Jake Burger had time to smile Monday afternoon. Could’ve been because, for the first time in a week-and-a-half, he was back in a big league clubhouse with his teammates. Could’ve been because he was no longer holed up in a hotel some eight hours from home.

Burger got off to a rocky start this season, posting a .561 OPS and a .190 batting average with only three homers in 100 at-bats before he was optioned to Round Rock on May 2.