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Featherston is hitting .280/.328/.480 with nine home runs and a stolen base in 250 at-bats for Triple-A Lehigh Valley.

Featherston, 26, failed to impress as a Rule 5 pick with the Angels last season, and was unable to win a bench job with the Phillies this spring. He's been solid at Lehigh Valley, where he has cut down on his strikeout rate and is showing decent pop with his bat. The Phillies are getting little offensively from second base and shortstop, so they could give Featherston a look at some point this summer.

Lindor stuffed the stat sheet Monday against the Rays, finishing 3-for-4 with a double, a solo homer, two runs scored and a steal.

The 22-year-old has quietly matured into arguably the best all-around shortstop in baseball, backing up stellar defense with a .314/.375/.466 line and 12 steals in 15 attempts. That's also four three-hit games in the last eight for Lindor, who's clicking on all cylinders at the moment.

Correa hit his 10th home run as part of a 2-for-3 game with two runs scored and three RBI in Monday's win over the Angels.

Correa's power is down this season, but the 21-year-old is still one of just seven major league shortstops in double-digits in 2016. He's still showing solid plate discipline too, with a 12.5 percent walk rate. The main reason Correa's numbers have been down thus far is a 24.4 percent strikeout rate, up six points from 2015. It figures that major league pitchers would adjust to Correa a bit -- if he can make the counter-adjustments necessary to start making consistent contact again, he'll be right back to where he was in his brilliant rookie campaign last year.

Story went 1-for-3 with a solo homer and a walk in Monday's 5-3 victory at Miami.

Story continues to prove that he's much more than just a Coors Field product, with 11 of his 18 homers and 27 of his 46 RBI coming on the road. While much of that power is due to an early-season surge, the shortstop's average has actually crept up every month. Expect the rookie to remain a relevant option at an offensively-starved position even if he's unable to keep hitting long balls at this pace.

Bortnick recently advanced to Triple-A Toledo and has a slash line of .270/.357/.432 in 37 at-bats.

Bortnick is a 28-year-old utility infielder who has yet to the the light of the majors shine on his face. But he has finally managed to claw his way back to Triple-A and is hitting a combined .279/.347/.481 in 104 at-bats between Double-A and Triple-A this season. Bortnick has reached Triple-A several times in his career, but we're not certain he'll get a shot to advance to the majors with the Tigers.

Cecchini was named the Pacific Coast Player of the Week.

Cecchini used to be known for his defense, but his game has done a 180-degree, where his offense is less in question that his defense. He is up to .328/.393/.460 in 51 games for Triple-A Las Vegas, aided by the 51s hitters park. In addition, his contact rate has jumped to 87% while his BABIP is .363, though those two numbers are in line with what he posted at Double-A Binghamton. Cecchini should clearly be in line for a September call up.

Seager went 2-for-4 with a double Sunday against the Brewers.

Seager was the only Dodger to collect more than one hit in a game they were able to squeak out by a 2-1 margin. He's now hit safely in four straight games to raise his batting average to .280.

Anderson went 2-for-5 with a double and a run scored in Sunday's loss to the Indians.

He's hit the ground running since getting called up to the majors, putting together four multi-hit games en route to a .282 (11-for-39) batting average. He's got tremendous upside, but Anderson's 0:11 BB:K is a strong warning sign that he could be in for a rough stretch once the league adjusts to him, however.

Bogaerts went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in Saturday's 6-2 victory over the Mariners.

It was the eighth multi-hit effort in another typically outstanding month for Bogaerts, whose June line is now up to .359/.397/.531. The production Saturday has him within striking distance of both his homer and RBI total for all of May with plenty of time remaining in the month, and brought his season average up to a stellar .352.

Ahmed went 3-for-4 with a solo homer in Saturday's 4-1 victory over the Phillies.

The 26-year-old did his damage out of the bottom of the order, tallying his second multi-hit game of June, with the first one also having been a three-hit effort back on June 10. Ahmed is still struggling at the plate overall but is picking it up a bit this month, now slashing .261/.271/.413 over 46 at-bats. His homer also represented the first time he'd gone deep since way back on April 13.