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Dodgers' Betts may play SS when he returns from paternity list

LOS ANGELES -- Mookie Betts, whose wife was expecting the couple's second child, was placed on the paternity list Tuesday but is expected to be back in the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup for Wednesday's series finale against the New York Mets.

When he does, he could return as a part-time, fill-in shortstop.

"We'll see," Roberts said with a smirk prior to Tuesday's game. "We'll see."

Chris Taylor suffered an injury to his left side on Monday and Gavin Lux has been lost for the year with a torn ACL, leaving Miguel Rojas, who's slashing .