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Cron is out of the lineup Monday against the Brewers, Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com reports.

With the Angels playing in a National League park, there's no designated hitter spot to allow both Cron and Albert Pujols to play Monday, so Cron will take the night off. There's a decent chance that he won't slot into the lineup during the series with Milwaukee, but the Angels play the Rays over the weekend, so he should be back to regular playing time for that series.

Freeman went 10-for-22 (.455) with two home runs, two RBI and three runs last week, officially breaking out of his early-season slump.

He was hitting just .080 on April 14 and still only .156 by April 20th, but Freeman has reached base safely in 12 of his last 15 games. Before Sunday, he also had three straight games with multiple hits. He's still not going to get a lot of RBI opportunities in the Braves lineup, but it's good to see Freeman break out of the early slump.

Cron went 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI against the Rangers on Sunda.

It's his third multi-hit performance in his last four games, but despite the hot streak, Cron still has a weak .230/.313/.311 slash line with only one home run and six RBI. He'll find himself on the bench Monday when the Angels begin an interleague series in Milwaukee.

Calhoun went 3-for-4 with a walk, two RBI, his first stolen base of the season and a run in Sunday's 9-6 win over the Rangers.

After a rough patch at the end of April, Calhoun is heating up again and now has six hits in his last three games to push his slash line on the season back up to .289/.360/.433. As long as he keeps hitting second ahead of Mike Trout and the heart of the Angels' order, Calhoun should be able to maintain solid fantasy value.

Santana went 1-for-3 Sunday, spoiling the Phillies' shutout effort with a ninth-inning solo shot off Hector Neris in a 2-1 loss.

He's climbing out of the hole he dug in the middle of April, and Santana is now hitting .333 (13-for-39) over his last 10 games with two homers, four RBI and seven runs scored.

Carter went 3-for-5 Sunday with a double, three runs scored, three RBI and two home runs.

He's enjoying a big year so far with Milwaukee, hitting .278/.355/.671 with seven homers, 18 RBI and 15 runs scored. Carter's also struck out 27 times in 79 at-bats, of course, and his batting average will likely dwindle as the season progresses, but as long as he's depositing balls in the seats neither the Brewers nor anyone with fantasy shares in him will mind.

Flores, who hit his first home run of the season Saturday, will start at shortstop Sunday, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports.

Flores has now played all four infield spots but been limited to just 12 at-bats on the season. With Lucas Duda, Neil Walker, and Asdrubal Cabrera off to hot starts, and David Wright relatively healthy, Flores' at-bats will continue to be limited.

Cabrera is not in the lineup Sunday against the Giants, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports.

Cabrera has started each of the Mets' first 22 games this season at shortstop, but will get a day of rest in favor of Wilmer Flores for the afternoon contest. The veteran infielder is 3-for-6 against opposing pitcher Madison Bumgarner in his career, and actually hits southpaws a bit better than right-handers when looking at his career numbers, so Cabrera's absence Sunday appears to be maintenance related.

Cabrera is not in the lineup Sunday against the Giants, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports.

Cabrera has started each of the Mets' first 22 games this season at shortstop, but will get a day of rest in favor of Wilmer Flores for the afternoon contest. The veteran infielder is 3-for-6 against opposing pitcher Madison Bumgarner in his career, and actually hits southpaws a bit better than right-handers when looking at his career numbers, so Cabrera's absence Sunday appears to be maintenance related.

Bour slugged pair of home runs and drove in five runs during a 3-for-4 effort in a win over the Brewers on Friday.

The big lefty busted out of a slump in a huge way to help the Marlins take the series-opening victory. Heading into the game, Bour was homerless through his first 63 at-bats while struggling to get much going at all at the dish. He reminded everyone how easy it is to quickly turn around your early-season numbers, emerging from his monster game with a respectable .269/.324/.478 slash line.