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Recently disabled Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes is wearing a soft cast on his injured left hand, the San Francisco Chronicle reports Monday. Cespedes will do some running and throwing Monday but will not hit again until the hand is healed. 

Cespedes, who underwent X-rays which came back negative, is batting .200 on the year with three home runs and seven RBI over 40 at-bats. 

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera entered Sunday's series finale against the A's with 11 RBI thus far and was able to add to that total. He drove in two runs and went 1 for 4 with a run scored. Cabrera also walked once in the 10-1 win.

The 29-year-old plated two with a single in the fourth inning.

Cabrera is batting .320 with a .460 slugging percentage through 12 games.

It appears the possible sweepstakes for Marlins outfielder Giancarlo Stanton could be adding another team. After reports surfaced earlier this week that the Mets were considering a run at the young slugger, the Rangers have explored a scenario of what the price tag would be for Stanton, according to ESPN.com.

Miami has not indicated it is actively seeking to deal its last remaining star, but the 23-year-old will be eligible for arbitration for the first time this offseason. Stanton is hitting just .167 over nine games, but has walked eight times.

The Oakland Athletics placed outfielder Yoenis Cespedes on the 15-day disabled list Saturday and recalled Michael Taylor from Triple-A Sacramento, MLB.com reports.

Cespedes has an injured hand but X-rays came back negative. Cespedes suffered the injury in the web of his left hand between his thumb and index finger.

Cespedes is batting .200 with three homers and seven RBI over his first 40 at-bats.

Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes was listed among the reserves when the lineup was announced for Saturday's game against the Tigers, MLB.com reports. 

Cespedes is considered day to day after X-rays on his injured hand came back negative. He could be available to pinch-hit for the A's. 

Athletics outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, who injured his hand Friday on a head-first slide into second, underwent X-rays that came back negative, the Contra Costa Times reports.

Cespedes suffered the injury in the web of his left hand between his thumb and index finger. He was OK to play in the field, but had trouble batting.

Cespedes is considered day to day.

Athletics left fielder Yoenis Cespedes was removed from Friday's game in extra innings with an apparent hand injury.

Cespedes was looked at by trainers after injuring himself on a head-first slide into second base but remained in the game at that point. However, he was removed in favor of a pinch hitter when his next turn at the plate came around. He finished the game 0 for 2 with two walks.

Twins first base prospect Kennys Vargas is slugging .500 through six games for Class A Fort Myers. The 22-year-old infielder has a home run, three doubles and three RBI.

In 165 career games, Vargas is batting .307 with a .386 on-base percentage, .509 slugging percentage and .895 OPS. He is not ranked among the Twins' top-20 prospects by MLB.com, but Baseball America considers Vargas the team's 29th-best prospect.

Tigers third baseman Miguel Cabrera stole his first base of the season Thursday.

Cabrera walked in the first inning and was able to steal third on a distracted Josh Johnson. Cabrera was 1 for 4 with a triple, run scored and an RBI. Cabrera stole four bases last season.

J.D. Martinez started this season in the minors and was pulled from a game earlier this week when he swung at a pitch too early in the count. Yet he's started five straight games for the Astros, with one home run and a .273 batting average on the year.

And if you just look at Martinez' last five games, he's even more attractive, with a .316 average, .826 OPS, home run, and five RBI during that span.

Martinez was a hot add last year, before fizzling in early May, being optioned back to the minors and eventually finsihing the year with a .241 average. But he has a stellar track record in four minor-league seasons (a career .334 average and .929 OPS with 43 home runs and 95 doubles in 321 games) and looks like he's a starter in the wide-open Houston outfield.

I wouldn't overreact to Martinez, but in a 16-team Roto league, he could make for a decent fifth outfielder -- high average with some minor power potential and RBI hope -- at a cheap price, especially this early in the season. 

Owned in just three percent of leagues, Martinez should at least be grabbed in most AL-only formats.