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Baez went 2-for-5 with a double and a solo home run in Friday's 10-0 win over the White Sox.

Baez hit his eighth home run of the season to lead off the fourth inning. The Chicago shortstop has had a down year with a .602 OPS, and manager David Ross has experimented with moving him down in the batting order at times, though he batted fifth Friday. Baez is capable of getting hot in a hurry, so perhaps a few good games this weekend could propel him into a productive playoff run starting next week.

Seager went 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBI in a win over Oakland on Thursday.

Seager belted his 15th homer of the year -- a 407-foot solo shot -- in the third inning and drove in another run on a sacrifice fly in the sixth. Over his last six games, the shortstop has gone 12-for-24 (.500) with three homers and seven RBI. Seager has posted a .325/.374/.620 slash line this season, but his advanced metrics suggest that he has been even better than his standard numbers indicate. Per Statcast, he leads qualified major-league hitters in xBA (.359) and xSLG (.718) while ranking fourth in hard-hit rate (57 percent), fifth in average exit velocity (93.6 mph), and seventh in barrel rate (16.4 percent).

Turner (undisclosed) is starting at shortstop and leading off Thursday against the Mets.

He was scratched from Wednesday's lineup with an undisclosed issue, but is thankfully back in action. Turner is in the midst of a five-game hitting streak and is hitting .284 with three home runs and nine steals in 23 games this month.

Swanson went 2-for-3 with a walk, a home run, a run scored and three RBI in Wednesday's 9-4 win over the Marlins.

Swanson capped off a five-run fourth inning for the Braves with a three-run shot to center for his second home run in as many days. The 26-year-old has five hits in his last three games and has upped his slash line to .276/.346/.462 with nine home runs, 31 RBI and 48 runs scored across 246 plate appearances this season.

Berti will start at second base and will bat eighth Wednesday against the Braves, Andre Fernandez of Sirius XM Radio reports.

Berti started in each of his first four games since returning from the injured list over the weekend, going 2-for-7 with six walks. With a fifth straight start on tap Wednesday, Berti looks to have unseated Jazz Chisholm for the top job at the keystone.

Turner was scratched from the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Phillies for an undisclosed reason.

Initially listed in Washington's lineup as the starting shortstop and No. 2 hitter, Turner will instead sit for the first time all season. Expect manager Dave Martinez to provide an explanation for Turner's removal from the lineup later Wednesday. Luis Garcia will pick up a start at shortstop, while second baseman Josh Harrison fills Turner's spot in the two hole.

Swanson went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two total runs scored in the Braves' 11-1 win over the Marlins on Tuesday.

Swanson and the Braves clinched their third consecutive division title with Tuesday's victory. The 26-year-old has been a primary contributor, recording a team-high 218 at-bats in 2020. Swanson had been in a 3-for-24 slump in his six games prior.

Seager went 3-for-3 with a home run, a walk, two runs and two RBI in a win over Oakland on Tuesday.

Seager knocked in the Dodgers' first run with a single in the first inning and drove in another with a solo shot to center field in the fifth. The 2016 National League Rookie of the Year has steadily put together an MVP-caliber 2020 campaign, ranking in the top 10 among NL hitters in batting average (.321), homers (14), RBI (39) and OPS (.986).

Crawford is out of the lineup Tuesday against Colorado, Maria I. Guardado of MLB.com reports.

Crawford is 10-for-28 with two homers and five doubles over his last nine games but will take a seat with southpaw Kyle Freeland on the mound for the Rockies. Daniel Robertson receives the start at shortstop for the Giants.

DeJong isn't in Tuesday's lineup against the Royals, Jeff Jones of the Belleville News-Democrat reports.

DeJong has been slumping recently as he's gone just 1-for-20 with three RBI, one walk and eight strikeouts over the last six games. Tommy Edman will take over at shortstop Tuesday.