Tigers manager Brad Ausmus says Justin Verlander will start Tuesday night against the Pirates.

The right-hander didn't pitch at all this season until June 13 because of an arm problem, and after making two starts, he was scratched from Wednesday's game against the Indians because of back stiffness.

Yankees center fielder Jacoby Ellbury will begin a minor league rehab assignment Monday with the anticipation he could return to the major league lineup by the end of the week.

"I'm excited to be playing in games sometime this week, and I can't wait to get back with the big league club," Ellsbury said in a statement.

Ellsbury has been out more than five weeks with a right knee sprain.

Red Sox left fielder Hanley Ramirez, who will miss his fourth game Sunday since being struck in the left hand by a line drive off the bat of teammate Xander Bogaerts last Wednesday, is being sent back to Boston for an MRI exam.

Earlier tests had shown no structural damage, according to the club, but Ramirez will undergo further testing because he is "not progressing as we anticipated, particularly over the last 24 to 48 hours,'' manager John Farrell said.

Mariners star Robinson Cano was hit in the head by a stray ball while the Angels were warming up in between innings Saturday and left the game because of dizziness.

Cano was taken to the clubhouse after being struck by rookie shortstop Taylor Featherston's high throw over first baseman Albert Pujols as the Angels' infield loosened up before the seventh inning.

Cano had a sizable welt near his left temple, and the Mariners' medical staff checked the second baseman for a concussion. No signs of one were found.

Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum was hit in his pitching elbow by a line drive in the second inning Saturday and left the game against Colorado.

X-rays were negative.

"He got hit pretty good," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said after the team's 7-5 win. "He might need a break."

Johan Santana has suspended his bid to pitch in the majors and will try again in 2016, a source told ESPN.com.

Santana has been dealing with a toe infection and became resigned that he would not have sufficient time to ramp up this season to pitch in the majors once that issue is resolved.

Santana, 36, signed a minor league deal with the Blue Jays in February.

Marlins star Giancarlo Stanton will miss four to six weeks with a broken bone in his hand, ESPN's Tim Kurkjian reported. 

Stanton broke the hamate bone in his left hand during the loss to the Dodgers on Friday night. He is expected to have surgery and be out at least a month. 

Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal earlier reported the injury. 

Major league home run and RBI leader Giancarlo Stanton hurt his left hand, grimacing in pain with his final swing in the ninth inning of the Marlins' loss to the Dodgers on Friday night.

The outfielder initially hurt the hand on a swing and miss in the sixth inning. He will have X-rays on it Saturday morning.

Todd Frazier has experienced a power explosion this season, but is the surge sustainable?

The Cincinnati Reds third baseman has a 22.4% home run/fly ball rate, which may be primed for regression.

Over the course of his career, Frazier has seen his average fly ball get longer and longer. In 2012, his average fly ball went 280 feet. This season that figure is up to 303.8 feet.

Where his fly balls are going has changed this season as well.

"Frazier has always been a guy who had an even distribution of his home runs across fields, with a slight lean toward right field for his fly balls. Not in 2015," writes Owen Watson. "We can see his propensity to pull the ball has increased dramatically this season, with all but one of his home runs going to left or center field. We’ve seen the kind of power jumps that players can have when they start pulling their fly balls more; couple that tendency with a major increase in fly-ball distance (into top-20-in-the-majors territory), and you have the makings of a big year."

Angels starting pitcher Jered Weaver has been placed on the 15-day disabled list and will undergo an MRI on his left hip, according to an ESPN.com report on Sunday.

One day after Weaver suffered his fourth consecutive defeat in the Angels' 4-1 loss to the A's, the Angels decided to put the right-hander on the DL to give his sore hip time to rest.