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Burnes (2-0) earned the win Tuesday versus Boston, allowing one run on two hits and two walks over seven innings. He struck out six.

After Tyler O'Neill belted a solo home run in the first inning, Burnes settled in and blanked the Red Sox over his subsequent six frames, allowing just one additional hit. Burnes' dominant outing comes as a relief after the right-hander was tagged for nine hits over 5.2 innings versus Kansas City in his last start. He lowered his ERA to a pristine 1.93 with a 0.75 WHIP and 20:2 K:BB through his first three starts (18.2 innings) with Baltimore. Burnes is currently in line for a two-start week -- he's tentatively scheduled to face the Brewers at home Sunday.

Rodriguez, who's hitting .186 over 46 plate appearances across 11 games, is actively making adjustments amid his slump, Brandon Gustafson of 710 ESPN Seattle reports.

Rodriguez has just one extra-base hit, which came in his first at-bat of the season, and sports a career-high 28.3 percent strikeout rate over the modest sample that is the 2024 season so far. However, Rodriguez does seem to be running into at least some poor luck when putting the ball in play -- he has a .257 xBA per Statcast, and his .267 BABIP is considerably lower than the .345 and .330 figures he posted in his first two seasons -- and manager Scott Servais remains confident a breakout is coming. "Again, I'm looking at his most recent stuff, I know he came in early yesterday, he made some adjustments just trying to get the ball out front a little bit more," Servais said. "I talk about it, and I'm serious about it, when he hits the ball in the air, it is awesome. He just hits it so hard."

Kiermaier is not in the Blue Jays' starting lineup for Tuesday's game against the Mariners.

Despite facing Rays right-hander George Kirby, the Blue Jays will keep Kiermaier in the dugout for Tuesday's game and start Daulton Varsho in center field. Kiermaier has struggled to make contact early in the season, slashing .107/.194/.107 with two RBI and two stolen bases while striking out 11 times over 31 plate appearances.

Noda was scratched from the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Rangers.

Noda was penciled in to start at first base and bat seventh but has now been removed from the starting nine, though there's been no report of an injury. Tyler Nevin replaced him in the lineup.

Duran (oblique) is aiming to throw a bullpen session Friday, Do-Hyoung Park of MLB.com reports.

Duran has been throwing pain-free on flat ground and it sounds like he's almost ready to try things out from the bump. He's early on in his throwing progression and will need a few rehab appearances before being activated, but a return before the end of April would seem to be possible.

Walsh is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against Oakland.

Walsh posted an .842 OPS while starting the past nine games but will head to the bench Tuesday against Athletics lefty Alex Wood. Ezequiel Duran will shift to first base while Davis Wendzel starts at the hot corner.

Moncada has been playing through some minor hip/groin soreness in recent days, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

It's worrisome, given that Moncada has dealt with chronic issues to his lower half over the last two seasons. For now, though, it appears he'll continue to play through it, and he's off to a solid start that includes a .270/.357/.405 slash line over his first 10 games.

Seager is out of the lineup for Tuesday's game against the A's.

Seager started the past seven games and will take a seat after posting an .889 OPS during that stretch. It's likely just a maintenance day for the veteran shortstop since he was sidelined for most of spring training while recovering from offseason hernia surgery. Josh Smith will man shortstop in his place Tuesday.

Santana is not in the lineup for Tuesday's contest versus the Dodgers.

It's the first day off this season for Santana, who had been in the lineup for each of the first eight games. Alex Kirilloff will occupy first base, while Jose Miranda will get a start at designated hitter.

The Twins placed Kepler on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a right knee contusion.

It's unclear when exactly Kepler suffered the injury, though he hasn't seen the field since going 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout Saturday against the Guardians. The veteran outfielder doesn't have an official timetable for his return but will be eligible to be activated from the injured list April 17.