Saunders is out of the lineup Friday with a hamstring injury, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.

EDGE Analysis

Friday's absence is injury-related as it turns out, although the severity of the hamstring issue remains uncertain. A knee injury kept Saunders off the field for most of 2015, and he dealt with some hamstring soreness during the initial days of this season. Ezequiel Carrera will fill in for Saunders on Friday both in left field and atop the batting order.