As pitching coach Bob McClure put it last week, the Red Sox have “got a lot of options” with their pitching staff, and “a lot of decisions come with it — tough ones and good ones.”

Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman's sore right shoulder held him out of the lineup again on Tuesday, and Zimmerman will have an MRI to determine the severity of the injury.

Carlos Pena reached a milestone Tuesday night, when he reached career hit No. 1,000. And he did so in style as he re-routed a 1-1 fastball from Angels starter Ervin Santana into the right-field stands for his fourth home run of the season.

Left-hander Francisco Liriano said he's fine with the club's plan to have him skip a start this week to help him get back on track.

The Yankees are waiting for a second opinion on right-hander Michael Pineda, who had a dye contrast MRI exam performed on his ailing right shoulder on Tuesday in New York.

The Angels weren't kidding when they told Mark Trumbo he needed to be flexible. On Tuesday, for the series opener against the Rays at Tropicana Field, the right-handed slugger started at his fifth position in the season's first month — right field, as the No. 5 hitter.

Dodgers reliever Matt Guerrier, signed in part to be the bullpen workhorse, was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday because of right elbow flexor tendinitis.

Two days off gave the Marlins time to regroup and get settled into New York. The breather came after the Marlins were rained out on Sunday at Washington, and there was a scheduled off-day on Monday.

With manager Mike Matheny looking for offense from his second basemen, Skip Schumaker on Tuesday became the third different Cardinal to start at the position this season.

Rockies first baseman Todd Helton had two days of rest and his last two hits were home runs, so it was a good time for him to arrive in Pittsburgh.

Red Sox starter Clay Buchholz has thrown a changeup just seven percent of the time this season. That's well down from his 20 percent career rate.

Adrian Beltre was back in the starting lineup for the Rangers on Tuesday against the Yankees after missing three-plus games with a strained left hamstring. Beltre injured the hamstring while running out a double in the second inning of the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Tigers.

Sergio Santos will be out for at least the next four weeks due to inflammation in his right throwing shoulder.

The second opinion on Chris Narveson's aching left shoulder was the same as the first, so the left-hander will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a partial tear to his rotator cuff.

He woke up in his house on Long Island like he had hundreds of times before. Got into his car and drove to Citi Field as he had hundreds of times before. Any illusion Jose Reyes might have had this was just another day didn't last long, though.

Left fielder Carl Crawford was in Boston on Tuesday having his strained left elbow examined.

When the Indians and Royals met 10 days ago, tensions were through the roof, as benches cleared twice and three Indians were ejected. That drama is in the past, however.