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The 27-year-old outfielder was waived by Baltimore on Monday and now heads to Cincinnati’s organization where he’ll continue to develop at the Triple-A level.

Mike Trout, Jo Adell, Jorge Soler and Oswald Peraza also homered in the outburst. Moncada’s was his second of the year. He has a terrible 37-percent strikeout rate so far, which is why he’s batting .184. But the power and walks are still there, at least; he taken 11 free passes and also been plunked a couple of times, leaving him with a .355 OBP that’s nearly double his average.

Detmers, who spent last year in the Angels pen, completed seven innings for the first time since Apr. 22, 2024. He had a shutout going into the eighth, when he was lifted after a double and a single to start the inning. It’s the 12th time in his career that he’s struck out at least nine. He generated whiffs on 17 of 51 swings and posted a 35-percent CSW. Detmers will bring a 1-1 record and a 3.57 ERA into his next start at home against the Padres.

Nine of the 10 balls in play against Weathers were flyballs sent at least 295 feet. Six were hit at least 100 mph, three topped 110 mph and four turned into homers ranging from 396 to 445 feet. Really, he’s fortunate Yankee Stadium didn’t factor in any turn any of the shorter flies into homers. Plus, he was due for a night like this after going without allowing a homer in his first three starts (he’s given up a homer every six innings over the course of his career). Weathers dropped to 0-2 with a 4.29 ERA. He’ll face the Royals on Sunday.

Peraza was out of the lineup three of the previous four games, including on Monday even though he homered in his start Sunday. This pushes him up to .267/.327/.511 for the season, which should put him back in line for more playing time at the expense of Adam Frazier and Vaughn Grissom.

Stanton went 10-for-20 with a homer in the Yankees’ first five games in March, but he’s just 7-for-38 with no homers this month. He’s also hitless in 12 at-bats against lefties this season, so it’s worth wondering if maybe Ben Rice should be starting over him when the Yankees want Paul Goldschmidt in the lineup against southpaws.

Scholtens will take the ball after opener Cole Sulser. The 32-year-old was called up over the weekend when starter Joe Boyle hit the injured list with elbow inflammation. He’s tossed 4 2/3 scoreless innings in the big leagues this season. It’s a decent enough matchup that he might have some appeal as a streaming option in extremely deep mixed leagues.