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Lindor went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo homer Saturday against the Yankees.

The home run was a two-out blast in the top of the fifth inning off Sonny Gray. In the bottom half of the same inning, though, the young shortstop turned two outs into two runs by making a pair of errors on a would-be double-play ball. Offensively, though, Lindor has been a cross-category contributor, with a .284 average, five steals and eight home runs on the season so far.

Gordon is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Angels, Greg Johns of MLB.com reports.

Gordon has started all but one game thus far in 2018, so this appears to just be a day of rest for the speedster. Guillermo Heredia takes over in center field as left-hander Tyler Skaggs is on the mound for the Angels.

Arcia is not in the lineup Saturday against the Pirates.

Arcia is hitting just .229/.260/.323 through his first 100 plate appearances. There doesn't appear to be an immediate threat to his job, though, as replacement Eric Sogard is hitting just .107/.167/.161.

Turner is out of the lineup against the Phillies on Saturday.

Turner will retreat to the bench for the first time this season for a scheduled off day. With Anthony Rendon (toe) back from the disabled list, manager Davey Martinez elected to take advantage of having an extra body in the infield and placed Wilmer Difo at shortstop in Turner's stead. Expect Turner back in the lineup for Sunday's series finale.

Camargo started at shortstop in Friday's loss to the Giants, going 1-for-2 with two walks.

Dansby Swanson (wrist) hit the disabled list Friday, which pushes Camargo into the starting nine for the Braves. The switch hitter has a .280/.400/.680 with two homers in 30 plate appearances to begin the season, and while he likely won't maintain that pace, he should be able to provide some short-term fantasy value while Swanson is sidelined.

Diaz went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in Friday's 6-2 loss to the Rays.

The homer was his sixth of the season and second in as many days. Despite his current power display, Diaz hasn't had a multi-hit game since April 17, dragging his slash line down to .196/.257/.412 on the season. Once his .173 BABIP begins regressing back towards his .285 career mark, however, Diaz's overall numbers should rise.

Baez went 2-for-4 with a run scored in Friday's loss to the Cardinals.

Baez got a start at shortstop and batted eighth, as Ben Zobrist slid in at second base and batted leadoff. Baez primarily batted eighth early in the season, though he recently had gotten some run in the No. 2 hole. Cubs manager Joe Maddon is known for tinkering with his lineups, so the young infielder will likely move around more moving forward. He's been productive no matter where he's hit, posting a .287/.336/.620 slash line to this point.

Crawford went 3-for-5 with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI in Friday's 9-4 victory over Atlanta.

Crawford didn't have a multi-hit game since April 13 prior to Wednesday, but has now done so in back-to-back games. The home run is his third of the season and only his seventh total extra-base hit. The 31-year-old appears headed in the right direction after starting the season with career-worst strikeout (28.3 percent) and walk rates (5.7 percent), but he still has significant work to do on his .223/.261/.350 line.

Swanson was put on the 10-day disabled list prior to Friday's game due to left wrist inflammation.

Since Swanson's sore left wrist didn't appear to be healing as quickly as the team would've hoped, both parties agreed that a short stint on the disabled list was the best route. The shortstop will be eligible to return against the Marlins on May 13. In a corresponding move, Preston Tucker was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett.

Urena was called up from Triple-A Buffalo on Friday, Ben Nicholson-Smith of Sportsnet.ca reports.

Urena will head back up to the major leagues after spending 21 games with the Blue Jays last September. The 22-year-old is set to take on the role of reserve infielder during his time with the team.