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Walker has played exclusively in left field at Triple-A Norfolk so far this season, which could help his chances of contributing in the majors in 2016.

He is slashing .296/.342/.549 with four home runs in 76 plate appearances, and his .254 ISO represents a career best in the minors. The odds are certainly better that he unseats Joey Rickard in left field than Chris Davis at first base, so this boosts the probability of him being useful in fantasy leagues this season. He could also see time at DH if he was recalled, and at 25 years old, Walker has very little left to prove in the minors.

Cron is not in the starting lineup Monday against the Royals, Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register reports.

He'll take a seat with the Angels facing right-hander Ian Kennedy. Albert Pujols is playing first base while Mike Trout gets a night off from defensive responsibilities as the team's DH.

Padlo, 19, is batting .130/.279/.222 to go with one homer and two steals over 69 plate appearances with Low-A Bowling Green this season.

Padlo, who was acquired from the Rockies in January as part of the Corey Dickerson-Jake McGee deal, is off to a rough start with his new organization, mirroring the struggles he experienced at Low-A Asheville in the second half of last season. While he's been able to draw 10 walks already, Padlo still has too much swing-and-miss in his game, a quality that could prove even more disastrous as he rises to higher levels in the minors.

Cron is out of the lineup for Saturday's game against the Mariners.

Despite hitting a home run Friday, Cron will be replaced in the lineup Saturday by Ji-Man Choi as manager Mike Scioscia tries to get as many left-handed bats into the lineup as possible with the Angels facing ace Felix Hernandez. Cron is off to a tough start at the dish to start the season, slashing .161/.254/.232. Despite the early seasn struggles, Cron has still played in nearly every game this season.

Cron went 1-for-4 with a solo homer Friday against the Mariners.

Cron's first blast of the year tied the game in the fifth inning, but the Angels were unable to score any more runs, and they went on to lose the game in extra innings. With the homer, he now has only two extra-base hits on the season, and his OPS is an anemic .486.

Calhoun went 1-for-4 with a solo homer Friday against the Mariners.

His second blast of the season put the Angels on the board in the fourth inning of a game they'd go on to lose. He now has six extra-base hits on the year, and his OPS sits at .849.

Santana was 2-for-4 with a solo home run as Cleveland downed the Tigers on Friday night.

Batting lead off for the first time in his seven-year major league career, he made the move to the top spot in the order look good as he smacked his third home run in the top of the first inning. It's hard to say whether the move to that spot in the batting order will last - he generally displays good on base skills, but has very little speed - but if he remains there it is likely to reduce his RBI opportunities.

Santana will bat leadoff against the Tigers on Friday.

Friday's start is Santana's first atop the batting order in seven major league seasons. Manager Terry Francona flirted with the idea of having Santana lead off during spring training, but Santana has hit almost exclusively out of the five-hole to this point. It's uncertain if this will stick, but what Santana lacks in terms of speed he makes up for with on-base ability.

Colabello has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for performance enhancing drugs, Blue Jays play-by-play announcer Mike Wilner reports.

According to Wilner, Colabello tested positive for a performance enhancing substance called dehydrochlormethyltestosterone. With Colabello sidelined for such a significant portion of the season, Justin Smoak should be in line for the lion's share of the playing time at first base through the All-Star break, provided that Toronto does not look outside the organization for a replacement. The 32-year-old Colabello had gotten off to a tough start to the season before being suspensed, as he was slashing .069/.156/.069 with nine strikeouts in 29 at-bats.

Singleton went 4-for-4 with two home runs and three RBI during Thursday's loss to Triple-A Salt Lake.

Singleton, who had been hitting .139 prior to Thursday's game, raised his batting average 86 points with the four-hit performance. He's hitting .225 with three home runs and seven RBI through 11 games with Triple-A Fresno. The 24-year-old first baseman does not appear to be a threat to overtake Tyler White in Houston anytime soon, especially now that A.J. Reed has leapfrogged him on the organizational depth chart.