Rays designate OF Austin Slater for assignment

Burgos was up over the weekend as the 27th man in a doubleheader and will now come up to provide the Red Sox with depth out of their bullpen. The 27-year-old has a 5.84 ERA in 12 1/3 innings for the Red Sox this weekend.

McDougal has not appeared in an MLB game since August 13th. He has been moved to a bullpen role as he recovers from a forearm injury that sidelined him for almost three months earlier this season. He likely remains a starting pitching option long-term for the White Sox.

Martin landed on the injured list on August 14th with a blister issue. He has an 8.03 ERA in 24 2/3 innings in the second half and cannot be trusted for fantasy purposes.

We know that Rutschman is dealing with a hyperextended elbow, and Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said he will likely have to battle through that injury all season. Given how much the Red Sox traded away for Rutschman, this is not an ideal situation. Connor Wong will get yet another start behind the dish with Mickey Gasper at first base, but the Red Sox may want to see if Gasper can catch a few games given how well he’s swinging the bat.

This is apparently a planned day off for Marte, who was just activated from the injured list on Monday with a knee injury. Marte had been the DH for the first two games of the series, so Gabriel Moreno will take that spot today with James McCann catching.

Clarke has now been off the injured list for two games and has started in center field for both of them. We should note that both of them have been against left-handed pitchers, which means Carlos Cortes was always going to be on the bench for both of these games. It remains to be seen what the Athletics do against a righty, but Zack Gelof has been playing left field, and Henry Bolte has been at designated hitter, which likely means Bolte and Cortes are battling for at-bats against right-handed pitchers.

Suarez was just activated off the injured list on August 28th, but he allowed six runs on nine hits in 2 2/3 innings since returning, so the Athletics are moving on. He could return on a minor league deal or find another minor league opportunity elsewhere.

Hartlieb has struggled with a 6.08 ERA in 13 1/3 innings for the Athletics this season. The 32-year-old has a 7.69 ERA in 96 career MLB innings.

Since coming to the Nationals from the Yankees at the trade deadline, Grable has allowed one run on eight hits in 10 1/3 innings split between Double-A and Triple-A. That has come with a 16/7 K/BB ratio. You have to wonder if the Nationals will give him a chance at some MLB innings this month.

Ohtani was set to make a one-inning start on Sunday against the Tigers, but he didn’t feel 100 percent after a bullpen session, so that plan was scrapped. Roberts said that the plan for now is that Ohtani won’t throw for at least a week and the team will determine next steps from there. That timeline obviously means that Ohtani’s chance of getting built up to make normal-length starts in the playoffs is highly unlikely. The Dodgers now have to have a discussion about whether or not him pitching at all is worth any injury risk to his knee or biceps. As Roberts said, “His value offensively is hugely important, so if throwing potentially cuts into that, that’s not worth the squeeze.”