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Carter hit two home runs in Tuesday's win over the Angels, his eighth and ninth of the season.

Carter is slugging a ridiculous .713 as the cozy Miller Park seems to be working quite well with his swing. Eight of Carter's nine homers have come in Milwaukee, which had the highest home run park factor in the league last year according to ESPN. Carter is now on pace for 56 home runs, and while that's probably a touch unrealistic, this start gives him a solid chance to challenge his career high of 37, set in 2014 with Houston.

Bour dislocated his left pinky while sliding into a base and is considered day-to-day, Clark Spencer of the Miami Herald reports.

Bour didn't even start Tuesday's contest, entering the game in the eighth inning as a pinch hitter. Fortunately, he avoided a fracture that would likely cost him extended time. He will have a chance to return to the lineup as soon as Wednesday but would likely be replaced at first by either Chris Johnson or Derek Dietrich should he be unable to go.

Bour is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks, Joe Frisaro of MLB.com reports.

Bour won't face the Diamondback's lefty starter Patrick Corbin on Tuesday. Chris Johnson will take Bour's spot at first base and bat sixth. Bour has only taken six at-bats against lefties this season, as compared to 70 against right-handed pitchers.

Votto hit his third home run, a three-run blast, in Monday's loss to San Francisco.

It was Votto's only hit of the game, but after nine days without an extra-base hit, the slumping perennial All-Star will take it. All the numbers in his batting line (.231/.327/.341) are still ugly, but Votto's .281 BABIP is 75 points lower than his career mark, and there doesn't seem to be any reason that should persist. The power's been a little unreliable over the past few seasons, though last year's 29 homers should have fantasy owners still feeling confident in the veteran first baseman.

Freeman went 10-for-22 (.455) with two home runs, two RBI and three runs last week, officially breaking out of his early-season slump.

He was hitting just .080 on April 14 and still only .156 by April 20th, but Freeman has reached base safely in 12 of his last 15 games. Before Sunday, he also had three straight games with multiple hits. He's still not going to get a lot of RBI opportunities in the Braves lineup, but it's good to see Freeman break out of the early slump.

Carter went 3-for-5 Sunday with a double, three runs scored, three RBI and two home runs.

He's enjoying a big year so far with Milwaukee, hitting .278/.355/.671 with seven homers, 18 RBI and 15 runs scored. Carter's also struck out 27 times in 79 at-bats, of course, and his batting average will likely dwindle as the season progresses, but as long as he's depositing balls in the seats neither the Brewers nor anyone with fantasy shares in him will mind.

Flores, who hit his first home run of the season Saturday, will start at shortstop Sunday, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports.

Flores has now played all four infield spots but been limited to just 12 at-bats on the season. With Lucas Duda, Neil Walker, and Asdrubal Cabrera off to hot starts, and David Wright relatively healthy, Flores' at-bats will continue to be limited.

Cabrera is not in the lineup Sunday against the Giants, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports.

Cabrera has started each of the Mets' first 22 games this season at shortstop, but will get a day of rest in favor of Wilmer Flores for the afternoon contest. The veteran infielder is 3-for-6 against opposing pitcher Madison Bumgarner in his career, and actually hits southpaws a bit better than right-handers when looking at his career numbers, so Cabrera's absence Sunday appears to be maintenance related.

Cabrera is not in the lineup Sunday against the Giants, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York reports.

Cabrera has started each of the Mets' first 22 games this season at shortstop, but will get a day of rest in favor of Wilmer Flores for the afternoon contest. The veteran infielder is 3-for-6 against opposing pitcher Madison Bumgarner in his career, and actually hits southpaws a bit better than right-handers when looking at his career numbers, so Cabrera's absence Sunday appears to be maintenance related.

Bour slugged pair of home runs and drove in five runs during a 3-for-4 effort in a win over the Brewers on Friday.

The big lefty busted out of a slump in a huge way to help the Marlins take the series-opening victory. Heading into the game, Bour was homerless through his first 63 at-bats while struggling to get much going at all at the dish. He reminded everyone how easy it is to quickly turn around your early-season numbers, emerging from his monster game with a respectable .269/.324/.478 slash line.