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Rojas will start at shortstop and hit eighth for the Marlins on Wednesday, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports.

Rojas will be making a spot start in place of regular shortstop Adeiny Hechavarria. Over his past 10 games, Rojas is hitting .308 with just two strikeouts in 13 at-bats.

To make room for Matt Cain, Tejada has been designated for assignment by the Giants on Wednesday.

The 26-year-old has struggled this season, hitting .167/.247/.242 in 66 at-bats with both the Cardinals and the Giants. Tejada has now been designated for assignment for the second time this season and will wait to see if he is claimed by another team. If not, he can accept an assignment to Triple-A Sacramento.

Turner got the start at second base and hit leadoff in Tuesday's loss to the Dodgers, going 1-for-4 with a triple, a run scored and two RBI.

With both Anthony Rendon and Stephen Drew sidelined due to a flu bug, Turner is finally getting a chance at regular at-bats and has collected four hits in his last three games. He'll likely return to the bench once the roster gets healthier in a couple of days, however.

Seager (flu) is not in the Dodgers starting lineup on Tuesday, Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register reports.

Seager, who hit three doubles in Monday's game, is not with the team on Tuesday as the Dodgers take on Reynaldo Lopez and the Nationals. Seager has picked up right where he left off in the first half, collecting six hits in the three games since the All-Star break. Consider him day-to-day as he recovers from a stomach virus. Chris Taylor will start at shortstop in his absence.

Story homered in a 2-for-3 game with a walk, two runs scored and two RBI in Monday's win over Tampa Bay.

Story remains atop the MLB shortstop leaderboard with 22 homers and is the only National League shortstop with 20 home runs yet this season. He now owns a .286 ISO, and if Story can sustain that mark, it will be the best ISO a shortstop has posted since Alex Rodriguez's .301 mark with the Rangers in 2003. His power is otherworldly for the position, making him one of the best hitting shortstops in the game no matter how many times he strikes out.

Turner got the start at second base Sunday, going 2-for-7 with his first stolen base of the season in an 18-inning loss to the Pirates.

He showed some jitters in extra innings, bobbling a potential double-play ball and then getting thrown out at second base trying to stretch a single in the 17th, but Turner also showed flashes of being the dynamic leadoff hitter his minor league performance suggests he can be. He only got into the lineup with Daniel Murphy (hamstring) unavailable and Anthony Rendon (illness) a late scratch, though, so it seems clear manager Dusty Baker doesn't view Turner as quite ready for regular duty.

D'Arnaud got the start at shortstop and hit second Sunday, going 3-for-5 with the game's only RBI on a walkoff single in the ninth inning in a 1-0 win over the Rockies.

The 29-year-old journeyman finally seems to be establishing himself as a useful major leaguer after bouncing through numerous organizations prior to landing with the Braves. d'Arnaud's now hitting a respectable .263/.335/.365 on the season.

Baez will bat leadoff for the Cubs on Sunday against the Mets.

Baez will hit out of the top spot in the order for just the second time this season, as regular leadoff man Ben Zobrist is getting the day off Sunday. The young infielder is getting on base at a .381 rate since the start of June, so he seems like a logical choice for the job, and can also pack a power threat out of the top spot.

Turner, a late addition to Sunday's lineup, will bat leadoff in the series finale against the Pirates, Mark Zuckerman of MASN Sports reports.

Turner was originally scheduled to get the day off Sunday, but after fellow infielder Anthony Rendon was scratched due to flu-like symptoms, he was inserted into the order. Furthermore, rather than just add him to the bottom, manager Dusty Baker will use him atop the order, a place he's been used twice since getting called up. So far this season, the 23-year-old has collected four hits in 11 at-bats.

Story is out of the lineup Sunday against the Braves, Jenny Cavnar of ROOT Sports reports.

Chalk this up as a routine day off for Story, who has started nine straight contests dating back to prior to the All-Star break. He collected a hit in each of the first two games of the series, but will give way to Cristhian Adames at shortstop for Sunday's finale.