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Alcantara was efficient early, needing just 24 pitches to get through the first three innings while striking out two. The right-hander was on target all night and got some help from his defense when Austin Slater gunned down Jake McCarthy at home on a throw from right field to temporarily keep the Rockies off the board in the fourth inning. However, an error at third base with two outs extended the inning, while an infield single by Jordan Beck drove in the Rockies’ first run of the night to cut the Marlins’ lead to 2-1. Alcantara’s day came to an end after he struck out Brenton Doyle to end the seventh inning. He threw only 73 pitches on the day, with 49 of those going for strikes. Things couldn’t have gone much better for Alcantara, who looked every bit the ace we saw in 2022. He’ll look to build on this start on Wednesday when the Marlins play host to the White Sox.

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.

Boyle has been rehabbing at Triple-A while recovering from an elbow strain. In three starts, he has allowed five runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings with an 8/7 K/BB ratio. He’ll continue to stretch out and work on his command at Triple-A.

It’s Schwarber’s first day off of the season, so there’s not much to see here. Bryce Harper will DH, Alec Bohm will play first base, and Edmundo Sosa will get the start at third base.

Keith is hitting .295/.336/.357 on the season, but that’s about all we can say. His bat speed is up one mph, but it’s not where he showcased it in the first month of the season. He has a lower barrel rate and hard-hit rate than last season, and has hit no home runs with just six RBI despite hitting mostly third this season. He doesn’t need to be on many fantasy rosters.