Injury news and notes from around the league as Monday night's games begin.

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  • Alex Rodriguez has a stiff neck, but he'll play tonight against the Blue Jays, wrote MLB.com's Bryan Hoch. Rodriguez will DH and bat third, while Eric Chavez will play third base and bat eighth. 
  • More from Hoch: CC Sabathia will pitch Tuesday night, and he hasn't felt any soreness in his groin as he rehabs from a strain that landed him on the DL. 
  • Joba Chamberlain will continue his rehab stint on Tuesday night with the Gulf Coast League Yankees or Class A Tampa Yankees. Chamberlain threw two scoreless innings Saturday night. He hasn't allowed a hit in three innings, and has struck out four batters. 
  • Colorado right-handed pitcher Juan Nicasio is out for the season after microfracture surgery on his left knee, tweeted MLB.com's Thomas Harding. 
  • Nicasio was 2-3 with a 5.28 ERA in 11 starts for the Rockies. Opponents were hitting .313 against him. 
  • Marlins reliever Juan Carlos Oviedo is out with a UCL sprain in his right elbow, tweeted The Palm Beach Post's Joe Capozzi. 
  • It's unknown when Oviedo will return. He threw 0.1 innings for Triple-A New Orleans on Saturday night, allowing a hit and a walk. 
  • Torii Hunter's back in the Angels lineup after missing the weekend with a groin injury, tweeted the Orange County Register's Bill Plunkett. 
  • Baltimore's Robert Andino is headed to the disabled list with a strained left shoulder, tweeted The Baltimore Sun's Eduardo Encina. Andino will miss three to four weeks.