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The 35-year-old slugger returns to the American League Central, where he had the most success of his career during his time with the Royals from 2011-2018. Moustakas split his 2023 campaign between the Rockies and Angels, slashing a combined .247/.293/.392 with 12 homers and 48 RBI in 386 plate appearances. There’s playing time to be had with the White Sox, so don’t be surprised if he has a strong camp and cracks the Opening Day roster.

Rodón will need a couple rehab outings to build up his pitch count and stamina, but he appears on track to make it back to New York’s rotation at some point in May. The 33-year-old underwent offseason elbow surgery after finishing last year with a strong 3.09 ERA, 1.05 WHIP and 203/73 K/BB ratio over a career-high 195 1/3 innings.

Cole looked extremely sharp in his rehab debut last Friday, throwing 44 pitches over 4 1/3 innings for Double-A Somerset. It’s notable that he’ll make his second rehab outing in another lower minors ballpark without any public Statcast data. The 35-year-old’s velocity was fine in spring training, but all reports are that it was down slightly in the longer outing. It’s a variable to monitor as he continues to make his way towards rejoining New York’s rotation sometime next month.

It’s an encouraging update after Atlanta’s closer hit the injured list earlier on Tuesday with shoulder inflammation. It appears that Iglesias isn’t dealing with any structural issues that would’ve require a lengthy absence and possibly even surgery. The Braves are optimistic he’ll be cleared to resume throwing once the swelling subsides and there should be a clear return timetable once he resumes facing hitters. It’ll be hard-throwing veteran Robert Suarez handling the closing duties in his absence. He should be rostered in all fantasy formats until Iglesias returns.

Samuel Basallo heads to the bench with Rutschman back for his first game since April 10 after missing just over one week with an ankle injury. The 28-year-old backstop was hitting .294.385/.471 with three RBI in 10 games prior to hitting the shelf.

Ballesteros takes a seat against Phillies lefty Jesús Luzardo with Alex Bregman getting a break from the field at DH and Matt Shaw entering the lineup at third base for his first start since April 15. The 22-year-old former top prospect is hitting a robust .378 (17-for-45) with three homers and 10 RBI in 19 games this season. He’s a potent offensive threat, but his lack of defensive versatility is going to leave him the odd-man out occasionally when the Cubs have to mix up their lineup.

Wallner is back patrolling right field and batting seventh following a brief one-game absence due to a lingering rib issue. It doesn’t appear to be a significant concern. The 28-year-old slugger has three homers in 20 games this season.

Sure, why not. It’s probably been a few years since Edwards hit cleanup at any sort of level, but he went 1-for-2 with a pair of walks and an RBI in his first shot there on Monday evening with Kyle Stowers hitting second. The 26-year-old speedster isn’t long for the heart of the order, but the Marlins don’t exactly have a ton of alternatives unless someone like Agustín Ramírez is going to heat up.

It’ll be Chourio’s first time taking on-field swings since hitting the injured list with a fractured hand on Opening Day last month. The 22-year-old fantasy superstar will likely require a brief minor league rehab assignment to get back up to speed, but he could potentially return to Milwaukee’s lineup by the end of the month.

Reyes has gone 1-for-3 with a solo homer off Atlanta ace Chris Sale since being called up over the weekend from Triple-A Lehigh Valley where he was stinging the ball consistently with a 1.000 OPS in 18 games. The unheralded 25-year-old outfielder will be thrown into the fire to face Cubs lefty Shota Imanage on Tuesday night at Wrigley Field with the Phillies continuing to search for answers in the middle of their lineup.

It’s a positive development for the Phillies that Realmuto will avoid a trip to the injured list after dealing with a lingering back issue that cropped up over the weekend and caused him to miss a pair of contests. The 35-year-old backstop is back behind the dish and batting sixth on Tuesday against the Cubs.