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Diaz is not in the lineup against the Angels on Thursday.

Diaz will spend a second consecutive day on the bench following 16 straight starts while Giovanny Urshela draws another start at the hot corner. During 43 games with the big-league club this season, Diaz is hitting .266/.361/.322 with 12 RBI.

Calhoun went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks, a double and a run scored in Wednesday's loss to Cleveland.

Calhoun's bat has cooled off a bit in September (.254/.366/.407) after it appeared that he had turned a corner offensively in August (.300/.396/.489). The 29-year-old's modest power production (17 homers and 67 RBI) and placement in the middle of the Angels' lineup has kept him relevant in most formats.

Diaz is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Angels.

It's a well deserved breather for Diaz, who has started 16 straight games for the Tribe, slashing .294/.379/.333 with a pair of stolen bases and a 7:6 K:BB over that stretch. Giovanny Urshela will start this one at the hot corner, batting ninth.

Olson went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run, two walks and two runs during Monday's win over Detroit.

The surging slugger now has a homer in four consecutive games and 14 over his past 20 contests. Olson boasts a monster 1.132 OPS with 33 RBI and 25 runs through just 36 games since returning to the big club Aug. 8. While the 23-year-old first baseman is almost certainly overachieving right now, his heater could extend through the end of the regular season.

Duenez wrapped up 2017 with a .252/.304/.402 slash line, 17 home runs, 75 RBI, 65 runs and 10 stolen bases in 132 games with Double-A Northwest Arkansas.

Duenez's 17 bombs were a career high through his five minor-league seasons, and they ranked fifth among Texas League hitters. Furthermore, he finished as the league's only player to hit 15-plus homers while notching double-digit stolen bases. Duenez's strikeout rate (20.5 percent) was up from previous campaigns, but that's to be expected as the first baseman climbs his way toward the majors. At 21 years old, Duenez should receive a nice, long look in spring training next year, especially is Eric Hosmer is lost in free agency.

Olson, who went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-3 win over the Phillies, smacked three homers overall in the three-game weekend series.

Olson's torrid September evokes memories of the effort that fellow rookie Cody Bellinger put together earlier this season, as he now has 10 round trippers and 17 RBI over just 16 games. He has six homers in his last eight games, though he's mostly gotten on base via single otherwise, as the 23-year-old counts a pair of two-baggers as his only other extra-base hits for the month.

Abreu went 1-for-4 with two RBI and a run scored in Saturday's 10-4 win over Detroit.

The RBI were Abreu's 96th and 97th of the season, putting him in position to reach 100 for a fourth straight season. He could become just the third player in history to begin his career with four seasons of 25-plus home runs and 100-plus RBI, joining Joe DiMaggio and Albert Pujols.

Cron went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer in Friday's 7-6 victory over the Rangers.

Cron took Ricky Rodriguez deep in the bottom of the sixth inning, which proved to be the deciding runs in a narrow victory. The 27-year-old isn't hitting for as much of an average (.255) in September as he was during his torrid August (.308), but he has continued to produce with three homers and 13 RBI through 13 September starts. Despite playing in just 85 games this year, Cron is just one home run off his career-high mark of 16 that he set both in 2015 and 2016, leaving fantasy owners to wonder "what if" had manager Mike Scioscia not toyed around with his playing time in the first half of the season.

Olson went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer Friday against the Phillies.

Olson crushedhis 19th homer of the season to give the Athletics a first-inning lead they'd never relinquish. He's been absolutely on fire this month, as he's left the yard eight times to raise his slugging percentage to an elite .634 mark while helping fantasy managers advance through the playoffs

Gurriel is not in the lineup for Friday's game against the Mariners.

Gurriel recorded three hits in Thursday's contest, but he is just 1-for-11 (.091) lifetime against Mariners starters James Paxton, so he will be held out Friday with Paxton on the bump. Tyler White will get the start at first base in Gurriel's place.