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Sardinas will likely be recalled from Triple-A Tacoma, possibly as soon as Wednesday, the Tacoma News Tribune reports.

Chris Taylor committed two errors Monday, resulting in four unearned runs against Seattle, and Sardinas was absent from Tacoma's lineup Tuesday. Sardinas has now reached 10 days in the minors, going 13-for-32 in his eight games with the Rainiers, and is allowed return to Seattle without the team needing to place another player on the DL. Ketel Marte (thumb) is not expected to be ready to return when first eligible.

Castro is out of the lineup Tuesday against the Brewers.

Castro will be replaced by Kelly Johnson at second base after struggling to get a hit in his past four games. His batting average and on-base percentage have dropped to .221 and .287, respectively.

D'Arnaud is out of the lineup Tuesday against the Brewers.

D'Arnaud has been getting a good amount of at-bats lately, playing in six of the Braves last eight games. He's slashing .361/.439/.528, but went without a hit during his last game against the Phillies. D'Arnaud will sit out Tuesday in favor of Gordon Beckham at third base and Erick Aybar at shortstop.

Rojas plated a pair of RBI as part of a 3-for-4 effort during Monday's win over the Rays.

Rojas also scored a pair of runs on the evening while making the start at second base for the Marlins. Batting .311/.360/.378 on the season, Rojas is sharing time with Derek Dietrich at second while Dee Gordon continues to serve a suspension. He's in the lineup against most left-handed starters, but offers very little in terms of power or speed for fantasy owners.

Story is in the lineup for Monday's game against the Pirates, MLB.com's Thomas Harding reports.

Story was set to receive his first day off of the month Sunday, but the game was rained out, and the Rockies decided the impromptu team day off was enough rest. As he regularly does, Story will start at shortstop and hit second Monday afternoon.

O'Malley got the start at shortstop Sunday and went 2-for-4 with a double in a win over the Reds.

It's his second appearance at shortstop since being called up from Triple-A, but with Chris Taylor now joining the roster to replace the injured Ketel Marte (thumb), O'Malley may not get a chance to reach the five-game threshold that would qualify him at the position in many fantasy formats. Without that extra position flexibility, his value remains fairly low.

Pennington (hamstring) is expected to be activated by Saturday, Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com reports.

Pennington was placed on the 15-day disabled list in mid-May with a hamstring injury. Saturday is the first day he's eligible to be activated. Until then, look for Gregorio Petit to receive most of the starts at shortstop.

Story is not in the lineup for Sunday's game against the Pirates, according to MLB.com's Thomas Harding.

He's hitting .313 this month and tallied five hits over his last three games, but manager Walt Weiss decided it was time to give Story his first day off since April 26. Cristhian Adames will get the start at shortstop in Story's place.

Story went 2-for-4 with a run scored in Saturday's 5-1 victory over the Pirates.

The rookie shortstop continues rolling along, managing his eighth multi-hit game of May. He's tallied a stellar .313/.360/.500 line over 80 at-bats during the month, with the only blemish being that he's seen a steep drop-off in his power numbers. After blasting 10 homers in what was a memorable first month in the majors, Story has only a pair of long balls to date in May. However, the increase in OBP has certainly helped offset that, and has raised Story's average 24 points to .285.

d'Arnaud went 3-for-5 with a double in Saturday's 2-0 victory over the Phillies.

The 29-year-old led off and posted his second consecutive multi-hit game, and third in the last five. He's slashed an outstanding .394/.459/.576 to date in 33 major league at-bats, though he's yet to provide a homer or RBI. However, he's certainly shown a propensity for getting on base so far, which is affording him a nice dose of playing time.