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Mets infielder Ruben Tejada was not in Sunday's starting lineup due to an ankle problem, per Newsday.

"The one thing you have to be careful of playing a guy like that," Collins said, per MLB.com, "[is] if he hits the base wrong, or if something happens and you've got to take him out in the third inning or so, you're in big trouble."

Tejada started Saturday's game at shortstop and also played third base, where he had started the previous six games. 

Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed is not starting against the Dodgers on Saturday.

Ahmed has recorded consecutive multi-hit games before Saturday, hitting .571 with four hits and two RBI in his last two games.

Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts has been given a rest for the game Saturday in Kansas City after 19 straight starts at that position. Brock Holt will man it instead.

Bogaerts has been solid and consistent since a late-May swoon. He has hit safely in 16 of his last 19 games to maintain a respectable slash line of .285/.324/.387.

Ruben Tejada is in the starting lineup at shortstop for the Mets on Saturday. 

Tejada gets his eighth start at the position this season and first since June 6. He's started the last six games at third base.

Tejada replaces Wilmer Flores at short. 

Super rookie Carlos Correa has shown all five of his tools in his brief time with the Astros since his promotion. But one of them really stood out Thursday night. That is, his speed.

Correa quadrupled his stolen base output on the year by swiping three in a defeat of Colorado. He swiped third in the third inning, second in the fifth and third in the seventh.

He also doubled, walked and scored twice.

Giants shortstop Brandon Crawford is getting the night off for Thursday's game against the Mariners. 

Crawford had started in the past 12 games. With Crawford out of the lineup, Joaquin Arias will step in at shortstop and bat eighth. Crawford has a slash line of .277/.345/.472 this year. 

Diamondbacks shortstop Nick Ahmed enjoyed a solid outing at the plate in Thursday's loss to the Angels.

Ahmed went 2 for 3 with a double and a RBI, boosting his batting average to .320 with eight hits and two doubles in his last eight games.

Angels rookie shortstop Taylor Featherston slammed his first career home run in Thursday's game against the Diamondbacks.

Featherston went 1 for 4 with a solo shot to left center field in the top of the third inning.

His performance on Thursday ended a four-game hitless streak.

Braves infielder Pedro Ciriaco has done a nice job the last few days filling in for the injured Andrelton Simmons, who is sidelined due to a hand injury.

Ciriaco made his second straight start Wednesday against Boston, going 3 for 4 with one double and two RBI. He has managed multiple hits in two straight games, going 5 for 8 (.625) with two doubles, three RBI and one run.

Astros rookie shortstop Carlos Correa had another big night at the plate in Wednesday's 8-4 victory over the Rockies. Correa went 3 for 5 with a two-run home run, a double, three RBI and a run scored. 

Correa's home run, his third of the season, gave the Astros an early 2-0 lead in the first inning. He's now slashing a ridiculous .359/.375/.641 through his first nine games of his career.