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Baez is starting at shortstop and hitting eighth Wednesday against the Cardinals.

There was a scary moment in Tuesday's game where a pitch ricocheted off Baez's bat and hit his wrist, but he remained in the game, and was apparently feeling no ill effects Wednesday. With Addison Russell struggling to impact the game on offense, Baez could start to see a couple starts each week at shortstop, in addition to his other starts in a utility role all over the field.

Baez was hit in the wrist by a pitch that ricocheted off his bat in the seventh inning Tuesday, but he remained in the game.

He was down on the ground after initially getting hit during a pinch-hit appearance, and was not even awarded first base, as the ball grazed his bat first. The fact that it hit the bat first hopefully slowed the pitch down enough so that it will not have any lasting consequences.

Lindor went 3-for-3 with a run, an RBI, a walk and a double Tuesday against the Mariners.

Lindor scored the first run of the game before driving in the third and final run in a game the Indians held on to win. After collecting only one extra-base hit in his first eight games, he's now hit doubles in three straight games to raise his OPS to .465.

Castro is in the lineup and batting second for Tuesday's game against the Dodgers.

Castro is 2-for-7 with two runs scored in limited playing time this season.

Rojas is in the lineup and batting eighth for Tuesday's game against the Nationals, Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports.

Rojas is 3-for-6 to start the season and will make his second start of the year at short stop in order to give Adeiny Hechavarria the day off.

Anderson (wrist) went 3-for-12 with two doubles and a run scored over his last three games with Triple-A Charlotte.

Anderson missed some time earlier this month with a wrist injury, but he returned to action April 14 and has played every day since. Anderson is off to a slow start in his first go-around at Triple-A, posting a .167/.167/.233 slash line through his first seven games, but he has plenty of time to turn things around.

Tejada is not in the lineup Monday against the Cubs.

Although Tejada was activated off the disabled list Monday, the Cardinals opted not to slot him in at shortstop right away. He's expected to be the regular shortstop going forward, but he'll give way to the exceptionally-hot Aledmys Diaz on Monday.

Tejada (quadriceps) was activated from the disabled list Monday.

Tejada has been out for a bit over two weeks with a quadriceps strain, but it appears he is back to full health and ready to slot into the Cardinals lineup. As it stands now, there's a good chance he'll assume the starting shortstop duties and move Jedd Gyorko and Aledmys Diaz into bench roles. In a corresponding move, Greg Garcia was optioned to Triple-A Memphis to make room for Tejada.

Crawford (hip) returned to the lineup Saturday, going 1-for-3 with a walk, double, and RBI in a win over the Dodgers.

Crawford had a minor hip injury, but it was never considered serious. His double came of Dodgers southpaw Scott Kazmir. Crawford has gotten off to a slow start against lefties this season (.154), but he had pretty even splits against righties and lefties last season, so that lowly mark should rise as the season moves along.

Correa will be out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers.

Correa has played in all 12 of the Astros' games to date, and after going 1-for-14 over the most recent four contests, manager A.J. Hinch decided it was best to give the 21-year-old a day off. Replaced at shortstop by Marwin Gonzalez, Correa will also cede his usual No. 3 spot in the order to Colby Rasmus.