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Alec Burleson is on the bench for a fourth straight game Monday against the Reds,
This is the third of those four absences to come against a righty. The Cardinals are prioritizing the development of Nolan Gorman and Jordan Walker for now, leaving Burleson on the outside looking in. It also obviously hasn’t helped that Burleson is without a homer in 83 plate appearances this season.
Adley Rutschman is back behind the plate Monday after missing Sunday’s game due to right hand soreness.
Gary Sánchez won’t get to start against his former team today. Rutschman is batting third in the home game against the Yankees.
Blue Jays claimed RHP Casey Lawrence off waivers from the Mariners.
Lawrence had already cleared waivers twice this month, but the Jays decided to bring him back to provide some innings for his original organization. He’s out of options — he is 37 after all — so he’ll be added to the major league roster on Tuesday, and he might get a start this week with Easton Lucas demoted. Lawrence had a 3.60 ERA and a 4/1 K/BB in 10 innings for the Mariners.
Wade Miley is expected to resume throwing soon after leaving his rehab start Sunday with a groin injury.
Fortunately, it wasn’t a setback with his arm as he makes his way back from Tommy John. An MRI on his groin came back negative, so he could resume pitching in minor league games within a couple of weeks.
Tyler Stephenson will play in at least two more games for Triple-A Louisville on Tuesday and Wednesday.
It looked like Stephenson might make his 2025 debut today after missing the last month with an oblique strain, but he requested some additional minor league at-bats. He’s thus far gone 3-for-17 with a homer in five games for Louisville.
Ravens GM Eric DeCosta said he expects Mark Andrews to remain with the Ravens.
We’re losing a staple of the on-again/off-again veteran tight end trade market posts this offseason. DeCosta said this after Day 2 of the draft, implying that the Ravens likely would only have moved on from Andrews if they received more than a Day 3 pick. Andrews can continue to be penciled in as a mid-range TE1 in fantasy drafts now that we know for certain he’s attached to Lamar Jackson for another season.