LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers expect to activate Austin Barnes from the injured list the first game he¡¯s eligible, according to LA manager Dave Roberts.

Barnes, placed on the IL on May 27 with a left groin strain, is scheduled to play two rehab games with Class A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga on Tuesday and Wednesday before rejoining the Dodgers on Friday in San Francisco for the team¡¯s series opener against the Giants.

¡°I expect him to be in the lineup on Friday, catching Clayton [Kershaw],¡± said Roberts.

Barnes¡¯ return will result in Will Smith getting optioned back to Triple-A. Per Roberts, the Dodgers are lined up to face a number of right-handed pitchers within the next couple of weeks, meaning it makes more sense to keep the left-handed-hitting Matt Beaty around. But another key factor is also influencing the decision.

¡°Probably most important is to get Will regular at-bats,¡± said Roberts. ¡°He was a September call-up in Triple-A last year, didn¡¯t perform well. Off to a great start this year, and [he¡¯ll] continue to get to finishing school. But for him to get an opportunity this time and to play well and to get his feet wet at the big league level, I think, is a great thing. So yeah, I don¡¯t think it makes a whole lot of sense to carry three catchers.¡±

Surgery for Cingrani

Reliever Tony Cingrani will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left shoulder sometime in the next week, according to Roberts. Cingrani has missed the entire season with a left shoulder impingement and will not pitch again in 2019.

¡°He and the docs decided it was the best course of action for the short term and the long term," said Roberts, who expects Cingrani to make a ¡°full recovery.¡±

Cingrani experienced shoulder issues throughout the 2018 season, missing about 15 weeks total.

Turner pinch hits

For the fourth game in a row, Justin Turner wasn¡¯t in the Dodgers¡¯ starting lineup as he nurses a tight left hamstring. He pinch-hit in Sunday's 8-0 win over the Phillies, drawing a walk in his lone plate appearance, and Roberts expects that he¡¯ll start on Monday when the Dodgers face D-backs left-hander Robbie Ray.

¡°That¡¯s just more of just how we¡¯re playing, guys are playing, to get those guys continuing to go, and not put [Turner] in harm¡¯s way at all,¡± Roberts said of the choice to not start his third baseman again.