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Polanco is batting seventh and playing shortstop Thursday against the White Sox, Chad Graff of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

He's back in after taking a breather for two days. Polanco is batting just .242/.294/.338 in 219 plate appearances and will continue piecing together at-bats between shortstop and third base.

Drury is out of the lineup during Thursday's matchup with Colorado.

After going 4-for-6 with six RBI in Wednesday's thrashing of the Rockies, Drury will take a seat while Chris Owings takes his place manning the keystone. Drury is likely to be back in the lineup for Friday's series opener against the Phillies.

Frazier is out of the lineup for Thursday's afternoon game against Milwaukee, Stephen J. Nesbitt of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.

After coming off a three-hit performance Wednesday night and hitting safely in six of his last seven games, Frazier will get a rest day for the getaway game before Pittsburgh heads to St. Louis for a weekend series. John Jaso will play left field and bat leadoff in his place.

Urias is batting .313/.415/.421 with two homers, 21 RBI, five stolen bases and a 43:37 BB:K through 67 games with Double-A San Antonio this season.

He missed a couple starts recently after being hit by a pitch on the elbow, but Urias has picked up right where he left off, going 6-for-20 with a couple walks in five games since returning to action. Urias' approach and plate discipline are highly advanced for his age -- he just turned 20 earlier this month -- and there is real thump in his bat, even if it's yet to translate to game action. He should be treated as a hot commodity in dynasty leagues.

Herrera is in concussion protocol after colliding with a teammate during Wednesday's game, Zach Buchanan of the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

At this point in time, there has not been word on whether Herrera did indeed suffer a concussion but the 23-year-old is following the concussion policy and should be considered day-to-day for the time being. Herrera has hit .248/.301/.383 during his time with Triple-A Louisville this season, adding six home runs and 35 RBI.

Frazier went 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Brewers.

The 25-year-old has had trouble sustaining any momentum at the plate recently, but he still has a solid .283/.353/.391 slash line over his last 11 games with eight runs, five RBI and three steals. As long as Frazier continues to hit at the top of the Pirates' batting order, he'll have fantasy value in deeper formats.

Drury went 4-for-6 with a double, six RBI and a run in Wednesday's 16-5 win at Colorado.

After going 0-for-4 in the series opener, Drury bounced right back and got a big chunk of the action in this classic Coors Field game. Over his last 10 contests, Drury's gone 16-for-37 (.432) with three homers and 14 RBI, and that hitting in combination with his multi-position eligibility makes him worthy of a roster spot in just about any format.

Torres (elbow) underwent successful Tommy John surgery Wednesday.

Torres injured himself sliding headfirst into home plate in a Triple-A game last week. After a successful surgery, the Yankees' top prospect -- who was lining up to make his MLB debut later in the season -- will now look to heal up before spring training rolls around next year. He compiled a .309/.406/.457 slash in 96 plate appearances with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this season after being promoted from Double-A Trenton in late May.

Semien's (wrist) rehab assignment will be extensive according to manager Bob Melvin, Hank Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Melvin made it a point to emphasize that Semien's assignment, which is scheduled to begin Friday at High-A Stockton, will not just be a matter of a few games, instead remarking it will be "almost like spring training". The slugging shortstop has been sidelined since April 14 with his injury and has logged just 46 plate appearances in 2017.

Forsythe went 2-for-5 with a walk, an RBI and two runs scored in Tuesday's 12-0 win over the Mets.

The veteran infielder was mired in a 8-for-66 slump since returning from the disabled list May 23, but he appears to be trending in the right direction with two consecutive multi-hit games. Forsythe is performing well under his career averages, so he could be worth a look in the event he was given up on following his injury and lengthy slump, especially if he continues to bat leadoff -- like he did Tuesday -- for a high-powered Dodgers lineup.