Okamoto drives in three as Jays top Mariners

Drake earns a ticket back to the minors after allowing five runs over four innings against the Giants on Friday night. The 26-year-old lefty has struggled to an inflated 6.53 ERA across 20 2/3 innings over five starts for Arizona this season. He’s one of the organization’s better pitching prospects, but he might not be ready to have an impact at the highest level.

No word yet on the reason for the change. It’ll be Zach Agnos kicking off a bullpen game for the Rockies instead. There should be an update on Feltner’s status at some point relatively soon. The 29-year-old righty holds a lackluster 6.08 ERA across 97 2/3 innings of work this season.

Kelenic heads to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre as organizational depth for the final month of the season. It would be extremely surprising if he wound up making it to New York given their present outfield depth that doesn’t include Aaron Judge (rib) coming back from the injured list. The 27-year-old former top prospect has hit .219 (16-for-73) with one homer and six RBI in 36 games between the Rangers and White Sox this season.

Hancock remained in the contest to allow five runs over five innings after tweaking his left groin while making a diving tag in the first inning of Friday’s start against the Blue Jays. It certainly appears that the physical issue adversely impacted his performance. It sounds like there’s optimism the issue isn’t serious and that he’ll be able to make his next against the Red Sox on Wednesday. There should be a better idea of his status coming out of the weekend.

Taillon came out of Friday’s 48-pitch minor league rehab start for Triple-A Buffalo without any issues. He’ll throw a bullpen session next week before the Blue Jays determine his next steps. The 34-year-old veteran hit the injured list with forearm tendinitis earlier this month after just two starts with Toronto.

González receives his first opportunity with Miami after being claimed off waivers from the White Sox earlier this month. The 24-year-old didn’t end up pitching for Chicago this season after posting a respectable 2.66 ERA and 25/12 K/BB ratio across 20 1/3 innings over 16 relief appearances as a rookie last year. He was designated for assignment after struggling for a couple months at Triple-A to open the year.

Monteverde returns to the minors after allowing four runs over four innings during a long relief outing against the Nationals on Friday. The 28-year-old figures to make it back to Miami at some point in the final month.

Mautz provides St. Louis with some length out of the bullpen after losing a pair of starters in Hunter Dobbins (forearm) and Andre Pallante (elbow) to the injured list recently. The 25-year-old made one relief appearance for the Cardinals back in late May. He’s posted a pedestrian 3.78 ERA, 1.56 WHIP and 89/65 K/BB ratio across 85 2/3 innings at the Triple-A level this season.

St. Louis is moving on from Ferguson after he allowed eight runs over 8 1/3 innings after coming over from the Reds at the trade deadline earlier this month. The 30-year-old lefty has made 368 appearances in the big leagues since 2018 and should be able to latch on somewhere to close out the season.

Mickey Moniak and Jordan Beck are in the outfield corners with Cole Carrigg in center field. Veen has started just nine times in 17 games since being called up earlier this month, hitting .250 (7-for-28) with two homers, seven RBI and one steal. The 24-year-old prospect figures to continue sitting against left-handed starters, but he should do enough damage against right-handers to be useful in deeper fantasy leagues, especially when the Rockies are at home.