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Adames went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run in a win over the Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

Adames' numbers are back to trending in the right direction after a brief late-April slide. The young shortstop is 7-for-17 with a double, two RBI, two walks and four runs over the first five games he's suited up for in May, raising his average 34 points to .234 in the process. However, the 23-year-old's .299 on-base percentage still has plenty of room for improvement, with the current 49-point disparity between that number and last year's .348 figure at least partly tied to Adames' reduced patience at the dish.

Bogaerts went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Tuesday's 8-5 win over the Orioles.

Bogaerts, whose last three three hits have left the park, has seven homers and leads the Red Sox with 16 extra-base hits in 2019.

Anderson went 0-for-3 with a walk in Tuesday's 2-0 win over the Indians.

Anderson's explosive April has given way to a cooling-off period to start May. The shortstop is batting .179 (5-for-28) since the calendar flipped. His 138 wRC+ is a good place to be in early May while his 5.1 barrel percentage and 87.8 mph average exit velocity are up compared to last season. However, an unsustainable .380 BABIP suggests further cooling for Anderson, who has shown some maturation but still has improvements to make in terms of plate discipline.

Gordon went 2-for-5 with a stolen base in a 5-4 loss to the Yankees on Tuesday.

The 31-year-old went deep Monday night against the Yankees, but Tuesday, he was back to his usual self, swiping bases instead of launching bombs. Gordon is 10-for-11 in stolen-base attempts this year. He's also batting .301 with three home runs, 18 RBI and 13 runs. Those power numbers don't sound like much, but Gordon has never hit more than four homers in any year, and the 18 RBI already have him halfway to his total in the category (36) from last season.

Marcano went 14-for-26 for Low-A Fort Wayne last week, Bill Center of Padres.com reports.

The 19-year-old was named the Player of the Week in the Midwest League for his efforts, per Center, and is now hitting .308 with an impressive .383 on-base percentage in 27 games for Fort Wayne. If there's a knock on his stat line so far, it'd be his lack of power as he's hit just one homer with a .393 slugging percentage. He's still flashing potential at the dish in his brief career thus far, as he dominated in the Arizona League as an 18-year-old last year, with a .395/.497/.444 slash line while also swiping 10 bases.

Turner (finger) hit off a tee Sunday and fielded groundballs at shortstop Tuesday, Sam Fortier of The Washington Post reports.

Turner resumed swinging Sunday for the first time since undergoing surgery to repair his fractured right index finger, so this is a sizable step forward for the 25-year-old. The next step in his hitting progression figures to be soft-toss and then batting practice.

Seager isn't starting Tuesday's game against the Braves.

Seager is 4-for-18 at the dish through the first five games of May, and he'll get the day off Tuesday against a lefty (Max Fried). Chris Taylor will get the start at shortstop and hit fifth.

Herrera is out of Tuesday's lineup against the Cubs, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Herrera started three straight contests prior to Sunday, but he'll now head to the bench for the third consecutive matchup. Isaac Galloway draws another start in center field and will bat eighth.

Seager went 1-for-3 with a single, a walk, an RBI and two runs scored in a victory over the Braves on Monday.

Seager got the Dodgers on the board with a run-scoring groundout in the first and crossed the plate for the team's final run in the fifth. He has shown signs of emerging from a prolonged slump by going 4-for-12 in his last three games. This follows a seven-game stretch in which he managed only one hit in 26 at-bats.

Mateo, who's slashing .333/.374/.551 with eight doubles, eight triples, two home runs, 24 RBI and eight stolen bases across 29 games with Triple-A Las Vegas, could be the next callup for the Athletics, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.

As those numbers imply, the 23-year-old has been tormenting Triple-A arms throughout the season while putting in time at both second base and shortstop. While there have been knocks on Mateo's maturity and focus in the past, the difference between his body of work at the Triple-A level in 2019 compared to last year is stark. Mateo slashed a middling .230/.280/.353 across 510 plate appearances at Nashville last season, and he's already amassed half of the 36 extra-base hits he posted during that tenure in 363 fewer opportunities.