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Turner (wrist) was officially activated from the 60-day DL on Tuesday and is leading off and starting at shortstop against the Marlins, Jorge Castillo of The Washington Post reports.

It had already been confirmed that Turner was on track to be activated, and the Nationals waste no time deploying him back atop the lineup. With a little over a month left in the season, Turner still has plenty of time to make a significant impact in all five roto categories -- most notably steals and runs. He hit .279/.324/.422 with seven home runs and 35 steals in 68 games prior to suffering the injury.

Crawford went 2-for-4 with his 12th home run of the season in Monday's 3-0 win over San Diego.

Crawford returned to the lineup with a bang after receiving a maintenance day Sunday. He has quietly put up a solid month of August with three homers and 11 RBI to complement a .294/.368/.471 slash line.

Ahmed (hand) suffered a fractured wrist when he was hit by a pitch during a rehab game with Triple-A Reno on Sunday, Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic reports. He'll be sidelined for 6-to-8 weeks with the injury, effectively spelling the end of his season.

This is extremely unfortunate luck for Ahmed, who was due to return in a matter of days while rehabbing a fractured hand before this pitch broke his same-side wrist. Even if the Diamondbacks are able to make a deep postseason run and Ahmed heals as expected, the lack of regular at-bats he's received since late June could make the team reluctant to activate him.

Turner (wrist) will return to the Nationals on Tuesday, Jorge Castillo of The Washington Post reports.

Turner struggled during his rehab assignment, as he went just 2-for-21 over seven games. His performance is less important than how his wrist felt after those games, though, and Turner is apparently feeling good enough to make his way back to the majors. The Nationals will be able to work Turner back slowly, as Wilmer Difo has performed admirably in his absence, but Turner's line-drive ability, baserunning and defense are too good to leave on the bench down the stretch. Expect an official roster move to be made sometime Tuesday, as the Nationals will need to clear a 40-man roster spot to get Turner off the 60-day DL.

Camargo (knee) is expected to join the Braves in a week after completing a brief minor-league rehab assignment, Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports,

Camargo is scheduled to take a few days of batting practice down in Florida before finishing out the minor-league season on a rehab assignment. Barring any setbacks during his brief rehab stint, Camargo should be activated in the first week of September. Dansby Swanson has taken advantage of increased playing time in his absence, so it's unclear whether Camargo will reclaim his role as Atlanta's everyday shortstop once he returns.

Ahmed (hand) went 1-for-2 with a home run and three RBI in a rehab game for Triple-A Reno on Sunday.

After delivering a two-run blast in the third inning, Ahmed was hit by a pitch in the fourth inning and was replaced by a pinch runner. There haven't been any reports that Ahmed reinjured the fractured right hand he's spent the last two months recovering from, so it's possible that he was just pulled early from the contest for precautionary purposes. Ahmed had played eight innings at shortstop a night earlier, so his entry into the lineup on back-to-back days suggests he could be activated from the 60-day disabled list as soon as Tuesday's series opener against the Dodgers.

Crawford is out of the lineup Sunday against the Diamondbacks, Andrew Baggarly of The Mercury News reports.

The 30-year-old will take a seat with southpaw Patrick Corbin twirling for the Diamondbacks, affording Kelby Tomlinson a turn as shortstop. Crawford is slashing .225/.279/.369 against left-handers on the season.

Rojas is out of the lineup Sunday against the Padres, Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports.

Rojas has recorded only five hits in 31 at-bats while starting eight of the last nine games, so manager Don Mattingly will move the shortstop to the bench for a day and see if Mike Aviles can provide the Marlins with a little more production from that position. Since Aviles represents a defensive downgrade and doesn't offer enough offensive upside to make up for it, Rojas still looks like a fairly safe bet to hold down an everyday role the rest of the season.

Arcia went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Saturday's win over the Dodgers.

Arcia's 13th home run of the season broke a scoreless tie in the fifth inning. He has been running hot and cold since the All-Star break; after slashing .241/.317/.296 to begin the second half, he posted a .907 OPS in his first 13 games of August. The 23-year-old was on another slide entering play Saturday (2-for-18), but hopefully this performance will spark another hot stretch.

Gordon went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and a stolen base in an 8-6 win over the Padres on Friday.

He has arguably the easiest job in the majors right now -- setting the table for Giancarlo Stanton -- and Gordon has parlayed his spot atop the Marlins lineup into six steals and 21 runs in 22 August games despite an underwhelming .273/.289/.318 slash line. As long as Stanton is crushing nearly every ball he sees, Gordon should continue being an elite producer in the runs category.