Yonder Alonso News

After having his last turn in the rotation skipped thanks to a couple of off days, Hiram Burgos had his next start bumped up to today in an effort to give Marco Estrada a little more time to "regroup". Burgos has made three starts for the Brewers this season and has found some nice success.

Uggla hit two solo home runs, and Francisco added his first career grand slam as the Braves recovered from a stunning last-swing loss by beating the Cincinnati Reds, 7-2, Wednesday.

Over at MLBTradeRumors.com, Steve Adams offers a retrospective on the December 2011 trade that sent Mat Latos to Cincinnati for Edinson Volquez, Yonder Alonso, Yasmani Grandal and Brad Boxberger.

SAN DIEGO Chris Valaika on Wednesday became the 12th Marlin to go on the disabled list.

The Padres recalled right-hander Brad Boxberger from Triple-A Tucscon on Thursday and optioned lefty Robbie Erlin to Triple-A. Boxberger, 24, has made 10 relief appearances with Tucson this year, going 0-1 with a 4.15 ERA , striking out 19.