Junior Caminero homers again in win over M’s

Flores returns to Pittsburgh’s roster with Ryan O’Hearn landing on the injured list with a quad strain. The 25-year-old backstop hit the shelf with a concussion last week.

Mattson augments Pittsburgh’s relief depth heading into a pair of contests against the division-rival Reds. The 31-year-old has posted a serviceable 4.93 ERA across 34 2/3 innings at the big-league level this season.

O’Hearn is expected to miss 6-8 weeks, according to the team. The 33-year-old suffered the injury during Friday’s loss to the Reds while running to first base in the ninth inning. It’s a massive hit for the Pirates as they’ll be without one of their key middle-of-the-order run producers until at least mid-September. The encouraging news here is that there’s a chance O’Hearn is back for the home stretch, and a potential postseason run.

Kelly has allowed five runs over 7 1/3 innings at the big-league level this season. The 22-year-old will be up-and-down with Pittsburgh over the final two months of the season.

Angels interim general manager John Mozeliak said in a team statement that Soriano won’t pitch this weekend due to the uncertainty of the next 48 hours leading up to Monday’s trade deadline. That doesn’t mean that a trade is imminent, but the club doesn’t want to take any chances. The 27-year-old righty has been the subject of plenty of trade rumors recently and it appears that Los Angeles will consider moving him for the right price. He’s in the midst of the strongest season of his career with a solid 3.29 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 127/57 K/BB ratio across 123 innings over 22 starts.

Caissie has been a borderline mixed-league relevant fantasy outfielder, delivering top-75 range value in his Marlins debut, hitting .239/.297/.459 with 12 homers, 50 RBI and four steals across 246 plate appearances. The 24-year-old former top prospect homered twice during a three-game minor league rehab assignment and had left the yard three times in his final seven games prior to hitting the shelf with a calf strain back in early July. He was never been a huge power threat as a prospect, but he’s probably going to reach 20 round-trippers in his first extended opportunity at the highest level. That’ll work for fantasy managers.

Pauley retreats to the minors with rookie Owen Caissie back from the injured list. The 25-year-old has hit .190 (19-for-100) with one homer, 12 RBI and one steal in 41 games at the highest level this season.

Mayo gets the nod to face Phillies ace Cristopher Sánchez with Taylor Ward hitting second. It’s a bit of a different look for Baltimore, but one of their former top prospects has earned the opportunity by hitting .267 (8-for-30) with two homers in 11 games since last month’s All-Star break.

Hiraldo joins Baltimore’s relief mix after starter Dean Kremer was shipped to the Twins on Friday night. The 30-year-old has been out with a shoulder issue since early April. He’ll operate in a low-leverage capacity for the Orioles.

Fairchild gets his chance in Seattle with Luke Raley hitting the shelf with a forearm strain. The well-traveled 30-year-old signed a minor league deal with the Mariners last month after going 3-for-19 at the dish during a 14-game stint with the Guardians earlier this season. He’ll occupy a bench role.