Yasiel Puig tests his hamstring, is available off the bench for Dodgers tonight.

Over the weekend in St. Louis, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts told reporters that Yasiel Puig could be headed to the disabled list if he was not able to play by Tuesday.

Well, it’s Tuesday, and Puig is not in the starting lineup against the Tampa Bay Rays. The right fielder tested his right hamstring a little before the game, but appeared to be a bit more relaxed than his teammates during calisthenics drills in the outfield.

Still, Roberts said that Puig is feeling better today than Sunday, and is available to the Dodgers off the bench.

“But to me it’s not to the point where I want him in there,” Roberts said.

So Puig won’t be placed on the disabled list today, and he probably won’t go on the disabled list at all unless he experiences some kind of setback. Since Puig hasn’t played since Thursday, any DL stint can be backdated until Friday.

Puig hurt his hamstring running out a ground ball in St. Louis; he also spent time on the disabled list earlier in the year with a strained left hamstring. Andrew Toles is starting in right field again. He went 4 for 9 in St. Louis in Puig’s stead.

Puig is slashing .255/.316/.376 in 79 games this season.

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J.P. Hoornstra covers the Dodgers, Angels and Major League Baseball for the Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, Long Beach Press-Telegram, Torrance Daily Breeze, San Gabriel Valley Tribune, Pasadena Star-News, San Bernardino Sun, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Whittier Daily News and Redlands Daily Facts. Before taking the beat in 2012, J.P. covered the NHL for four years. UCLA gave him a degree once upon a time; when he graduated on schedule, he missed getting Arnold Schwarzenegger's autograph on his diploma by five months.