A strained thumb will push Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer’s scheduled start on Tuesday back at least a few days.

Royals pitcher Edinson Volquez decided Monday to drop his appeal of the suspension he received for his role in the altercation with the White Sox on Thursday night.

The Marlins have parted ways with Jarrod Saltalamacchia. The veteran catcher, who turns 30 on Saturday, had seen reduced playing time of late due to the promotion of J.T. Realmuto from Triple-A New Orleans.

Every lineup, every day, as they are made public by the clubs.

Jose Bautista made his return to the Blue Jays’ lineup on Monday night following a five-game absence with a strained right shoulder.

The Angels are picking up an enormous tab on what’s left of the Josh Hamilton’s $125 million contract in trading him back to the Rangers, and the prevailing reaction is that they are doing it simply to get rid of a problem. There is another relatively unexplored possibility here. Perhaps there is an element of generosity involved. Perhaps they are willingly doing Hamilton a favor. It certainly looks that way.

Virtually every day of the season we watch a Major League outfielder somewhere on the landscape make a breathtaking belief-defying play by scaling a wall to snatch away a home run, diving headlong across the turf or unleashing an implausible throw. MLB.com asked Major League general managers and assistant GMs to give their confidential input in determining the game’s premier outfielders.

Three years ago this weekend, Cubs second baseman Addison Russell donned a suit and tie for his prom, and now he’s suited up in a Chicago Cubs uniform. The 21-year-old describes it as “crazy,” but between adjusting to life in the Majors as well as a new position, it’s everything he’s worked for.

Friday brings May Day, Saturday brings the Kentucky Derby, and the second month of the six-month horse race called Major League Baseball continues on the bumpy road to October. The Giants will meet their archrival Dodgers. The Yankees will meet their archrival Red Sox and Alex Rodriguez might hit career home run No. 660 and meet Willie Mays in the record books.

From slick shortstops to outstanding outfielders, there were incredible plays all over the diamond this week — the kind of moments that could garner GIBBY nominations later this year. Here’s a look at the five best plays made by defenders around the league last week.

Alex Guerrero is going through an excellent run at the plate right now, but also is trying to show that he can also be a good fielder and displayed evidence of that with a home run and a diving stop in the Dodgers’ 3-1 loss to the Padres on Sunday.

Royals left fielder Alex Gordon stunned the crowd at U.S. Cellular Field with an acrobatic catch in the sixth inning of Sunday’s series finale against the White Sox. Gordon, who won the fourth American League Gold Glove Award of his career in 2014, dove into the stands while holding onto a Micah Johnson pop for the first out of the inning.

Addison Russell will finally get to play at Wrigley Field. The Cubs’ No. 2 ranked prospect will make his home debut Monday night, and he arrives feeling a little better after hitting a key three-run double in Sunday’s 5-2 win over the Reds.

Adam Wainwright suffered what the Cardinals are right now labeling a left ankle injury when he broke from the batter’s box after hitting a fifth-inning popup. Limping around in a walking boot afterward, Wainwright confirmed that the injury is in the back of his ankle — or as manager Mike Matheny described it, “a bad spot.” Wainwright will travel back to St. Louis with the team after Sunday’s game and then have an MRI taken of his ankle on Monday.

The Twins took advantage of shaky defense by the Mariners and made the most of their run-scoring opportunities to beat Seattle, 8-5, on Saturday night before 33,566 at Safeco Field. Minnesota knocked Mariners starter James Paxton out of the game in the fifth inning and strung together four consecutive frames with at least one run for the victory.

Nori Aoki scored the deciding run on a squeeze bunt by Joe Panik in the 11th inning as the Giants survived a Rockies rally in the ninth for a 5-4 win on Saturday night. Justin Maxwell’s replay-reviewed two-run homer helped offset solo shots by Troy Tulowitzki and Carlos Gonzalez for Colorado.

Adrian Gonzalez belted a three-run shot — one of four Dodgers homers — in an 11-8 victory over the Padres on Saturday at Petco Park to clinch a series win. Justin Upton went deep twice for San Diego.