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Ford isn't starting Monday's game against Baltimore.

Ford homered in Sunday's loss to Cleveland, but he'll retreat to the bench for the third time in the last four games. DJ LeMahieu will take over at first base while Rougned Odor starts at the keystone.

Choi (knee) will take some at-bats at the Rays' alternate training site Monday, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

Choi underwent an arthroscopic procedure on his right knee March 31, and the recovery timetable is believed to be 4-5 weeks. The 29-year-old appears to be making good progress, and the team hopes to get him approximately 30 at-bats before he's ready to return to game action. Choi will join Triple-A Durham for the first series of the minor-league season and could be in line to make his season debut shortly after.

Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said Buxton is being held out of the lineup for Monday's game in Cleveland due to a sore knee stemming from lingering patellar tendinitis, Phil Miller of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

According to Baldelli, Buxton has been experiencing tendinitis throughout the season, but it hasn't hindered him from a performance standpoint in what's been a tremendous start to the season. Per Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic, Buxton woke up Monday with more soreness than usual in the knee, but Baldelli indicated the outfielder will still be available off the bench for the series opener. The Twins plan to re-evaluate Buxton on Tuesday with the hope that he'll be ready to rejoin the lineup for the second game of the series.

Buxton is out of the lineup for Monday's game in Cleveland, Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

Though Buxton started each of the last six games, he's recently removed from a minor hamstring strain, so the Twins may have been eager to give him a day off. Jake Cave will start in center field Monday in place of Buxton, who is expected to return to the lineup Tuesday.

Ohtani went 1-for-5 with a solo home run -- his seventh of the season -- in Sunday's 4-2 win over the Astros.

Ohtani's 440-foot blast off Luis Garcia in the eighth inning broke a 2-2 tie and allowed the Angels to snap a four-game losing streak while getting back to .500 on the season. He's now left the yard in three of his last five starts as a designated hitter, but if he sticks in the lineup Monday in Texas, he'll be batting out of the pitcher's spot. Since overcoming a blister he developed earlier this month, Ohtani will be making his second appearance on the mound, with his previous outing also coming against the Rangers. He'll be looking to show improved control in the rematch after he issued six walks over just four innings in that April 20 start.

Ford went 1-for-4 with a home run and a strikeout in Sunday's 7-3 loss to Cleveland.

Ford didn't appear in either of the last two games, but he hit his first home run of the season in the fourth inning of Sunday's contest. Across four games this year, Ford has hit .133 with two runs, two RBI and three strikeouts.

Reyes went 3-for-4 with a three-run homer, a triple, two runs and one stolen base in Sunday's 7-3 win over the Yankees.

Reyes gave Cleveland the lead with his three-run blast in the bottom of the fourth inning Sunday, and he came within a double of hitting for the cycle in the victory. The 25-year-old now carries a .934 OPS with five home runs, 14 RBI and 11 runs this year.

Torrens is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Red Sox.

Torrens will be getting a breather as Seattle concludes its series in Boston with a day game. Tom Murphy replaces Torrens behind the plate and will bat eighth.

The Tigers activated Cabrera (biceps) from the 10-day injured list, Jason Beck of MLB.com reports. He'll start at first base and bat third in Sunday's game against the Royals.

After missing two weeks with the strained left biceps, Cabrera demonstrated enough progress over the last few days to gain clearance to rejoin the lineup. Though he'll be manning first base in his first game back from the IL, Cabrera is expected to see the bulk of his starts at designated hitter moving forward. Prior to being shut down with the injury, the 38-year-old slashed .125/.222/.292 with one home run in 27 plate appearances.

Alvarez went 2-for-4 with a walk, a triple and four RBI in Saturday's 16-2 rout of the Angels.

The three-bagger was the first of Alvarez's career, and it cleared the bases in the fifth inning for three of his four RBI on the day. The 23-year-old has four hits in three starts since returning to the lineup, pushing his slash line on the season to .293/.344/.517 through 15 games with two homers and 12 RBI.