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Beckham (hamstring) should return to the Braves no later than June 23, when the club begins their series with the Mets, David O'Brien of the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports.

Beckham has begun "ramping up" his running, which is a good sign moving forward. He was placed on the 15-day DL on June 2 after exiting a game with a hamstring strain, but seems to be progressing at a normal pace. In his absence, the Braves have mostly gone with Adonis Garcia at third base.

Marte will bat leadoff Friday against the Red Sox.

The 22-year-old will be atop the order for a third straight game with the Mariners set to face their third straight opposing left-hander in Roenis Elias. Marte has hit safely in seven of nine games since his return from the DL, adding three stolen bases. He's hit at the bottom of the lineup against right-handers.

Motter went 3-for-4 with a double and two runs in Thursday's 6-4 loss to the Mariners.

The struggling 26-year-old came through with the first three-hit effort of his career in the series finale, pushing his average over the Mendoza Line for the first time since May 30 in the process. Motter had gone 0-for-10 in his last four games, so the breakout performance was a badly-needed one. The two-bagger was only his second of the season, and fourth extra-base hit overall. Motter's line is up to .204/.323/.352 following Thursday's production.

Forsythe enters Thursday's series finale versus the Mariners having gone 5-for-11 with a double, triple, walk and a run over the first two contests of the three-game set.

The veteran infielder has hit the ground running after his DL stint, and scored the winning run in Wednesday's 13-inning victory when Logan Morrison drew a bases-loaded walk. Forsythe was on base four times during the extra-inning win, and has a .778 OPS in his first five games back from injury.

Drury has been sitting more often following the promotion of Peter O'Brien, Nick Piecoro of the Arizona Republic reports.

The Diamondbacks are trying to get O'Brien's bat into the lineup, and that's come at the expense of Drury. In the five days since O'Brien's promotion, Drury has sat four times, and he's sat six times in the last eight games. He is, however, starting at third base and batting second Wednesday against lefty Clayton Kershaw.

Giavotella went 2-for-4 with a homer and a stolen base Tuesday against the Twins.

Giavotella has now homered in back-to-back games for the first time this season, and has registered eight hits over his last four contests. Giavotella is enjoying his best power season in the major leagues, but that still equates to just a .396 slugging percentage. While the power he has shown of late is likely unsustainable, Giavotella is registering a hard contact rate of over 28 percent, and could be worth a look at a shallow position in deeper leagues.

Andrus went 3-for-5 with a homer, two runs and two RBI Tuesday against the Athletics.

Andrus' third home run of the year gave the Rangers an insurance run in the eighth inning of a winning effort. He's now collected nine hits over his last four games to raise his slash line to .294/.342/.417.

Dykstra was released by the Nationals on Tuesday, Chelsea Janes of the Washington Post reports.

Dykstra was slashing a solid .297/.381/.365 in 37 games with Double-A Harrisburg before being released, but he'll now hit the open market. The 26-year-old has never advanced beyond the Triple-A level -- and has a career average of just .185 there -- so he likely won't make much, if any, of an impact at the major league level wherever he lands.

Torres, 19, is batting .247/.332/.419 with seven home runs, 23 RBI and 11 steals through 60 games for High-A Myrtle Beach.

The batting average is not ideal, though Torres will not turn 20 years of age until after the season, and he has already crushed his previous career high in home runs. His upside remains high, though he will not see the majors until 2018 at the earliest.

Albies, 19, is batting .239/.285/.365 with two home runs, 17 RBI and six steals through 41 games since being promoted to Triple-A.

The numbers look rather pedestrian, but Albies has been better of late, hitting .263 with three steals over the last 10 games. Albies does have Dansby Swanson nipping at his heels at Double-A, though Swanson has not been scalding the ball of late either. The Braves appear in no rush to promote either prospect to the bigs.