MLB Player News

Brantley (shoulder) will meet with the doctor who performed his surgery Tuesday, MLB.com reports.

The visit should hopefully shed some light on Brantley's status and next step in his rehab progress as the Indians look to get their arms around a potential timetable for a return.

Goins is not in the lineup Monday against the Rays, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet reports.

Goins has been losing playing time to Darwin Barney as of late, but Monday's absence comes as no surprise, as the Rays are giving the ball to left-hander Drew Smyly to start the contest. Barney will bat ninth and play second base while filling in for Goins on Monday.

Miller is not in the starting lineup Monday against Jays left-hander J.A. Happ, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Taylor Motter will hit second and play shortstop for the Rays on Monday night while Miller gets a day off. Monday may be the only break Miller receives from the starting lineup this week as five right-handers are currently projected to face the Rays through the weekend.

Cabrera went 2-for-5 with his sixth home run of the season and two RBI in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Orioles.

The home run was the game-winner, as Cabrera went back to back with J.D. Martinez in the eighth inning, and was also his second in as many games. After a slow April, Miggy has looked a little more like himself with a .314/.407/.451 slash line through 51 at-bats in May, and if his power is starting to come around as well, he could be poised for another big summer.

Martinez went 2-for-4 with a walk and a solo shot, his sixth home run of the season, in Sunday's 6-5 win over the Orioles.

He and Miguel Cabrera homered back to back in the eighth to give the Tigers the win after Martinez had appeared to strike out on a check swing to end the inning, but those are the breaks you get when things are going your way. Martinez now has three homers in the last week with a .269/.387/.654 slash line, so he could be poised to go on a tear.

Goins is out of the lineup Sunday against the Rangers, Barry Davis of Sportsnet reports.

Goins smacked his second homer of the season Saturday, but with his on-base percentage sitting at just .213, he's beginning to lose playing time to Darwin Barney. The 28-year-old will find himself on the bench for the third time in four games.

Miller went 1-for-5 with a two-run homer in Saturday's 6-0 victory over the A's.

The 26-year-old shortstop is still largely struggling at the plate, but is starting to slowly claw his way out of the .185 hole he'd created during the first month of the season. Miller has his average up 19 points to date in May and launched three homers during the current month. He's already matched the five RBI he tallied in April as well, but his plate discipline still has considerable room for improvement. Miller's May strikeouts (10) are currently outnumbering his hits (nine), and he's whiffed in seven consecutive games.

Cabrera went 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk in the loss to the Orioles on Saturday.

It's been a tough stretch for "Miggy" and the Tigers lately. He is hitting .304 this month, but that was his first homer in the last 14 games. Since hitting 44 homers in 2013, Cabrera has seen his home run totals drop to 25 in 2014 and 18 in his injury abbreviated 2015 season. He has just five in 135 at-bats this year. Meanwhile, Detroit has lost 11 of its last 12 games.

Buxton was removed from his game Saturday with Triple-A Rochester due to a minor back issue, MLB.com's Rhett Bollinger reports.

It appears the Twins were just acting cautiously by pulling Buxton from the game, so it's not believed that the injury will dramatically delay his quest to return to the big leagues. He was hitting well with Rochester entering play Saturday, slashing .313/.368/.513 with three homers and two steals across 80 at-bats in the minors.

Colon is in the starting lineup and batting eighth for Saturday's tilt with the Braves, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com reports.

Colon will replace Omar Infante at second base for the second game of a series with the Braves. He has collected a hit in each of the past six games he has started, going 8-for-21 during that time.