Bautista is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against Twins, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.

EDGE Analysis

Bautista will head to the bench after starting each of the team's past eight games. During that stretch, the veteran slugger went 4-for-31 with 10 strikeouts to lower his season average to an abysmal .208. Josh Donaldson will man third base while Norichika Aoki will start in right field in his absence.