AROUND THE HORN

Yankees: Josh Donaldson was activated from the 10-day injured list and in the lineup for the Yankees on Friday night for the first time since being suspended by Major League Baseball for a remark to White Sox star Tim Anderson. Donaldson was suspended one game for making multiple references about Jackie Robinson while talking to Anderson on May 21. Donaldson has appealed the discipline.

Twins: The struggling Twins have arrived in Toronto without regular right fielder Max Kepler and relief pitchers Emilio Pagán, Caleb Thielbar and Trevor Megill on the restricted list to comply with the Canadian government’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The four players will miss the three-game series against the Blue Jays. The Twins were waiting to announce replacements until closer to game time on Friday night. Canada requires anyone traveling to the country to have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine, the second one at least 14 days before entry. Pagán discussed his decision not to get a shot with reporters before the Twins departed for Toronto. “I know that there are going to be people that are very angry for this opinion and the stance, but that’s fine,” Pagán said. “I feel like I had a choice to make, and they have also a choice if they’re going to be mad at me or not.” Pagán is one of the late-inning relievers for the AL Central-leading Twins, who have lost seven of their last 10 games. “I’ve gone to every guy in this locker room and explained where I was, and how I came up with my decision, and apologized because I do know it’s hurting the team,” the 31-year-old Pagán said. Kepler, a native of Germany in his seventh full season in the majors, currently has career bests in batting average (.253) and on-base percentage (.357) and is tied for second on the team with six homers. Thielbar, the most-used left-hander in the bullpen, has a 5.59 ERA with 23 strikeouts in 19 innings. Megill, a righty in his first season with the Twins, has a 1.04 ERA with 12 strikeouts in8 innings.

Dodgers: The Dodgers opened the season with an all-time high $310.6 million payroll for purposes of the luxury tax and are on track to pay a record tax of nearly $47 million, according to figures compiled by Major League Baseball and obtained by The Associated Press. Five teams exceeded the $230 million threshold as of opening day, which if unchanged by the season’s end would be one shy of the most, in 2016. After adding Freddie Freeman and reaching a big one-year deal with Trea Turner, the Dodgers were the only team to exceed the new fourth threshold, the so-called Cohen Tax named after Mets owner Steven Cohen. But the Dodgers’ payroll would drop by about $28.1 million if the domestic violence suspension of pitcher Trevor Bauer is upheld by an arbitrator. The Dodgers’ payroll included $34 million for Bauer, the average of his $102 million, three-year contract. The Mets, in their second season since Cohen bought the team, were second at $289.3 million — $667,278 below the Cohen Tax. That left them on track for a tax payment of just under $22.5 million after adding pitcher Max Scherzer, center fielder Starling Marte, outfielder Mark Canha and All-Star infielder Eduardo Escobar. The Yankees ended up third at $261.4 million, which would cause a tax of $7.6 million.