Before Monday's games, Major League clubs paid tribute to those individuals who have given Memorial Day its meaning.

Shortstop Yunel Escobar was not
in the lineup for Monday's opener against the Orioles because of an injury to his left groin.

The Dodgers placed left-hander Ted Lilly on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his left shoulder on Monday.

Major League Baseball on Monday handed Marlins right-handed reliever Juan Carlos Oviedo an eight-week suspension for “engaging in age and identity fraud.”

Like all teams across the Major Leagues, Tampa Bay paid tribute to those who have served in the military by wearing caps featuring a camouflage pattern in the “TB” logo on Memorial Day.

A's manager Bob Melvin deemed the chances of Manny Ramirez joining his ballclub when eligible to do so Wednesday as “50-50.”

Right-hander Jason Marquis cleared release waivers and is now a free agent, Twins general manager Terry Ryan said Monday.

The Twins celebrated Memorial Day with a special pregame ceremony that featured a flyover of two vintage World War II aircrafts over Target Field on Monday.

Jack Hannahan was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday afternoon with a strained left calf, only two days after he returned from a nagging back injury. Hannahan missed 11 straight games before Saturday because of the back, and he said overcompensating for the injury caused him to hurt the calf.

The A's got back their prized early season acquisition on Monday, reinstating third baseman Brandon Inge from the disabled list.

Delmon Young has a Tuesday morning court appearance in New York on an aggravated harassment charge stemming from his arrest last month in Manhattan.

Carlos Quentin, one of general manager Josh Byrnes' most important acquisitions of the past winter, made his Padres debut on Monday against the Cubs.

Under Armour and Oakley both said they needed approximately a week to construct a prescription set of goggles for Freddie Freeman. There is some hope that at least one pair of these goggles might arrive by Tuesday.

Adapting to third base has come rather quickly for Hanley Ramirez. A career shortstop, Ramirez was switched to third base after the Marlins signed Jose Reyes.

Roy Halladay is scheduled to have his sore right shoulder examined Tuesday. The Phillies are finalizing details of his visit, so it is unclear who will be looking at him and where.

When Kyle Zimmer showed up on the campus at the University of San Francisco, he was a 6-2, 185-pound third baseman who didn't have any place to play on the Dons baseball team.

While it seems Justin Verlander has no place to go but down, the Cy Young and MVP winner still thinks there is room to improve on the mound.