecutive starts. Since being called up from Triple-A El Paso on June 3, Taylor has been able to take control of an everyday role in the outfield and of the No. 2 spot in the San Diego lineup by slashing .329/.414/.382 with one home run, six stolen bases, 11 RBI and 12 runs through 21 games. Taylor should remain a strong source of steals while he continues to play regularly, but fantasy managers should plan for a further downturn in his batting average, which has been propped up by a .490 BABIP.

Caissie went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run and a second run scored in Tuesday's rout of the Rockies.

The Marlins plated runs in seven of their nine innings en route to a 14-3 win at Coors Field, and Caissie got in on the offensive barrage in the eighth by crushing a John Brebbia fastball 453 feet into the second deck in right field. Caissie caught fire in the back half of June, and over his last 12 games he's produced a .394/.447/.818 slash line with two doubles, four homers, nine runs and 11 RBI while reducing his strikeout rate to a somewhat palatable 26.3 percent.

Kepler went 2-for-4 with a double and a run scored in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Giants.

Kepler, who recently completed an 80-game suspension, was hitless in his first nine at-bats with Arizona before snapping that run of futility with a first-inning double. He later singled and scored in the fourth. Kepler has started four of his five games with the club, taking over the strong side of a platoon in left field with Lourdes Gurriel, who's been the team's primary designated hitter since Kepler's arrival.

Velazquez went 2-for-2 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 5-3 win over Atlanta.

Velazquez put the Cardinals on the board with a solo homer off Martin Perez in the fourth inning. It was his third homer of the year. Since being recalled May 29, the slugger is batting .316 (12-for-38) while starting almost exclusively against southpaws. He is unlikely to earn everyday at-bats, but the Cardinals should continue rotating him into the lineup in place of Alec Burleson, Lars Nootbaar or Nathan Church whenever they face a left-handed starter.

Conine went 4-for-5 with a double, a walk, a run and two RBI in a 14-3 romp over the Rockies on Tuesday.

Conine got the scoring started for Miami with a run-scoring double in the first inning. He went on to reach base four more times before the night was over, finishing with the first four-hit game of his career. Conine has reached base safely in five of his past six games, batting .400 (8-for-20) with a home run, two doubles, six RBI and a 4:6 BB:K over that stretch, and he's been getting steady playing time against right-handed pitching since coming off the IL on June 21, while bouncing between four different positions (DH, right field, left field and first base).

Tatis went 2-for-5 with a pair of solo home runs Tuesday in a loss to the Cubs.

Tatis got the Padres off to a promising start when he led off the contest with a 425-foot blast to left field. The outfielder-turned-second-baseman later capped the scoring with a 370-foot solo shot in the eighth inning. Tatis was a frequent source of frustration for fantasy managers when he opened the campaign with no homers over his first 55 games, but he's been more productive since then, batting .311 with five long balls, 16 RBI, 17 runs and five stolen bases over his subsequent 28 contests. He's still way below expectations with just five home runs overall, but Tatis has been helpful in other ways, notching 19 thefts while slashing .284/.345/.383.

Crow-Armstrong went 1-for-4 with a solo home run, a walk and two total runs scored in a 9-7 win against the Padres on Tuesday.

Crow-Armstrong got in on a big day on offense by Chicago when he cranked a solo homer in the sixth inning. It seems like forever ago that the talented outfielder was hitting near the the bottom of the order and struggling to produce. He has hit first or second in the lineup every game since May 23 and is batting a staggering .357 with 12 homers, 24 RBI, 27 runs and eight stolen bases across 35 contests during that span to emerge as an NL MVP candidate. Tuesday's long ball did snap a seven-game homerless stretch for Crow-Armstrong, but he still reached base at a 42.9 percent clip during that span thanks to a 22.9 percent walk rate.

Edman went 4-for-5 with a three-run home run, an additional RBI and two total runs scored in Tuesday's 9-3 win over the Athletics.

Edman had an excellent performance that included his first homer of the season in the third inning. He has logged multiple hits in five of 11 games since he made his season debut June 17 versus the Rays. The utility man is batting .395 with eight RBI, three runs scored, two doubles and one triple over 42 plate appearances.

Gurriel went 2-for-5 with a three-run home run and a double in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Giants.

Gurriel has gone 8-for-25 (.320) with six RBI over his last six games. He's logged four doubles in that span, but the homer Tuesday was his first since May 17, before he sustained a hamstring injury. Gurriel is now batting .226 with a .603 OPS, two homers, 19 RBI, nine runs scored, eight doubles and one stolen base over 36 contests this season. He's settled in as the primary designated hitter since Max Kepler returned from an 80-game suspension to take over a platoon role in left field.

Doyle (oblique) was scratched from a rehab appearance with Triple-A Albuquerque on Tuesday due to groin tightness, MLB.com reports.

Doyle had made four rehab appearances prior to the new injury, collecting four hits across 16 at-bats. The extent of the groin issue is unclear, though it's likely to push back Doyle's potential return by at least a couple of days.