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Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a win over the Diamondbacks on Saturday.

Olson now has five of his eight homers on the season in May, and an impressive 13 extra-base hits overall during the month when factoring in his eight doubles. Despite a slight bump in strikeout rate from 27.8 to 29.0 percent, Olson's cause is being aided by a .319 BABIP. He's unsurprisingly well off the unsustainable long-ball pace he established in his 2017 rookie campaign, as even with Saturday's homer, Olson has 16 fewer round trippers in just nine fewer plate appearances this season.

Cabrera (knee) is starting at second base and batting leadoff Sunday against the Brewers.

Cabrera won't miss any time after tweaking his knee in Saturday's blowout loss to the Brewers. The veteran infielder has tallied five hits through the first three games of the four-game series and is currently slashing .282/.307/.447 with two homers and 12 RBI during the month of May. He continues to be a pleasant fantasy surprise in the early going this season.

Cron went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI and a run scored Saturday against the Orioles.

Cron delivered a two-run double in the second inning off Andrew Cashner to put the Rays up 5-1. He has been relatively quiet of late, with this being his first multi-RBI game since May 15. He'll look to use this performance to get back on track, as he is slugging only .432 for the month of May after posting a .552 mark in April.

Abreu went 4-for-4 with a walk, solo home run, two RBI and two runs scored Saturday against the Tigers.

Abreu launched his ninth home run of the season in the fifth inning against left-hander Francisco Liriano. However, that was overshadowed by his overall line, as he reached base in all five of his plate appearances. Getting on base consistently is nothing new for Abreu, who has recorded seven multi-hit games in his past nine starts and has a .382 on-base percentage for the season.

Cabrera tweaked his knee in Saturday's game against the Brewers but hopes to be in the lineup Sunday, Matt Ehalt of The Bergen Record reports.

He was slow to get up after a play at second base during the blowout 17-6 loss to the Brewers, and was replaced by Luis Guillorme, who could get a start Sunday if Cabrera needs another day. Cabrera is hitting .333 over the last week and has a .314/.355/.519 slash line with seven home runs in 185 at-bats this season.

Olson went 2-for-3 with a double and a walk in a loss to the Diamondbacks on Friday.

Olson had the only multi-hit effort of the night for a mostly moribund Athletics offense. The 24-year-old has seen a downturn overall at the plate during May, but he's doubled his April home-run total by going deep on four occasions. Olson has also started picking it up offensively during the latter half of the month, as he's hitting .300 with four doubles, three home runs, five RBI, four walks and four runs across the 45 plate appearances he's logged since May 14.

Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 with a run and two RBI in Friday's win over Oakland.

Goldschmidt hit a two-run triple off starter Sean Manaea in the fourth and later slashed a double off reliever Ryan Dull in the ninth. Goldschmidt has had a miserable May, hitting just .123 with five RBI against 29 strikeouts. Goldschmidt has a career OPS of .919 but this year is sitting at a career-worst .714. It stands to reason that he'll turn it around eventually, but it's taking a lot longer than expected.

Stassi was let go by the Twins on Friday, Brandon Warne of ZoneCoverage.com reports.

Stassi will attempt to catch on elsewhere after slashing a dismal .211/.316/.316 with two home runs and 13 RBI over 32 games at Triple-A Rochester. The Red Wings have added Chris Carter to the roster in a corresponding move.

Flores got the start against right-hander Zach Davies on Thursday, hitting third and going 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBI, and Mets manager Mickey Callaway said after the game that Flores would take over starting duties at third base until Todd Frazier (hamstring) returns, Mike Puma of The New York Post reports. "I want Flo in there every day for the offensive component," Callaway said after Thursday's game. "We obviously need to score some runs right now."

The 26-year-old hasn't exactly been raking this season, posting a .238/.319/.406 slash line through 116 plate appearances with three homers and 12 RBI, but that's still better than what Jose Reyes (.403 OPS) and Luis Guillorme (.500 OPS) have managed to produce. For his career, Flores has a .695 OPS against RHP compared to an .803 mark against LHP, but with regular at-bats and a prominent spot in the batting order, he could provide some short-term value even in shallower fantasy leagues until Frazier is healthy again.

Beaty (undisclosed) rejoined Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday, Alex Freedman of the Oklahoma City Dodgers reports.

Beaty is ready to come up to Triple-A after missing time with an undisclosed injury. The 25-year-old first baseman slashed .326/.378/.505 with 15 homers and 69 RBI in 116 games for Double-A Tulsa a season ago.