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Albies (wrist) is unlikely to rejoin Atlanta before the end of its current road trip, which lasts through Wednesday, Mark Bowman of MLB.com reports.

He hit from both sides of the plate earlier this week, but Atlanta will understandably wait until he is 100 percent before slotting him back into the lineup. It sounds like next weekend's home series against the Nationals would be the earliest Albies could return.

Forsythe was placed on the 45-day injured list Friday with a right oblique strain.

The veteran infielder presumably suffered the injury during Tuesday's doubleheader against the Mets, when he went 0-for-2. Forsythe doesn't have an official timeline for his return, but his placement on the 45-day injured list rules him out for the rest of the regular season, at least.

Haggerty went a combined 3-for-7 with a double, two RBI, a stolen base and three runs during a doubleheader against the Padres on Thursday.

Haggerty hit out of the No. 2 slot in the order in both contests and was certainly busy while extending his season-opening hitting streak to eight games. The former Mets minor-leaguer now boasts an impressive .303/.324/.485 slash line across his first 34 plate appearances of 2020 after having been promoted from the alternate training site back on Aug. 19.

Dubon is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Diamondbacks, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Dubon is out of the lineup for the third straight contest as he has a .627 OPS and two steals in 79 plate appearances. Mike Yastrzemski shifts to center field Friday, while Joey Rickard starts in right.

Gimenez was activated from the COVID-19 injured list prior to Friday's doubleheader against the Yankees, Tim Healey of Newsday reports. He is not in the lineup for Game 1.

Amed Rosario and Jeff McNeil will start up the middle for the matinee, but we could see Gimenez in there for the nightcap. He had predictably cooled off prior to landing on the IL, hitting .154 with a 7:1 K:BB over his last 26 at-bats, although he still managed three steals on three attempts over that span.

Arraez is not in the lineup for Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Tigers.

Arraez currently has an eight-game hit streak and has a .904 OPS during that stretch, but he'll take a seat for Friday's matinee. Ildemaro Vargas will start at the keystone and bat fifth for the Twins.

Torres (hamstring/quad) will be sidelined for "anywhere from 3-6 weeks," according to general manager Brian Cashman, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports.

If it's the long end of that timeline, Torres' regular season is over, and even if it's the short end, he will return with a little over a week left in the regular season. DJ LeMahieu (thumb) could return this weekend to work with Tyler Wade as the Yankees' double-play duo going forward.

Lux was placed back on the taxi squad after serving as the 29th man for Thursday's doubleheader against the Giants, Eric Stephen of SBNation.com reports.

Lux started Game 2 of the twin bill and went 0-for-3 with a pair of strikeouts. The 22-year-old will rejoin the Dodgers' taxi squad and should remain the top option to nab a roster spot if Los Angeles needs another infielder.

Dubon is not in the starting lineup for Game 2 of Thursday's doubleheader against the Dodgers.

Despite southpaw Caleb Ferguson pitching for Los Angeles, Dubon is set to sit, as he did for the matinee.

Rosario is not starting Thursday against the Marlins.

Rosario will head to the bench for Thursday's series finale after starting the past six games and going 5-for-23 with a home run and four RBI in the process. Luis Guillorme is starting at shortstop and hitting seventh in his place.