Tampa Bay's Austin Meadows receives a breather on Tuesday

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Austin Meadows is out of Tuesday's starting lineup against the New York Yankees.

What It Means:

Meadows will head to the bench tonight with Guillermo Heredia starting in left field and Tommy Pham handling designated hitting duties.

In 210 at-bats this season, Meadows is hitting .314 with 12 home runs and 38 RBI.