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Mets shortstop Dilson Herrera will only play second base in the majors, ESPN.com reports, despite playing 27 games in the minors at shortstop this season.

Herrera was recalled Thursday from Double-A Binghamton, where he was hitting .340/.406/.560 in 61 games. He is expected to help replace Daniel Murphy, who was placed on the DL Thursday. 

Mets infielder Dilson Herrera has been promoted to the majors Thursday.

Herrera will replace Daniel Murphy on the active roster. Herrera has hit .319/.377/.471 over two levels in the minors. 

Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa belted his eighth home run of the season Sunday against the Giants.

Espinosa entered the game in the seventh as a pinch-hitter. He singled in the seventh and took Juan Gutierrez deep for a two-run home run in the eighth inning. He finished 2 for 2 with a run scored and two RBI in a 14-6 victory. He is hitting .219 with eight homers and 27 RBI over 302 at-bats.

Third baseman Yangervis Solarte is set to play Saturday for the Padres in St. Louis. He had been sidelined snce Wednesday with an oblique injury.

Solarte has raised all the numbers on his stat line since arriving to San Diego from the Yankees. He is now at .261/.345/.391.

Padres infielder Yangervis Solarte is out of the lineup yet again Friday against the Cardinals, as he continues to deal with an oblique injury. It is not clear if he is expected to be available off the bench this weekend.  

Padres infielder Yangervis Solarte was not in the team's starting lineup Thursday.

Solarte said his oblique injury is improving, and that he hopes to help off the bench soon. He left Wednesday's game due to the injury. Solarte is hitting .261/.345/.391 over 330 at-bats.

Padres infielder Yangervis Solarte was removed from Wednesday's game due to a mild left oblique strain, the team announced.

Solarte went 1 for 3 with a walk and a run scored before exiting. He also committed a throwing error in the game. Solarte owns a .261/.345/.391 line with nine home runsa nd 42 RBI in 330 at-bats.

Padres infielder Yangervis Solarte went 1 for 4 with a two-run home run in his team's 4-3 win over the Rockies.

Solarte made the difference in the result for the Rockies, turning a 3-2 deficit into a 4-3 lead with his seventh-inning home run. It was his third home run in 88 at-bats since joining the Padres via trade. Solarte has hit .263/.347/.396 with nine home runs and 42 RBI in 323 at-bats.

The Marlins have promoted infielder Ed Lucas and sent down outfielder Enrique Hernandez. The pair had taken an opposite path on July 31.

Hernandez fared decently during his stint with the team. He posted a stat line of .261/.323/.386 with one home run and eight RBI in 88 at-bats.

Nationals deposed starting second baseman Danny Espinosa is considering shedding switch-hitting and batting right-handed full-time, per the Washington Post.

Matt Williams would not complain if that happened.

"For me, he just gets on top of the baseball, more from the right side than he does from the left side," Williams said. "Something he works on everyday left-handed, but it's naturally a little more on top of the baseball right-handed."

Espinosa, who slugged a three-run homer right-handed Wednesday, owns a weak .184/.243/.294 stat line as a left-handed hitter this year, but is batting .309 from the right side.