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Owings (thumb) will require a surgical procedure, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.

Manager Bud Black said Sunday that Owings is slated for surgery after he was transferred to the 60-day injured list. The utility man will be out until at least June and will need at least eight weeks to recover, Nick Groke of The Athletic reports. Prior to the injury, Owings went 8-for-15 with six extra-base hits, three RBI and two stolen bases in seven games.

The Rockies transferred Owings (thumb) to the 60-day injured list Sunday.

Owings was diagnosed with a sprained left thumb at the time he was placed on the 10-day IL on April 10, but the injury was apparently more severe than the club initially anticipated. He'll now be shut down until June as a result of the issue, making it tough to justify holding onto the 29-year-old utility man outside of NL-only leagues. Owings was off to a hot start prior to suffering the injury, as he produced six extra-base hits (three triples, three doubles) to go with two stolen bases in his first 17 plate appearances.

Berti is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Giants, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Though Berti broke camp with Miami as a utility player, he had some hope of earning semi-regular starts due to his ability to play the outfield and multiple infield spots. However, with the regular outfield trio of Corey Dickerson, Starling Marte and Adam Duvall thriving and with rookie middle infielder Jazz Chisholm getting off to a hot start to the season, playing time hasn't opened up for Berti. He'll remain on the bench for a third straight game Sunday.

Baez went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run in Saturday's win over Atlanta.

Baez might have struck out three times, but he made his presence felt with his lone hit -- a three-run shot in the third off Huascar Ynoa that scored both Kris Bryant and Joc Pederson. The star shortstop ended a three-game hitless streak with his fourth homer of the campaign, but he has struck out at least once in 10 straight games and continues to show an aggressive approach -- one that has resulted in a whopping 20 strikeouts over his last 37 plate appearances.

Seager went 1-for-5 with a two-run home run and a walk in Friday's extra-innings win over the Padres.

With the teams knotted at 6-6 after 11 innings, Seager came up to the plate in the top of the 12th and unloaded a 423-foot homer to propel the Dodgers to an exciting win. The blast was his second of the campaign, each of which have come over his past four contests. Seager is slashing a robust .348/.455/.543 on the season.

Marcano was optioned to the Padres' alternate training site Friday.

Marcano made San Diego's Opening Day roster as a utility man and went 2-for-12 with a double and one RBI in 10 games. However, he'll now be removed from the major-league roster after Fernando Tatis was activated from the 10-day injured list in a corresponding move.

Ahmed will hit the bench Friday against the Nationals.

Ahmed started five straight games after returning from a knee injury Saturday. He went hitless in four of them and owns a .295 OPS through his first 21 plate appearances of the year, so it's no surprise to see him get a bit of a break. Josh Rojas will start at shortstop in his absence.

Swanson went 3-for-4 with a RBI and a double in Thursday's 7-6 win over Miami.

The shortstop finally broke through offensively, recording just his second multi-hit game and raising his early season average from .156 to .204. The lineup in front of Swanson has done him no favors with Ozzie Albies, Freddie Freeman and Marcell Ozuna all struggling considerably to begin 2021. However, those established hitters will presumably break out of their slumps and give Swanson more advantageous opportunities at the plate. The 27-year-old is coming off a career-best 2020 campaign and is once again beginning to flash that offensive prowess from a year ago.

Camargo was recalled by Atlanta on Friday.

Camargo takes the roster spot that had belonged to reliever Tucker Davidson, who was optioned to the alternate site Thursday. Camargo spent a brief period on the roster earlier in the season, striking out twice and walking once in his three trips to the plate. He could spend much of the season bouncing on and off the fringe of Atlanta's roster unless injuries open up a permanent role.

Ahmed went 0-for-4 with a walk, a stolen base, an RBI and two runs scored in Thursday's 11-6 win over the Nationals.

Ahmed knocked in a run on a fielder's choice, his second RBI of the season, and scored his first runs of the season. The stolen base was his first, but speed has not been a big element to his game. His eight thefts over 158 games in 2019 stand as his career benchmark. After starting the year on the injured list due to a knee injury, the shortstop hasn't done much since rejoining the Diamondbacks. Ahmed is 2-for-19 out of the gate.