MLB Player News

With Ozzie Albies being sent back to Double-A to play second base, it seems safe to assume the Braves view Swanson as their shortstop of the future, MLB.com's Mark Bowman reports.

It had been up in the air as to whether Swanson or Albies would have to move off shortstop to man the keystone when the two reached the majors together, and now that question seems to be answered. Instead of promoting Swanson to Triple-A, they opted to demote Albies to Double-A to allow the two to work together in the middle of the infield. This suggests neither player is particularly close to reaching the majors this season. That said, they should spend a good chunk of 2017 turning double plays together at the big league level.

Seager went 1-for-4 with a double in Wednesday's 7-0 loss to the Brewers.

The Dodgers phenom had the team's sole extra-base hit on a night when Brewers starter Junior Guerra stymied hitters across the lineup. Seager managed to extend his hitting streak to 12 games, and is now hitting .337 (33-for-98) during June while raising his season average 18 points in the process.

Tejada will start at third base for Wednesday's game against the A's after his contract was purchased by the Giants prior to the game, Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News reports.

Tejada is in the lineup at third base while batting ninth Wednesday, which will be his first game back in the majors since May 26 when he was a member of the Cardinals. He was just 6-for-34 during his time with St. Louis, batting a quadriceps injury, but will bring solid defense to the Giants' infield while he is with the club.

Diaz (face) is still out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.

Diaz left Monday's game after fouling a ball off his face in the ninth inning and subsequently missed Tuesday's game after going to the hospital Monday night for additional tests. He will be out of the lineup for the second straight day, with Greg Garcia starting his sixth game at shortstop this season. Diaz will likely miss a couple more games while his swelling goes down.

Story (finger) will not play in Wednesday's game against Toronto, Jenny Cavnar of Root Sports reports.

Story missed Monday's game after being hit by a pitch Sunday, and after re-injuring the finger in an at-bat yesterday, he won't start Wednesday to give him two days of rest with an off day Thursday. Christhian Adames will fill in at shortstop in Story's absence.

Ahmed is out of the lineup Wednesday against the Phillies.

With Ahmed out of the lineup, Jean Segura will move to shortstop and Phil Gosselin will cover second base. Ahmed, who's 7-for-16 over the last seven days, will likely return to the lineup Friday when Arizona faces Johnny Cueto and the Giants.

Crawford knocked in five runs as part of a 3-for-5 game in Tuesday's loss to Oakland.

Crawford is a red-hot 5-for-10 with seven RBI over his past two games. He is still without a home run this month, but he has an amazing 20 RBI in 24 games (22 starts). Crawford has just six home runs this year and looks like he won't be able to match his career high of 21, set last year, unless he hits an extended hot streak soon.

Baez went 1-for-7 with a grand slam in the 15th inning of Tuesday's win over the Reds.

Baez made the most of his one hit by crushing a two-strike pitch with two outs to dead center field for his first career grand slam. The blast gave the 23-year-old third baseman seven for the season, and upped his RBI total to 25. Baez is slashing .256/.301/.430 in 172 at-bat this year.

Story (finger) is back in the lineup Tuesday against the Blue Jays.

X-rays on Story's finger were negative after he was hit by a pitch in the ninth inning of Sunday's game, and he will return Tuesday after missing just one start. He has been batting out of the five-hole more of late but will bat second against lefty J.A. Happ on Tuesday. Story is batting .272/.372/.506 against left-handed pitching so far this season.

X-rays on Diaz's face revealed no fractures and he is expected to return to action once the swelling near his eye subsides, Jenifer Langosch of MLB.com reports.

Diaz was involved in a scary incident Monday in which he fouled a ball off his face and required a trip to the hospital. He's out of the lineup for Tuesday's contest and he'll likely miss a couple more games while the swelling near his eye goes down. Greg Garcia will likely see an uptick in playing time for the next few days while Diaz is sidelined.