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Bogaerts went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Sunday's win over the Yankees. The homer was just his second of the season.

Power production is the final frontier for the 23-year-old shortstop. After averaging 17 homers in three full minor league seasons, Bogaerts has yet to match that power rate in MLB, averaging 9.5 in two seasons. He had 12 long balls in 2014, then just seven last year. But with that drop in power came an 80-point improvement in batting average (from .240 to .320) and a 4.3 WAR (35th in MLB), according to FanGraphs. Here in 2016, both his OBP (.368) and slugging (.447) are up. The power may come, but you also have to enjoy the hitter you're seeing right now.

Lindor went 3-for-4 with a run scored in Friday's 7-1 victory over the Royals.

The 22-year-old shortstop continued his stellar season, with Friday's output representing his second three-hit outing in his last four games. Lindor is now slashing .421/.476/.632 in 19 at-bats this month and has filled out every offensive category except for triples over his first 101 at-bats of the year.

Correa went 3-for-3 with a solo home run and RBI single in the 5-3 victory over Seattle on Friday.

This is the 21-year-old's second three-hit game since Wednesday. He has two home runs and five RBI in the last three games. All the sudden, he's slashing .288/.403/.500 with five homers, 15 RBI, 16 runs and four stolen bases in 104 at-bats. That's more like what fantasy owners were expecting when they made Correa a first-round pick before the season.

Mateo, 20, is batting .354/.414/.556 with three home runs, 20 RBI and eight steals through 25 games for High-A Tampa.

Mateo has been even hotter of late, batting .415 with two home runs and 10 RBI over his last 10 games. Oddly, he has been caught stealing eight times, but that is about the only thing to nitpick at this time. Mateo is arguably the top prospect for the Yankees, his power production surprising, and he has surged to the top of prospect rankings.

Baldoquin (hamstring) played in a minor-league game Thursday for the first time since April 12.

Baldoquin missed over three weeks of action due to his hamstring injury, but he is back in action at High-A Inland Empire. He will turn 22 in mid-May, so he will have an opportunity to move up a level at some point this season if he can improve upon last year's .560 OPS.

Correa went 3-for-5 with a double, a homer, three RBI and a trio of runs scored Wednesday in a 16-4 blowout of the Twins.

After homering three times in the first two games of the season, Correa proceeded to slump pretty badly -- over a 24-game span prior to Wednesday, he went 19-for-84 (.226) with no homers, just one steal, six RBI and eight runs. Those aren't exactly the superstar stats we were hyped up to expect from him, but it's not surprising to see a 21-year-old embarking on his first full season in the majors hitting some peaks and valleys. With this big game, his average (.276) and OPS (.857) are almost exactly in line with last season's numbers.

Bogaerts went 3-for-4 with a walk, an RBI and a run against the White Sox on Wednesday.

The young shortstop posted just a .297 OBP in his rookie season and improved that figure to a strong .355 last season, but it's now a sparkling .390 this year following Wednesday's performance. Fantasy owners have still only gotten one home run out of Bogaerts, but that .321 batting average to go with five steals takes a lot of the sting out.

Lindor went 3-for-4 with a double, home run, three RBI and three runs in Tuesday's victory against the Tigers.

The 22-year-old is showing improvement early in his sophomore campaign. Lindor is walking at a higher rate than last year, and has notched a hit in 17 of 23 games this season. On the basepaths, the shortstop has swiped four and has been caught stealing once. He is on pace for 28 steals this season.

Bogaerts went 2-for-4 with a run in a 4-2 victory over the Yankees on Friday.

The third-year shortstop posted his second multi-hit outing over the last four and fifth over his last nine contests. Bogaerts hasn't been able to provide much in the way of the long ball this season, but he's now slashing a respectable .292/.364/.427 over his first 89 at-bats.

Lindor went 1-for-5 with three RBI against the Twins on Wednesday.

He complemented a two-run double off well-hyped Twins rookie starter Jose Berrios with a run-scoring groundout, but still finished the series a disappointing 1-for-11. Fantasy owners who expected Lindor to live up to last season's spectacular debut may be disappointed in his sophomore campaign, but he's still a highly promising and eminently playable shortstop.