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It’s a rare post-trade deadline deal. Peguero has compiled an underwhelming 4.58 ERA, 1.55 WHIP and 33/24 K/BB ratio across 39 1/3 innings (32 appearances) this season for Triple-A Durham. The 25-year-old righty will give the Rockies some extra organizational relief depth.

This is certainly a different version of Senzatela. The Rockies opted to keep the 31-year-old right-hander in a relief role this season, and it looks to be paying off. He recorded the final eight outs against the Astros on Tuesday, striking out three to earn his first career save. Senzatela is throwing harder in the shorter outings, with his fastball up to 97 mph. He’s tossed 7 1/3 scoreless innings of relief with nine strikeouts, probably making him the most interesting reliever in the Colorado bullpen, which really isn’t saying much. But his role could be one to monitor if he works into high-leverage situations.

Freeland tossed a clean first inning, then surrendered a solo homer to Christian Walker in the second. That would be the only damage the Astros could do on Freeland as he held them from scoring again into the seventh, scattering two other hits and one walk while striking out five. The 32-year-old left-hander will look to keep the early-season success going in a start against the Padres in San Diego on Sunday.

After a scoreless first inning, Burrows gave up a run on two hits and a walk in the second. Willi Castro later got to him with a two-run blast in the fourth. He recorded the first out in the sixth and gave up a single that would end his day at 87 pitches. Burrows scattered eight hits and one walk while striking out three batters. The 26-year-old right-hander is currently in line for a start against the Mariners in Seattle on Monday.

It’s a massive relief for the Rangers, and fantasy managers, after deGrom experienced right knee discomfort while warming up for Monday’s start against the Mariners where he struck out six and allowed one run over five innings. The 37-year-old fantasy ace will make his next start on Sunday against the Dodgers.

Musgrove has been limited to side work as he tries to get over the hump. “To get major league hitters out, your (expletive) has got to be good and you’ve got to be confident,” Musgrove said. “And I just don’t have that right now. I’m not far off. I showed signs of it in spring. My stuff was there. Just the ability to execute breaking balls and get in the zone consistently and recover well enough to do it again in five days, just …” Musgrove had an MRI last month that showed his repaired ligament was intact. Still, until his arm gets better about bouncing back from throwing sessions, he can’t even think about a rehab assignment. Clearly, he’s not going to be back on a major league mound before June and perhaps not then.

Suzuki appears to be getting close to returning to Chicago for his season debut as he’s hitting .462 (6-for-13) across four games on his minor league rehab assignment. He’ll presumably be ready to make his season debut during Friday’s series opener against the Pirates, but that’s not official yet.

Johnson was in Marlins camp as a non-roster invitee this spring after appearing in a career-high 31 games between the Orioles and Giants last year. The well-traveled 30-year-old is a decent emergency stopgap solution as a reserve outfielder but that’s pretty much it at this juncture of his career.