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Olson went 2-for-4 with two solo home runs in Sunday's 6-5 win over San Francisco.

After bashing 24 home runs in just 59 games last season, Olson has finally crossed the 20-homer mark in his 100th game of 2018. In 410 plate appearances, the 24-year-old owns a .237/.329/.457 slash line with 53 runs scored and 49 RBI.

Olson is 2-for-18 with three walks, one RBI and two runs in five games since missing a start due to back tightness, and he's hitting just .191 overall in 58 July plate appearances.

Olson also has just four extra-base hits during the month, including one home run. It's a stark departure from his prodigious June, in which he compiled nine round trippers and 22 RBI. It's possible that the minor back issue that limited him to a non-starting role July 11 against the Astros is still affecting him to a degree, but there have been no official reports attesting to that.

Diaz went 4-for-6 with a triple, two RBI and two runs scored Friday against the Rangers.

Diaz got the Indians on the board in the second inning on an RBI single to right field. He certainly looked sharp in his first big-league game of the 2018 campaign, and he figures to serve as a super-utility player during his current stint with the big club.

Calhoun is out of Friday's starting lineup against the Astros.

Calhoun will get a breather to start the second half of the season as Dallas Keuchel toes the rubber for the opposition. Jabari Blash is slated to take over in right field and bat ninth.

Cron is not in the lineup Friday against the Marlins, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Cron entered the All-Star break with a solid .256/.327/.479 line and a career-high 19 homers. He'll sit Friday, with Ji-Man Choi acting as the Rays' designated hitter.

Diaz will be called up to the majors on Friday, Jordan Bastian of MLB.com reports.

Diaz appeared in 49 games for Cleveland last season, hitting a mediocre .263/.352/.327. He's hit .284/.415/.375 for Triple-A Columbus so far this year, though he has just two homers in 81 games. He'll likely fill a utility role in his time in the big leagues.

Guerrero (knee) was reinstated from the disabled list Tuesday and sent to High-A Dunedin.

Guerrero had been rehabbing at the rookie-league level. He's no longer technically on a rehab assignment, though his time with Dunedin will effectively still be short, as he'd been dominating at Double-A New Hampshire and was expected to head to Triple-A once healthy. Expect to see him promoted back to his former level or Triple-A Buffalo in the near future.

Calhoun went 2-for-4 with a double, a solo home run and a second run scored in Saturday's 5-4 extra-inning win over the Dodgers.

He drove the first pitch he saw from Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen over the wall in right-center field for his fourth homer in five games and ninth of the year. Calhoun had a rough first three months of the season, but he's now hitting .326 with six home runs and 11 RBI this month.

Cron went 1-for-2 with a two-run homer, a walk and another run scored after entering as a pinch hitter Saturday in the Rays' 19-6 win over the Twins.

Cron wasn't in the starting lineup but did plenty of damage upon entering the contest. He took a Matt Belisle curveball over the center-field fence in the eighth inning as Tampa Bay piled on during a 15-run stampede across the final three innings. The first baseman has enjoyed a breakthrough 2018 so far, slashing .254/.326/.480 with 19 homers and 49 RBI in 371 first-half plate appearances.

Cron is not in the lineup for Saturday's game against the Twins.

Ji-Man Choi will get the start at DH against right-hander Jose Berrios. Cron endured a miserable month of June (.130/.244/.299), but he's come on strong of late, going 15-for-37 (.405 average) with two home runs over his last 11 games. He has a 120 wRC+ for the season and should continue to play close to every day in the second half.