With a hip injury sidelining Domingo German, Chance Adams could be next in line in New York. Plus, Yordan Alvarez, Carlos Torres and Daniel Ponce de Leon called up, Robinson Cano and Dylan Covey injured, and more.

Short on starters in CLE; offense humming along in MIN; would dealing Matt Boyd make sense for DET?; Plus, Whit Merrifield a trade candidate for KC? And better days ahead for CHW.

J.D. Martinez, Pham hurting, and an update on Betances. Earlier: Haniger with a serious ouchie, Cano needs more time, plus Caleb Smith, Molina, and Tulo no-go. Even earlier: McCutchen IL bound, plus H. Dozier and updates on Weaver and Glasnow.

Chris Sale, Charlie Morton, Hyun-Jin Ryu, James Paxton, and a different Washington starter than usual headline the Strong Start tier for today's slate.

Look for the mashing to continue in Minnesota, where Twins hitters have the week's most favorable matchups.

Anibal Sanchez appears to be back on track, and gets a couple of pretty attractive matchups this week.

The Pirates are going with a four-man outfield now that Corey Dickerson is back. Plus, updates on Masahiro Tanaka, Jedd Gyorko, Adam Haseley, Ryan Zimmerman, Trevor Rosenthal, Mitch Moreland, Adam Plutko and more.

Walker Buehler, Stephen Strasburg and Blake Snell are three aces to target on a strong start Sunday.

Dallas Keuchel, one of the more reliable starters in baseball, joins ATL. Plus, good news for Zach Eflin, Didi Gregorius and Charlie Blackmon owners, while Caleb Smith, Mitch Haniger and Dwight Smith Jr. owners get unwanted reports.

Pitchers may have begun to figure out how to get Michael Chavis out. How patient will BOS be as he adjusts? Also: Returns of Trumbo in BAL and Wendle in TAM, and is there risk of a Frazier demotion in NYY?

Lucas Giolito is a top rated starting pitcher for his road matchup versus the Royals.