New York Yankees vs. Toronto Blue Jays - News - June 19, 2022 | FOX Sports

Alejandro Kirk - On bench Monday Kirk isn't starting Monday's game against the White Sox.

Impact Kirk started in the last five games and went 4-for-16 with a home run, a double, four runs and three RBI during that time. Vladimir Guerrero is serving as the designated hitter while Gabriel Moreno starts behind the dish.

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Yankees lineup vs. Rays Monday: Marwin Gonzalez at SS, Giancarlo Stanton in RF, Gerrit Cole pitching Here is the New York Yankees' lineup vs. the Tampa Bay Rays at Tropicana Field on Monday.

JUNE 20, 2022 • NJ.COM

Isiah Kiner-Falefa - Sits with hamstring injury Kiner-Falefa (hamstring) is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Rays.

Impact Kiner-Falefa's absence from the lineup doesn't come as a major surprise after he was withheld from the lineup for Sunday's loss to the Blue Jays due to a sore hamstring. Until the injury presents no issues for Kiner-Falefa while he runs the bases and moves around laterally in the field, he'll likely remain on the bench. Marwin Gonzalez draws the start at shortstop in the series opener in Tampa Bay.

JUNE 20, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Joey Gallo - Day off Monday Gallo isn't in the lineup for Monday's game against the Rays.

Impact Gallo started in the last four games and went 2-for-11 with a homer, a double, four runs and three RBI during that time. Giancarlo Stanton will shift to right field while Josh Donaldson serves as the designated hitter.

JUNE 20, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Anthony Rizzo - Goes deep as pinch hitter Rizzo went 1-for-2 with a solo home run Sunday in a loss to the Blue Jays.

Impact Rizzo was initially given the day off, but he came in to pinch hit for Kyle Higashioka in the eighth inning and lined a solo homer to right field. He received another at-bat in the ninth but grounded out to end the game. Rizzo has gone deep in three of his past four games and is batting .545 (6-for-11) with seven RBI and a stolen base over that stretch.

JUNE 20, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Kyle Higashioka - Goes deep again Sunday Higashioka went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a loss to Toronto on Sunday.

Impact Higashioka hit one of five New York homers in the contest, swatting a 426-foot solo shot in the sixth inning. The backstop didn't go deep in any of his first 34 contests this season but has since left the yard in three of his past four games. Over that stretch, he is batting .313 (5-for-16) with four homers, seven RBI and five runs.

JUNE 20, 2022 • ROTOWIRE

Marwin Gonzalez - Hits first homer as Yankee Gonzalez went 2-for-4 with a solo home run Sunday in a loss to the Blue Jays.

Impact Gonzalez joined the party that is the homer-happy Yankees offense, swatting his first long ball in his 35th game with the club. His sixth-inning solo shot gave New York a temporary 8-3 lead, but Toronto stormed back to erase that deficit by the end of the seventh frame. Gonzalez is slashing .243/.305/.351 on the campaign and has primarily filled a utility bench role.

JUNE 20, 2022 • ROTOWIRE