Chicago White Sox outfielder Andrew Benintendi is taking a seat on the bench on Thursday against the visiting Atlanta Braves with a left-hander on the mound. Corey Julks will make the start in left field for the Pale Hose and will bat sixth against Braves left-hander Chris Sale. Benintendi has been on the bench in two of the last four games with the team facing left-handers in those games. The 29-year-old left-handed hitter could start finding himself on the bench even more often, though, as he's been a non-factor all year on offense. The former seventh overall pick by the Boston Red Sox in 2015 out of Arkansas is hitting a measly .199/.245/.308 with a career-worst .552 OPS with six homers and 22 RBI in 62 games in his second year in Chicago. Against lefties, he's gone 4-for-46 (.087) with a homer, two RBI and 13 strikeouts.

With Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Jordan Montgomery on the bump for Thursday's series finale, Minnesota Twins outfielders Max Kepler and Trevor Larnach will both retreat to the bench, as usual. With both lefties starting on the pine on Thursday, Manuel Margot will start in right field and bat leadoff, with Kyle Farmer drawing into the lineup at second base and batting ninth against Montgomery. Infielder Jose Miranda will serve as the designated hitter and bat cleanup. Both Kepler and Larnach should be back in the fold for the Twins for Friday's series opener against the Seattle Mariners and right-hander Logan Gilbert. Margot is an intriguing DFS sleeper out of the leadoff spot on Thursday against Montgomery, whom he's hit .375 against in 16 career at-bats with a home run and three RBI.

Atlanta Braves shortstop Orlando Arcia (head) is back at shortstop and is batting ninth for Atlanta on Thursday against the Chicago White Sox and right-hander Chad Kuhl. Arcia will make his return for the Braves for the first time since being pulled from Monday's game early due to dizziness. The 29-year-old has been cleared to play after being evaluated, but DFS managers should be looking to avoid the light-hitting shortstop. The Venezuelan native has hit just .212 (58-for-274) this year as the starter at the 6 with six home runs, 22 RBI and 24 runs scored. In his last six games played, Arcia has a double in 19 at-bats with no walks and seven strikeouts.

The Philadelphia Phillies placed right-hander Spencer Turnbull (lat) on the 15-day injured list on Thursday with a right-lat strain and recalled right-hander Yunior Marte from Triple-A Lehigh Valley in a corresponding move. Turnbull was downplaying the severity of his injury after leaving his start early on Wednesday against his former team, the Detroit Tigers, but he's going to be forced to miss the next two weeks anyway. With Taijuan Walker (finger) also currently on the IL, right-handed pitching prospect Michael Mercado is the likeliest candidate to be called up from the minors to take Turnbull's spot in the rotation temporarily. Turnbull has been solid for the Phillies in 2024, but he was making his first start on Wednesday since the end of April. Mercado is the club's No. 30 prospect, per MLB Pipeline, made his MLB debut on June 24 with a scoreless inning of relief against the Tigers. Mercado had a 1.71 ERA and 1.14 WHIP with a 44:23 K:BB in 14 outings (10 starts) for Lehigh Valley.UPDATE: Manager Rob Thomson said he expects Turnbull to be out for six to eight weeks.

Chicago White Sox right-hander Chad Kuhl has been tasked with a spot start on Thursday versus the visiting Atlanta Braves. Kuhl was called up by the White Sox on June 14, but all three of his appearances came out of the bullpen. In his last appearance on Sunday against the Detroit Tigers, the 31-year-old threw 4 1/3 innings of long relief, giving up two earned runs on six hits (one homer) while walking one and striking out seven. Kuhl has allowed six earned runs on eight hits while walking five and fanning 11 in his three relief appearances for the Sox this year. At Triple-A Charlotte, Kuhl went 1-3 with a 4.34 ERA and 1.50 WHIP with 42 strikeouts and 33 walks in 56 innings over 13 outings (11 starts). He holds a career 5.00 ERA and 1.48 WHIP with a mediocre 20% strikeout rate in eight big-league seasons and makes for a desperation fantasy streamer on Thursday.