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Stewart was the eighth overall pick of the 2018 MLB Draft, but he did not sign with the Braves after concerns arose over his asymptomatic wrist issue. He filed a grievance to become a free agent, but the Braves won and Stewart elected to attend Eastern Florida State College, a two-year school that made him draftable again this June. The stuff hasn’t been as good this spring as it was last year -- Stewart was widely considered the top prep pitcher in the 2018 class -- but he still had some first-round talk. He’ll instead begin his professional baseball career overseas.

Buxton participated in pregame workouts over the weekend but has been held out of game action since last Wednesday due to right hip flexor soreness. Twins manager Derek Shelton told reporters prior to Monday’s series opener that Buxton is “very close” to returning to the lineup. However, it’ll be James Outman patrolling center field on Monday night. It certainly sounds like there’s a strong possibility Buxton is ready for Tuesday’s contest, which is a massive relief for fantasy managers.

Morgan has been brought back to the big leagues to fortify Kansas City’s bullpen with starter Kris Bubic (elbow) hitting the injured list. The 30-year-old compiled a strong 2.61 ERA across 10 1/3 innings over seven appearances during a brief stint with the Royals last month.

It sounds like a precautionary decision by Kansas City after Bubic told reporters he experienced more soreness than usual following his last start against the White Sox where he allowed five runs over four innings. The 28-year-old lefty will undergo further evaluation, and likely imaging, to determine whether he’s dealing with anything from a structural standpoint. At a minimum, he’ll wind up missing at least a couple weeks.

Heuer pitched two innings for the Guardians while he was up. He should get another chance for innings this summer.

Armstrong been sidelined for almost a month with the injury. He should settle right back into a regular role in the middle innings for the Guardians.

Nick Sogard is playing third base and batting ninth on Monday. Despite Durbin’s struggles at the plate this season, he has been tremendous defensively for a Red Sox team that spent the off season adding ground ball pitchers to its rotation. As a result, we imagine this will be more of a mini reset for Durbin, rather than the Red Sox making a change at third base.

Cruz can hit 102 mph on his fastball and does have a 3.00 ERA and 29 percent strikeout rate this season. However, he has struggled in May, allowing five runs on nine hits in seven innings while walking six and striking out six.

Rodríguez can’t be recalled in the next 15 days unless he replaces an injured player, so that appears to take him out of the running to start this weekend. What the Yankees will do in that spot remains to be seen since they have said Gerrit Cole (elbow) will make one more rehab start.

Sulser has a 3.68 ERA, 1.36 ERA, and 16/9 K/BB ratio in 22 innings out of the Rays’ bullpen. He will likely be sidelined for a few weeks.

Solesky was recalled by the Rays back on May 5th and then was sent back down just three days later without pitching. He’ll get another chance out of the Rays bullpen this week.