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Arozarena told reporters he expects to return to Tuesday’s lineup after leaving Sunday’s series finale against the Rangers with a minor right hamstring issue. It doesn’t sound like a serious concern moving forward, but hamstrings can be tricky matters. It’s a situation fantasy managers should continue to monitor closely. It’ll be Miles Mastrobuoni taking over in left field with rookie Rhylan Thomas getting into the lineup in the opposite corner.

Fernández has allowed four runs on six hits in 7 2/3 innings at Triple-A this season with an 8/5 K/BB ratio. He will function as middle relief depth for the time being.

Stowers made his season debut on Sunday and immediately got hit in the wrist with a 102 mph fastball. He was able to stay in the game and is right back out there on Monday, so fantasy managers and Marlins fans can breathe a sigh of relief. It’s a bit odd to see him hitting second with Xavier Edwards batting cleanup, but perhaps the Marlins are focused on getting Stowers as many at-bats as possible. If this does stick, it would meaningfully hurt Stowers’ potential RBI numbers this season.

The Rays needed a reliever with Mason Englert (forearm) on the IL, so Martin was added to the 40-man roster, and Michael Grove was transferred to the 60-day injured list. Martin has thrown 9 1/3 scoreless innings at Triple-A this season with an 11/6 K/BB ratio.

Englert has allowed 10 earned runs on 19 hits in 12 2/3 innings this season for the Rays. There is no word yet on the severity of the injury, but right forearm tightness can often be a precursor to other, more serious injuries.

Sugar Land was just acquired from the Yankees on Sunday, and he will now be up with the Astros with Nick Allen (back) on the injured list. Shewmake will serve as a reserve infielder with Carlos Correa regularly starting at shortstop and Isaac Paredes at third base.

Allen was scratched from Saturday’s game with back spasms, and now we know the absence will be longer than a few days. There is no word yet on Allen’s timeline for return.

We already knew Javier would be sidelined for more than a few weeks with the injury, so this may not meaningfully change his recovery timeline. He was originally placed on the injury list on April 10th, so this now means he can’t return until early June.

The Red Sox were up 8-3 heading into the ninth inning and trying to stretch their relievers through the end of the game after Sonny Gray left the game in the third inning with a hamstring injury. However, Ryan Watson allowed two doubles and a single in the ninth inning, and Chapman was called out to stop the bleeding. He struck out Spencer Torkelson but allowed a double to Riley Greene that knocked in two runs. He then got a groundout to end the game and nail down his fourth save of the season.

It hasn’t been a great start to the season for Narváez, who is slashing .234/.265/.277 on the season. The RBI today was his first RBI of the season. That said, he does have a 52 percent hard-hit rate and a league-average zone contact rate. He has just been chasing out of the zone more than he did last year. He should only be on the radar in two-catcher leagues, but we should see a boost in performance coming.

Greene is off to a solid start to the season, slashing .263/.372/.388 with one home run and 14 RBI. The 25-year-old is taking a far more cautious approach this season, cutting his swing rate by 10 percent, chasing outside of the zone six percent less, and improving his contact rate by seven percent. As of now, his strikeout rate would be a career low, and his walk rate would be a career high. This approach change could lead to a decrease in home run numbers, but Greene still has a 49 percent hard-hit rate, so he continues to do damage when he does make contact.