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The homer was his seventh of the season, allowing Uggla to set the Marlins’ record for homers in a season by a second basemen. That it took 14 years for even a second basemen to hit seven homers is pretty impressive. In addition to the homers, Uggla is batting .310 with 39 runs scored and four steals.

Hays rejoins Chicago’s outfield mix following a nearly three-week absence recovering from a low-grade right hamstring strain. The 30-year-old veteran was hitting just .219 through nine games to kick off his White Sox debut.

Murray is likely facing an extended absence given the nature of the injury, which sometimes involves a surgical procedure. The 26-year-old was operating in a versatile bench role for Chicago this season.

Naylor is back at first base and hitting cleanup following a brief one-game absence due to a quad contusion. The 28-year-old power/speed combo threat has seemingly turned things around after an ice-cold start to the season, hitting .480 (12-for-25) with one homer and four steals over his last seven games.

Story had some rather direct remarks to reporters about the direction of the franchise following longtime manager Alex Cora’s firing and was left out of Sunday’s lineup by interim manager Chad Tracy. The 33-year-old veteran is back in there to face Blue Jays big-ticket free agent acquisition Dylan Cease at the Rogers Centre. He’s hitting just .198 with two homers and two steals in 27 games this season on the heels of last year’s impressive 25-homer, 31-steal effort across a career-high 157 contests.

Pagés wound up missing only one game after leaving Saturday’s showdown against the Mariners with left hamstring tightness. The 27-year-old is back handling the catching duties and hitting ninth on Monday evening against Pittsburgh.

Jung moves up to the prime spot in Texas’ lineup to face Yankees lefty ace Max Fried on Monday night at Globe Life Field. The injury-plagued 28-year-old has been red-hot at the dish, hitting .375 (21-for-56) with four homers and 13 RBI over his last 15 games. It’s never been a talent issue for Jung. He’s healthy and he’s tearing the cover off the ball, which means fantasy managers should be rostering him in all formats.

The team had previously reported that they were considering stretching Teng out as a starter, so he will get his first start this week. His longest outing was 2 2/3 innings last Tuesday, so it would be hard to expect him to pitch more than three innings in this one, so he doesn’t have much fantasy appeal. He also posted a solid 2.16 ERA in 16 2/3 innings out of the bullpen, but just a 25 percent strikeout rate in the bullpen doesn’t suggest lots of strikeout upside as a starter. We’ll have to see on Tuesday.

With Anthony Volpe coming off the IL on Thursday, it would seem likely that DeJong will not be promoted by the end of April. The 32-year-old is also hitting .213/.359/.541 in 22 games at Triple-A with six home runs and 13 RBI. He will likely be a free agent by May.

With Max Scherzer (forearm/ankle) landing on the injured list, the Blue Jays will have Eric Lauer start against the Red Sox on Wednesday, which means a spot opened up in the bullpen. Lee will claim that spot after pitching to a 1.32 ERA and 12/9 K/BB ratio in 13 2/3 innings at Triple-A.

Domínguez was officially called up on Monday afternoon, but Giancarlo Stanton (calf) has not yet been placed on the injured list. That clouds the immediate playing time for Domínguez, but the Yankees do face three righties in their series with the Rangers, which should give him enough short-term playing time. However, Anthony Volpe is reportedly set to rejoin the team on Thursday, and Jose Caballero has been heating up at the plate, so the Yankees may need to decide between Domínguez and Ryan McMahon when Volpe returns. That also assumes Stanton eventually goes on the injured list. There are a lot of moving pieces here.