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All of the runs came in the third on back-to-back homers from Kyle Schwarber and Bryce Harper. One was unearned because Alec Bohm started the inning with a grounder that ate up Geraldo Perdomo (based on the current standards, we were a little surprised it was ruled an error). Pfaadt’s velocity today was down about one mph from his season average. The cutter he added last year and his increased ability to generate grounders have kept him viable for the Diamondbacks, but his rotation spot is in jeopardy now with Merrill Kelly coming back. There’s a decent chance he’ll be sent down.

He didn’t get a hit or walk in 11 plate appearances with the Yankees since his June 24 call-up. Cabrera returns to a .271/.330/.397 line in 68 games with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

He’ll likely be starting today against the Twins in his return. Grisham has been on the shelf with a hamstring strain since mid-June, he was hitting .232/.341/.406 with eight homers and six stolen bases before the injury. He’ll be a reasonable deep-league starter, at the very least, going forward.

He’ll resume platooning against right-handers at third base for the Yankees. McMahon is hitting just .210/.269/.360 in his first 202 plate appearances of the season so it wouldn’t be surprising if his role dwindled going forward barring him hitting his way out of this slump.

Not great. We’d seen no sign of Rodón being hurt in his last start, so hopefully this is something that just needs to be managed rather than something that could lead to surgery. More updates to come, assuredly. Rodón had a 3.30 ERA in nine starts so far this year, striking out 52 and allowing just 32 hits in 46 1/3 innings pitched.

X-Rays were negative, tests came back clean, but it sounds like Vásquez demonstrated some concussion symptoms and it wouldn’t be surprising if he wound up on the 7-day IL.

Hayes will probably need at least until the All-Star break to get ready to go, at which point it seems likely that Edwin Arroyo will be sent down unless he can do better than the .257/.309/.297 line he’s posted in his first 82 plate appearances.

Pomeranz was DFA’ed by the Angels in June and signed a minor-league deal with the Cubs a scant four days ago. It seems they think he’s ready to go. The 37-year-old will likely step in to low-leverage relief duty for the time being.

Reyes, 32, was hitting .310/.408/.491 in 258 plate appearance for Triple-A El Paso, showing that he’d be a reasonable backup infielder. It’s possible that another team wanted to give him a better chance than he currently has at getting back to the big leagues.

McCutchen was 14-for-73 (.192) with one homer and five RBI in 37 games with the Rangers earlier this season before being released on May 28th. The Braves just released Rowdy Tellez because they didn’t want a strict DH on their bench, but perhaps McCutchen could work his way up to fill that role because he’s a better runner. He will start out in Triple-A, however.

Young has been working his way back from last season’s Tommy John surgery. The left-hander should resume his role in the middle innings.