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Seager (wrist) is in the lineup for Friday's game against the Pirates.

X-rays on Seager's wrist were negative after he was hit by a pitch Wednesday, with the official diagnosis being a minor bone bruise. Seager will tough it out and play Friday without missing a start as he looks to build on his MVP-caliber .305/.360/.534 line in his rookie campaign.

Owings went 3-for-5, falling just a home run shy of the cycle, in Thursday's 9-0 drudging of the Mets.

Owings big day included a bases-loaded triple in the sixth, pushing his RBI total to 26 on the season. Over his past four games, the 24-year-old is 9-for-17 with three doubles, two triples, four RBI, four runs and two stolen bases. Owings would appear to be fully healed from the plantar fasciitis that landed him on the DL for most of June and July.

Baez is out of the lineup against the Cardinals on Thursday.

Baez will be out of the lineup for the third time in the past five games as Ben Zobrist mans second with Chris Coghlan playing in left field. The 23-year-old has just three hits in 23 at-bats this month, but will likely be back in the lineup Friday.

Owings went 3-for-5 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 12-inning win over the Mets.

Owings, who played primarily in center earlier this season, is getting regular playing time at shortstop with Nick Ahmed on the DL. He's not an elite option by any means, but Owings offers a solid batting average and a little speed, which puts him on the fantasy radar.

Noonan will make his debut for the Padres on Thursday against the Pirates, starting at shortstop and hitting seventh.

He was summoned from Triple-A on Wednesday with the expectation that he would see the bulk of the starts at shortstop for the Padres over the rest of the season. The 32nd overall pick in 2007, Noonan's career has not gone as he would have hoped, with just 135 career plate appearances in the big leagues. Noonan's Triple-A numbers were impressive, slashing .321/.353/.445 with four home runs in 87 games, but as a 27-year-old in the Pacific Coast League, it's hard to take those numbers at face value. He will get his chance to make a name for himself down the stretch with the Padres it seems, but for now he is best reserved for NL-only leagues and deep mixers.

X-rays on Seager's bruised wrist came back negative Wednesday, J.P. Hoornstra of the Southern California News Group reports.

Seager went 2-for-3 for his third straight multi-hit game Wednesday, but suffered a minor bone bruise in the process. The Dodgers have an off day Thursday, which will give him some extra time to rest. However, he will still be considered day-to-day going forward.

Seager (wrist) has a minor bone bruise and will get X-rays as a precaution, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports.

Seager is not expected to miss any time as of this moment, and this comes at a good time with the Dodgers having an off day Thursday. During Wednesday's contest, Seager went 2-for-3, marking his third consecutive multi-hit game. He has been tearing it up throughout the season, and will be considered day-to-day until more information comes out.

Crawford went 2-for-4 and provided all the game's offense with a solo shot to beat the Marlins 1-0 on Wednesday.

After tying the NL record with seven hits in Monday's 14-inning game, the shortstop added two more on Wednesday and finished the series 9-for-16. Crawford's fourth-inning blast was his 11th of the season and boosted his RBI total to 71 for the year, third-most among shortstops behind only the Rockies' Trevor Story (72) and the Astros' Carlos Correa (74).

Noonan, whose contract was selected from Triple-A on Wednesday, is expected to get the bulk of the playing time at shortstop for the Padres going forward, MLB.com's AJ Cassavell reports.

The Padres have been pretty obvious in their attempts to phase Alexei Ramirez out of regular playing time in an effort to get a look at their younger players, so this makes sense. Noonan, 27, was hitting .321/.353/.445 with four home runs at Triple-A, but he is not a prospect, and is on his third organization while only having 135 career plate appearances in the big leagues under his belt. That said, the fact that he qualifies at shortstop and is in line for regular at-bats makes him interesting in NL-only formats.

Noonan's contract was selected by the Padres on Wednesday.

A 27-year-old journeyman minor leaguer with just 135 career plate appearances in the majors, Noonan was hitting .321/.353/.445 with four home runs in 335 plate appearances for Triple-A El Paso prior to the promotion. He will take the place of Jose Rondon and could earn somewhat regular playing time at shortstop, considering the Padres seem to have soured on Alexei Ramirez.