CHICAGO -- Jesús Aguilar received the fifth-most votes among National League first basemen in Monday's All-Star Ballot voting update. Local eatery Doggi's Arepa Bar hopes to help push Aguilar to the top. Aguilar entered Friday leading the NL in RBIs (49).

During Spring Training, Aguilar told reporters that he changed to a diet of arugula to stay in shape. But when he went homerless during the early stages of the season, he switched back to arepas and regained his power.

Giving back
The Marlins will hold a Juneteenth Week of Reflection and Service from Saturday through June 27, which will include community activities on Juneteenth and culminate with the annual South Florida Black History Celebration at loanDepot park on June 27. This is the latest action the organization has taken in its efforts for racial equality and to raise funds to help further the development of the community's future leaders.

There will be beautification projects at Historic Hampton House and Gwen Cherry Park in Miami. Players from the Marlins' Minor League system will build a new playhouse and fix up the kids' playground at the Achievement Center in Delray Beach, Fla.

An Empowering Education through Art Auction will benefit a scholarship endowment from the Miami Marlins Foundation at FIU for first-generation students from the 5000 Role Models of Excellence Project. Local artists donated their time and collaborated on artwork with the theme of social justice, with baseball materials used as their canvas. For full details or to bid, visit MarlinsImpact.com. And fans can purchase a special ticket package for the June 27 game against the Nationals, which includes a donation to charitable organizations in Miami's Black community and an exclusive South Florida Black History commemorative Marlins cap. All South Florida Black History Celebration guests are invited to attend the pregame networking event at loanDepot park presented by J.P. Morgan. For tickets, visit Marlins.com/Heritage.

Mattingly addresses new substance protocols
Prior to fielding questions during Friday's pregame Zoom, Marlins manager Don Mattingly wanted to make a statement regarding MLB's crackdown on foreign substances, which will begin on Monday.

"Before we get started: I've been watching the news a little bit, and I just want to make sure that it's pretty clear that since I've been here in Miami, no one from our front office -- past or present -- has directed us to do anything with any kind of substance on the ball, or anything like that," Mattingly said. "That kind of stuff, it's kind of getting beat up in the news and a lot of talk about it. I can't say that we've talked to our players. We'll probably have another meeting discussing the memo so they're totally clear on it.

"But I did want to clear up the front office thing, because no one has told us to do anything, or directed us to do anything, or have guys do that. So, it is one of those things, it's frustrating. I know it's something that's grown in the game, it's been around, but I know Major League Baseball has put out a policy now, it's going to enforce it. We're going to move forward from that. Like I said, our guys will know, they'll understand it, or at least they'll have been told enough to understand it. And then we're going to move forward with the policy."

On June 5, Marlins pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre Jr. addressed the matter.

"Our guys are scared of the consequences," Stottlemyre said. "In Spring Training when I talked to them, sat down with [GM Kim Ng], she had asked me to have a conversation with our pitchers, and the consequences that MLB had laid out for us spooked our guys for any of them that may have come from other organizations and used it before. It’s scared our guys away from using it."