Now that you’ve seen the weekly American League and National League updates on your All-Star Game MLB.com Ballot Sponsored by Experian, it’s time to ask the candidates themselves what they think of the voting.

Adam Lind homered during a six-run second inning, while Marcus Stroman kept the Yankees’ bats in check over a career-high eight innings to power the Blue Jays to an 8-3 series-opening victory at Rogers Centre on Monday night.

Red Sox right fielder Shane Victorino, who had been slowed for a few days by soreness in his right hamstring, resumed his Minor League rehab assignment on Monday by going 0-for-3 for Class A Lowell.

David Ortiz gained four points in his batting average before stepping to the plate on Monday night against the Mariners.

Royals starter Jeremy Guthrie benefited from a fantastic play by center fielder Jarrod Dyson in the fourth inning against the Dodgers on Monday.

The ground rules at Wrigley Field are different than at any other ballpark, because of the ivy on the outfield walls, and on Monday, the greenery came into play.

Just as Milwaukee has taken the largest first-place lead in baseball — 5 1/2 games over the second-place Cardinals in the National League Central — some of the team’s stars have emerged as leading vote-getters among the candidates to start for the NL in this year’s All-Star Game.

The Blue Jays expect to be without third baseman Brett Lawrie for three to six weeks. Lawrie, who fractured his right index finger after getting hit by a pitch from Reds starter Johnny Cueto in Toronto’s 4-3 loss to Cincinnati on Sunday, was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday.

The Mariners officially announced the signing of first-round Draft pick Alex Jackson as the club arrived back home to begin a six-game homestand Monday. Jackson, who agreed to a signing bonus of about $4.2 million as the No. 6 overall pick, will report to the Rookie-level Arizona League Mariners in Peoria on Tuesday.

Major League Baseball on Monday announced a new format for the Derby, featuring a new 10-player format that calls for seven outs per round and bracketed play after the first round.

Jose Bautista of the Blue Jays and Troy Tulowitzki of the Rockies have been named captains for the 2014 Gillette Home Run Derby, which will feature a new bracketed format after the first round.

There’s a common thought going around baseball that switch-hitting is a bit of a lost art. Granted, there’s no Mickey Mantle or Pete Rose or even a Ripper Collins out there in today’s game, but there are plenty of players still getting it done from both sides of the plate.

The Blue Jays appear to have dodged a bullet. MRI results on four-time All-Star Jose Bautista’s left hamstring revealed a Grade 1 strain, the mildest form, and the club is hopeful the right fielder can return to the lineup in some capacity during Toronto’s pivotal three-game set at Rogers Centre against the division-rival Yankees.

D-backs pitcher Wade Miley hosted the Wade Miley Charity Celebrity Baseball Camp at Salt River Field at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Monday morning and led the 5-to-17-year-old participants through a series of drills. The proceeds from the camp will be donated to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.

Outfielder J.D. Martinez’s unexpected contributions to the Tigers’ lineup have been valuable, and he was rewarded for his efforts on Monday by being named the American League Player of the Week.

In his Major League debut, Tommy Milone had a homer, three RBIs and a no-hitter through two innings. It is nothing short of miraculous, then, that the best time to be Milone is right now. While he maintains he should have stuck with hitting, at 27, the lefty is establishing himself as the A’s Mr. Reliable.

Durrett, who covered the Rangers for the past five years for ESPN Dallas amid his other versatile duties, was remembered and eulogized by family, friends and hundreds of others as a great father, husband and person, and as a journalist whose considerable talents allowed him to cover multiple sports, including baseball, hockey, golf, auto racing and college sports.