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McCutchen went 2-for-4 with two homers and three RBI against Colorado on Tuesday.

Since moving to the sixth slot in the lineup May 26, McCutchen is batting .397/.480/.730 with five homers and 15 RBI in 75 plate appearances. Historically, the outfielder has put up some of his best monthly numbers in June (.313/.386/.516), though he hit just .202 last June. He's in a good spot right now and gives fantasy owners the option to either ride out his streak or perhaps sell high on his value.

Martinez went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Tuesday's loss to the Diamondbacks.

Martinez took Zack Greinke deep in the sixth inning. The 29-year-old's power pace has slowed somewhat after a ridiculous stretch right when he returned from a foot injury in mid-May, but Martinez is still one of the premier options across all of fantasy baseball in terms of racking up counting stats.

Stanton went 1-for-4 with a walk, a home run, two runs scored and two RBI in Tuesday's 8-1 win over the A's.

It's safe to say Stanton's wrist is no longer bothering him. The 27-year-old now has 17 homers and 44 RBI on the year, putting him on pace to set new career highs in both categories if he can avoid his usual lengthy DL stint.

Ozuna went 3-for-3 with a walk, a solo home run and a second run scored in Tuesday's 8-1 win over the A's.

He's now produced multi-hit efforts in 11 of his last 17 games, giving Ozuna a stellar .408/.432/.676 slash line over that stretch with five homers, 11 RBI and 14 runs. The 26-year-old now sports a career-best .971 OPS on the season, nearly 200 points better than his previous high.

Carpenter went a combined 4-for-8 with a double, a homer, a walk, three RBI and three runs in Tuesday's doubleheader against Milwaukee.

He's still hitting only .233, but Carpenter managed to extend his hitting streak from five to seven games in one day -- a stretch in which he's gone 11-for-28 (.393) with three homers and eight RBI. Before this run, he was lingering at a .209 batting average, so even this modest improvement is quite welcome. Carpenter's seemingly made a conscious decision to sacrifice contact for power over the past couple seasons, and this year hasn't been any different, except that the results have been worse. Much of that is attributable to a career-low .253 BABIP, though; his career mark is .324, which implies a lot of room for improvement in his batting average.

Cespedes (heel) went 2-for-2 with an RBI double in Tuesday's 14-3 loss to the Cubs.

With this game's outcome not in question after the early innings, the Mets wisely pulled Cespedes after five innings for extra rest, but he avoided aggravating the heel injury that got him removed from Monday's game. When he's been in the lineup, Cespedes has been a wrecking ball this year, piling up 12 extra-base hits in just 74 at-bats.

Vargas went 4-for-6 (all singles) with two RBI and four runs in Tuesday's 20-7 win over Seattle. He's now hitting .271 with a .774 OPS.

Vargas had been 2-for-12 with a home run in his previous four games since being recalled from the minors. He should continue to split the DH role with Robbie Grossman, though he'll likely sit against lefties (.191 OPS against left-handed pitching before Tuesday).

Dickerson suffered another setback in his rehab and is scheduled to meet with a specialist about his injured back, Dennis Lin of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

Dickerson has been rehabbing his injured back all season, but suffered a setback in early June and was ultimately shut down. The 27-year-old recently resumed his rehab program but unfortunately suffered another setback Tuesday. His outlook for the remainder of the 2017 campaign appears to be bleak, as manager Andy Green went so far as to say that he feels it's "increasingly unlikely" that Dickerson will return this season, Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times reports. The outfielder could elect for surgery which would likely sideline him for an extensive amount of time.

Goins will man the strong side of a platoon alongside Darwin Barney while Devon Travis (knee) is sidelined, Mike Wilner of Sportsnet 590 The Fan reports.

Travis is expected to be out a while, so Goins seems to be in line for plenty of playing time. That being said, he's hitting just .210 on the season, so even with the expanded playing time, there's not much here to get excited about.

Buxton is not in the lineup Tuesday against the Mariners, Brandon Warne of ZoneCoverage.com reports.

Buxton continues to scuffle at the plate, averaging a strikeout per game in the past 30 contests. He'll hit the bench for a night off, forcing the Twins to deploy an outfield of Eddie Rosario, Max Kepler and Robbie Grossman.