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Solarte agreed to a minor-league contract with the Marlins on Friday, Craig Mish of Sirius XM reports.

Solarte spent 28 games with the Giants earlier this season, but he struggled to a .205 average with a home run and seven RBI. He'll report to extended spring training before ultimately getting sent to Triple-A New Orleans.

Kemp with 1-for-4 with a two-run home run Friday against Baltimore.

Kemp tied the contest in the bottom of the fifth inning with a two-run home run over the fence in right field, his fourth long ball of the 2019 campaign. The 27-year-old has registered an extra-base hit in each of his last four games, driving in four runs during that stretch.

Andrus went 2-for-5 with a triple, an RBI and a run scored Friday against the Athletics.

Andrus got his squad on the board in the sixth inning with an RBI triple to right field, but the Rangers would ultimately lose 5-3. The 30-year-old has pieced together a modest five-game hitting streak and continues to see the ball well this season. He's slashing .302/.342/.458 with six homers and 32 RBI over 51 contests.

Semien went 4-for-5 with two home runs, four RBI and three runs scored Friday against the Rangers.

Semien smacked a solo home run in the fifth inning, plated a run in the seventh on a single and left the yard again in the ninth, a two-run blast to right field that gave the Athletics a two-run lead. The 28-year-old has pieced together a respectable .266/.354/.417 slash line with nine homers and 31 RBI over 63 contests in 2019.

Torres (shoulder) is available off the bench Friday against Cleveland and believes he'll be back in the starting lineup for Saturday's contest, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports.

A sore shoulder has kept Torres out of the lineup for two straight games, but he doesn't expect to miss much more time. The Yankees can afford to give him a rest, with Didi Gregorius (elbow) returning from the injured list to start at shortstop. Torres is expected to primarily play second base with Gregorius back in action.

Torres (shoulder) remains out of the lineup Friday against Cleveland.

Torres sat Thursday with a sore shoulder and will remain on the bench for at least one more game. Didi Gregorius (elbow) returns from the injured list to make his season debut at shortstop, which will push Torres back to second base as his primary position moving forward.

Chavis is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Rays.

Chavis has fallen off after an excellent start to his rookie season, hitting .169 with a 41.5 percent strikeout rate over his last 15 games. Mitch Moreland returns from his back injury to start at first base, with Brock Holt starting at second.

The Padres are expected to give serious consideration to promoting Urias before the end of June, and possibly within the next week, Dennis Lin of the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. "I think he's on a really fast track," general manager A.J. Preller said. "We just wanted to ... make sure that he was in a good spot, so that when he came back and hit (against) the better quality big-league pitching, we felt like he was in a really balanced position and in a powerful position."

His .368/.461/.724 slash line and 14 home runs in 44 games in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League are obviously quite impressive and his .432 average and 7:7 K:BB over his last 10 games further suggests that the time is drawing near for Urias to be called up for good. He has upped his flyball rate and pull rate at Triple-A this season, which has contributed to the power breakout, and now he is regaining the elite contact skills that made him such a promising prospect in the first place. Look for him to take over as San Diego's everyday second baseman sometime this month.

Rosario went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Thursday's win over the Giants.

The shortstop led off the bottom of the first inning with his second long ball in as many games. Rosario is slashing a solid .275/.310/.600 over his last 10 contests, and he already has eight homers through 59 games in 2019 -- one shy of last year's career high.

Mayfield went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Thursday's 8-7 extra-innings win over the Mariners.

He has been the primary fill-in at shortstop for Carlos Correa (ribs) but has not done much to replace Correa's offense. The homer, the 28-year-old Mayfield's first as a major leaguer, snapped an 0-for-21 skid.