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Cron is not in the lineup Friday against the Astros.

Cron will sit against a tough right-hander in Gerrit Cole. Matt Duffy will be the Rays' designated hitter Friday.

Calhoun is out of the lineup against Boston on Thursday.

Calhoun will be stationed on the bench for the series finale with southpaw Brian Johnson taking the hill for the Red Sox. Michael Hermosillo will draw a start in right field in his stead.

Gurriel was placed on paternity leave prior to Thursday's game, Brian McTaggart of MLB.com reports.

Gurriel will be away from the team for Thursday's series opener in Tampa Bay and could miss up to three games. In a corresponding move, the Astros recalled A.J. Reed from Triple-A Fresno.

Abreu went 2-for-4 with a solo home run and two runs scored in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Twins.

Abreu had gone 10 games without a homer, his longest homer-less stretch of the season. It had also been 10 games since his last multi-hit game. The 31-year-old has been in a rough patch of late, having entered Wednesday's tilt with a .139 batting average (5-for-36) over his previous nine games.

Calhoun is not in the lineup Tuesday against Boston.

Calhoun has started to turn things around in seven games since returning from an oblique injury, hitting .318/.375/.636 after hitting .145/.195/.179 over the first two months of the season. He'll sit against the left-handed David Price, with Michael Hermosillo starting in his place in right field.

Olson went 2-for-3 with a walk and a run in a loss to the White Sox on Sunday.

The White Sox will be glad to be rid of Olson, who went 6-for-18 with two home runs, three RBI and five runs over the four-game series. The young slugger has hit safely in six straight games overall, raising his average 14 points to .246 in the process.

Gurriel went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a grand slam in Sunday's 11-3 win over the Royals.

Gurriel fueled a second-inning onslaught, doubling to lead off the frame before hitting his first grand slam of the season to finish off an eight-run explosion. This marks the second consecutive game with a homer for Gurriel, who is hitting a robust .342 for the month of June.

Cron is not in the lineup Sunday against the Yankees.

Cron has just two hits in his last 10 games. He's been generally adequate in his first taste of a full-time role, hitting .235/.311/.448 with 16 homers in 72 games. That home run total already matches his career high. Matt Duffy will be the Rays' designated hitter Sunday.

Gurriel went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's win over the Royals.

The long ball, a fourth-inning shot off Ian Kennedy, was just Gurriel's third of the season. He's still slugging only .405 after the homer, but what Gurriel lacks in terms of power he makes up for to a large extent with excellent bat-to-ball skills (10.7 percent strikeout rate). He's now batting an even .300 for the season.

Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo homer, a walk and a pair of runs in a win over the White Sox on Saturday.

Olson gave the Athletics a one-run lead with a sixth-inning shot off Chris Volstad, his 17th homer of the season. The homers have been enough to make Olson a valuable fantasy asset despite a mediocre .241 batting average.