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Martinez hit his seventh home run as part of a 3-for-4 game with two runs scored and two RBI Monday against the Twins.

Martinez now has four home runs in his past eight games and has pushed his batting line from .230/.299/.369 to a respectable .252/.335/.448 in that span. Martinez has a better strikeout rate (23.2 percent) and walk rate (10.4 percent) than last season but was beating the ball into the ground and had yet to show the power that set him apart in 2014 and 2015 (61 combined home runs). Now that it looks like Martinez has found his power stroke too, he could once again become one of the American League's most productive outfielders.

Brantley (shoulder) will meet with the doctor who performed his surgery Tuesday, MLB.com reports.

The visit should hopefully shed some light on Brantley's status and next step in his rehab progress as the Indians look to get their arms around a potential timetable for a return.

Turner is not in the lineup for Monday's series opener against the Angels.

This seems like a typical day off for Turner, although he is scuffling to the tune of a .182 batting average over his past seven games. Howie Kendrick will slide over to third base while Carl Crawford enters the lineup in left field.

Goins is not in the lineup Monday against the Rays, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet reports.

Goins has been losing playing time to Darwin Barney as of late, but Monday's absence comes as no surprise, as the Rays are giving the ball to left-hander Drew Smyly to start the contest. Barney will bat ninth and play second base while filling in for Goins on Monday.

Miller is not in the starting lineup Monday against Jays left-hander J.A. Happ, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Taylor Motter will hit second and play shortstop for the Rays on Monday night while Miller gets a day off. Monday may be the only break Miller receives from the starting lineup this week as five right-handers are currently projected to face the Rays through the weekend.

Cabrera went 2-for-5 with his sixth home run of the season and two RBI in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Orioles.

The home run was the game-winner, as Cabrera went back to back with J.D. Martinez in the eighth inning, and was also his second in as many games. After a slow April, Miggy has looked a little more like himself with a .314/.407/.451 slash line through 51 at-bats in May, and if his power is starting to come around as well, he could be poised for another big summer.

Martinez went 2-for-4 with a walk and a solo shot, his sixth home run of the season, in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Orioles.

He and Miguel Cabrera homered back to back in the eighth to give the Tigers the win after Martinez had appeared to strike out on a check swing to end the inning, but those are the breaks you get when things are going your way. Martinez now has three homers in the last week with a .269/.387/.654 slash line, so he could be poised to go on a tear.

Goins is out of the lineup Sunday against the Rangers, Barry Davis of Sportsnet reports.

Goins smacked his second homer of the season Saturday, but with his on-base percentage sitting at just .213, he's beginning to lose playing time to Darwin Barney. The 28-year-old will find himself on the bench for the third time in four games.

Miller went 1-for-5 with a two-run homer in Saturday's 6-0 victory over the A's.

The 26-year-old shortstop is still largely struggling at the plate, but is starting to slowly claw his way out of the .185 hole he'd created during the first month of the season. Miller has his average up 19 points to date in May and launched three homers during the current month. He's already matched the five RBI he tallied in April as well, but his plate discipline still has considerable room for improvement. Miller's May strikeouts (10) are currently outnumbering his hits (nine), and he's whiffed in seven consecutive games.

Ozuna scored twice and drove home a pair of runs while going 3-for-5 with a triple in Saturday night's win over the Nationals.

Ozuna also clubbed a pair of hits in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader as he continues to pick up his season. He's now hit safely in 14 straight games while racking up nine multi-hit efforts over that span. His season line has ridden to a strong .313/.361/.552 through 35 games to go along with 21 runs scored, six home runs and 19 RBI.