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Payamps passed through waivers unclaimed over the weekend and will remain with Atlanta as organizational relief depth. The 32-year-old struggled to an inflated 8.22 ERA across 7 2/3 innings for Atlanta this season.

Harris is patrolling left field and hitting cleanup after missing four of Atlanta’s previous five games due to a lingering quad issue that’s been bothering him for a couple weeks. There was some concern that he would require a trip to the injured list to finally put the issue to bed, so the fact that he’s back in the lineup seems to signal that he’ll avoid hitting the shelf.

Carrasco threw 2 1/3 scoreless innings out of the bullpen for the Braves this season, striking out two and striking out nobody. However, Atlanta needed room on the active roster for Raisel Iglesias (shoulder) to come off the injured list, so Carrasco was let go.

Iglesias landed on the injured list on April 21st, so he hasn’t been sidelined for too long. He will return to his late-inning role in the Braves’ bullpen. Given that Igleasias is dealing with a shoulder issue, we wouldn’t go ahead and drop Robert Suarez right away. It makes sense to see how Iglesias looks for a performance or two before moving on from Suarez in fantasy leagues.

Kim played his first game of the season at Double-A Columbus on Wednesday and will now move up a level. He did not get any spring training after tearing a tendon in his finger in the offseason, so he will likely need at least a week at Triple-A before potentially joining Atlanta.

Ritchie walked four and allowed three hits over the first five innings, but he kept the Mariners scoreless until the sixth, when he walked two and then gave up a three-run homer to Luke Raley. That ended his evening at 93 pitches, only 47 of which were strikes. With a 13/12 K/BB through 17 1/3 innings, he certainly can’t be recommended in his next start Sunday against the Dodgers.

After falling barely shy of 30-homer and 100-RBI seasons the last two years, it doesn’t look like Olson intends to leave anything to chance this season. He’s already racked up 12 homers and 32 RBI in 36 games and is on the short list of NL MVP candidates to date.

The Athletics are undoubtedly very familiar with Heim’s work since he began his career with the club before becoming the starting backstop for the division-rival Rangers. The 30-year-old heads out to West Sacramento after being removed from Atlanta’s 40-man roster earlier on Monday. He’ll provide the Athletics with some additional depth behind Austin Wynns while Shea Langeliers is away on paternity leave for a couple days this week.

Harris has been battling a lingering quad issue for the last week or two, so it makes sense that he’s getting some additional time off to hopefully put it to bed. He’s been on the bench to open four of Atlanta’s last five games. He figures to be available to pinch-hit at some point on Monday night in Seattle with Mauricio Dubón handling center field in his absence.

Suárez will join Seattle’s active roster for Monday’s game against the Braves, ironically, after being removed from Atlanta’s relief mix last Friday. The 28-year-old southpaw holds a bloated 6.61 ERA across 16 1/3 innings this season.