Macko sent back down to Buffalo

Cairo, 25, joins the Mets organization after hitting .227/.378/.298 with 90 walks but just 20 extra-base hits in 516 plate appearances for Triple-A Lehigh Valley. His versatility would help make him an adequate 26th man, perhaps, but he doesn’t seem to have much potential beyond that.

That’s not good. Wells has been terrific in a setup role since being acquired from the Orioles, allowing only three earned runs in 18 innings. He ends the regular season with a 2.38 ERA in 72 innings overall. No word yet on whether the Rays think he might be back for the postseason, though at least they didn’t put him on the 60-day IL.

Cook will rejoin the pen. He’s gave up three earned runs over 3 2/3 innings in his three earlier stints in the majors.

Fraley is back from hernia surgery after hitting just .182/.308/.318 in 14 games for Triple-A Durham on a rehab assignment. He isn’t likely to return to the platoon role starting against righties that he had before getting hurt, but he’ll be available to pinch-hit and play defense. He batted .232/.300/.390 in 90 plate appearances before going on the IL in mid-May.

Piper got one start a couple of days after being recalled last month, but he had settled into third-catcher mode since, getting a total of three plate appearances since Aug. 22. He’s gone 2-for-9 with a homer and two walks overall in the majors this season.

It’s been mostly a lost year for Melton, a player the Rays were hoping would be their center fielder of the future when they gave up Brandon Lowe, Mason Montgomery and Jake Mangum to acquire he and Anderson Brito in last winter’s three-team trade with the Pirates and Astros. Melton ended up hitting .253/.346/.475 with 26 steals in 45 games for Durham in between injuries. He should get a chance to compete for a job in the spring, but considering that he’s never played more than 105 games in four full seasons since being drafted, he’s a little hard to trust at this point.

It’s easy to imagine the 29-year-old Grove going on waivers and getting claimed a few more times prior to the lockout in December. He should some promise as a reliever for the Dodgers before shoulder surgery, but the Rays didn’t see enough from him in seven innings since his return to believe keeping him was a priority. He’ll now likely finish out the year in the minors, as he won’t be postseason eligible for Atlanta.

Schultz is back for the first time since Aug. 7, when he wound up getting pulled from his start in the first inning because manager Will Venable accidentally made a second mound visit. He’s since allowed four earned runs in 21 2/3 innings over five starts for Charlotte. He’s not currently penciled in to start for the White Sox, but he’ll be available to go long when needed.

Urquidy loses his spot despite having allowed only three runs in 10 innings over his last three appearances. He had a 4.37 ERA in 22 2/3 innings over six total outings for the White Sox. Some team out there looking for innings could pick him up for the final week and a half, though he wouldn’t be postseason eligible.

As of now, the plan is for the Brewers to “re-evaluate him for mound readiness at the end of September.” While it’s great that Woodruff is building back up, the fact that he is not pitching off a mound and won’t even be evaluated until the end of the month makes it seem unlikely he will pitch meaningful innings this postseason. Perhaps if the Brewers are able to advance, he could give them some innings out of the bullpen or as an opener, but it remains to be seen how effective he will even be.