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Ohlman is fine, but he is having some right shoulder discomfort. The 21-year-old batted .224/.320/.307 with four home runs, 51 RBI and a .627 OPS over 105 games with Class-A Delmarva last season and didn’t rank as one of the organization’s top 30 prospects by Baseball America.

Crochet progressed to throwing off a bullpen mound for the first time since hitting the injured list back on April 29. The 26-year-old fantasy ace will throw another bullpen session later this week before he’s ready to face hitters again. He told reporters that he doesn’t plan on making a minor league rehab start. The original expectation was that he would be ready to jump back into Boston’s rotation when first eligible to return, but that doesn’t appear to be happening anymore. Still, there’s a chance he’s ready to return by the end of May or early June.

Senga remains pretty far off from making it back to New York’s pitching mix as he recovers from lumbar spine inflammation. The fact that he’s made it through a couple bullpen sessions is encouraging. The 33-year-old’s role upon returning also remains a complete mystery since there doesn’t appear to be an open rotation spot for him.

Orioles manager Craig Albernaz offered a positive update after Beavers hit the injured list prior to Wednesday’s game against the Yankees with an oblique strain. The 24-year-old rookie outfielder is facing a multi-week absence, but it sounds like there’s optimism it won’t be a lengthy stint on the injured list.

Peña was involved in a frightening-looking collision at second base where he was upended and landed on his back during his first rehab contest on Tuesday night at Double-A Corpus Christi. Amazingly, he managed to stay in the contest afterwards. He’ll continue participating in baseball activities, but he’s going to get some time off to rest and recover following the incident. It doesn’t sound like he’ll make it back to Houston’s lineup this week.

Nationals manager Blake Butera told reporters Beeter won’t require a lengthy rehab assignment, which seems to signal that he’ll return to the club’s closing role before the end of May. The 27-year-old stopper hit the shelf with forearm soreness back in late April.

Ryan will be making his first start in the minors since April 11 when he suffered a hamstring injury. The 27-year-old top pitching prospect looked sharp in spring training coming off Tommy John surgery and figures to get a shot in Los Angeles’ rotation mix at some point later this summer.

Teoscar Hernández is at DH with Alex Call taking over in left field. Ohtani had been scuffling at the plate, hitting .200/.321/.300 with one home run over his previous 26 games before going deep off Giants starter Adrian Houser during Tuesday’s contest. The Dodgers are making a concerted effort to reduce the 31-year-old two-way sensation’s workload to keep him fresher at the plate moving forward. He’ll get a full day off Thursday before returning for Friday’s series opener against the Angels.

The Mariners are going to closely monitor Donovan’s workload after missing time this season in an attempt to prevent further groin issues related to last year’s sports hernia surgery. It’ll be Leo Rivas taking over at the hot corner on Wednesday night in his place.

Pepiot is facing a six-month rehabilitation process from the procedure and is expected to be a full-go for the outset of spring training. The 28-year-old hit the injured list just prior to Opening Day with hip inflammation and ended up requiring surgery following a setback in late April.

Barnett returns to the Athletics relief corps with Brooks Kriske heading to the injured list with a shoulder impingement. The 25-year-old reliever tossed two scoreless frames in his lone outing in the big leagues last month.