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Davies latched on with Kansas City back in early April on a minor league pact, but never wound up making it back to the majors. The soft-tossing 31-year-old righty will head back to the open market in search of a new opportunity.

It’s his second time being outrighted in the last few weeks. He has the choice of becoming a free agent, but he opted to stay with the Mariners last time around.

Ingram didn’t pitch during his two days with the Giants. The move opens up a spot for Blake Snell, who will come off the injured list and start Tuesday.

Burleson’s breakthrough campaign continued on Monday afternoon as he did most of his damage in the late stages of this one, blasting a solo homer -- his career-high 14th round-tripper of the season -- off Nationals reliever Jacob Barnes in the eighth inning to give the Cardinals a commanding three-run advantage at the time. He also tacked on a two-run single in the ensuing frame, just for good measure. The 25-year-old figures to continue playing regularly at designated hitter against right-handed pitching as he’s off to a stellar start this year, batting .283 with 14 homers and seven steals through 83 contests.

There are going to be plenty of days like this, even for the consensus top prospect in baseball. The 21-year-old slugger has been outstanding since being called up last week from Triple-A Rochester, batting .276 (8-for-29) with one homer, six RBI and one steal through eight games. He projects as a potential five-category fantasy monster in the future, especially if his contact gains over the last few months remain intact, and he’s making an impact already for fantasy managers right away with his impressive power/speed combination.

Goldschmidt extended the Cardinals’ early lead with a solo shot -- his 12th big fly of the season -- off Nationals starter Mitchell Parker in the fourth inning. He also reached on a fielding error and came around to score on a Brendan Donovan double in the eighth inning as well. The 36-year-old veteran first baseman has gone deep only five times over his last 30 games and simply hasn’t produced enough so far this season to remain rostered in shallow mixed leagues.

Mikolas carried a shutout into the seventh inning before being lifted at 93 pitches (66 strikes) following a one-out single by former teammate Juan Yepez. He finished with three strikeouts, didn’t hand out a free pass, and allowed only six hits in this one. The 35-year-old veteran righty has allowed just two runs over 12 1/3 innings over his last two starts following a 10-run (nine earned) implosion back on June 27 against the division-rival Reds. He’ll square off against the Cubs on Saturday at Busch Stadium in his final outing prior to the Midsummer Classic.

Parker gave up six hits, including a fourth-inning solo shot to veteran first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. He generated 11 swinging strikes, including six on his slider alone, and finished with a pedestrian 27 percent CSW. The 24-year-old lefty has emerged as a decent option for fantasy managers in deeper mixed leagues with a strong 3.44 ERA, 1.09 WHIP and 74/19 K/BB ratio across 91 2/3 innings (16 starts). He’ll face off against the Brewers on Saturday to close out the first half.

Stewart has been out since the beginning of May with shoulder tendinitis. Assuming no setbacks, he’ll probably be activated right after the break ends.

He’s hitting second, as per usual. Kevin Newman returns to the bench with Marte back.

It’s time. García has a .280 OBP overall and is hitting just .163/.255/.296 in his last 37 games since May 24. He’ll almost surely bounce back from this, but Langford probably ought to continue hitting ahead of him regardless.