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Supak was a second-round pick in the 2014 MLB Draft and has yet to reach the big leagues. The 28-year-old righty made 21 appearances (13 starts) last year between Double-A Tennessee and Triple-A Iowa in Chicago’s system, finishing with a serviceable 4.54 ERA, 1.44 WHIP and 72/16 K/BB ratio across 85 1/3 innings. He’s merely extra organizational depth at this stage of his career.

No surprise here. Rafaela seemed optimistic he’d skip a trip to the injured list while manager Chad Tracy was a little more evasive on the topic last night. Consider Rafaela day-to-day for now; we wouldn’t be surprised if he missed more games this weekend.

He’ll miss the rest of the regular season. As things currently stand, the 24-year-old should have a chance to battle Drew Cavanaugh for the starting catcher job next spring training. A lot can change by then, of course. Rodriguez hit .235/.316/.412 in 58 plate appearances with the Giants with two homers and one stolen base and had a .268/.347/.397 line in 225 plate appearances with Triple-A Sacramento.

Taylor has a 5.88 career MLB ERA and will likely handle low-leverage duties for the Mariners this weekend.

It’s unclear when Milner will return but we wish him well.

He’s sitting against LHP Tugboat Wilkinson. When the Mets lost Luis Robert Jr. on waivers the assumption was that Ewing’s playing time would be safe, but Nick Morabito is manning center field for the platoon advantage. Since the start of August, Ewing is hitting .168/.242/.212 with no homers and eight stolen bases.

It appears to be a routine off-day for Tovar. Hopefully you dropped him early if you drafted him, as his .209/.256/.333 line has been extremely disappointing this year. Cole Carrigg will get the start at shortstop — it sure would help next year’s fantasy value for Carrigg if he could get enough starts at the position to be eligible next year, but that seems unlikely.

It’s a bit of a surprising move given the Phillies are trying to chase down the Braves in the NL East and Harris is hitting .351/.373/.684 with four homers and three stolen bases in his last 15 games. They are facing LHP Cristopher Sánchez and Harris is hitting .269/.306/.462 against left-handers this year, we guess. Lane Thomas will get the call in left field for the Braves with Mauricio Dubón shifting over to center.

Perhaps the Reds will turn to Jorge down the stretch in center field, where the uninspiring Dane Myers/TJ Friedl platoon has mostly gone nowhere. The 22-year-old certainly has enough speed to be fantasy interesting if he gets a shot at extended playing time.

He’s been sent back to the minors three separate times this season. Johnson somehow has managed to only get in to 16 games with the Reds in his time in the bigs this year — he’s hitting .063/.211/.063 with two stolen bases in 19 plate appearances.

This is a procedural move to free up a 40-man roster spot; Toglia is undergoing season-ending shoulder surgery.