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Perez signed a minor-league contract with the Athletics on Friday, Chris Hillburn-Trenkle of Baseball America reports.

Perez was released by the Nationals late in March. The left-handed reliever has pitched in the majors over the last two seasons and owns a career 5.87 ERA over 14 appearances with Cleveland and Washington. He provides some organizational depth and has a chance to help the Oakland bullpen before the end of the 2023 campaign.

Pressly walked one batter in a scoreless inning against Atlanta on Friday. He struck out one and earned a save.

Making his ninth appearance of the season, Pressly finally got his first save chance. He converted it despite throwing just 11 of 22 pitches for strikes. He's now sporting a 5.40 ERA with an 8:1 K:BB through 8.1 frames and has turned in three straight scoreless outings since coughing up three runs April 11.

Garza was designated for assignment by the Angels on Friday.

After selecting the contracts of Chad Wallach and Austin Warren on Friday, the Angels decided to make Garza their 40-man roster casualty. He currently holds a 4.32 ERA and 1.23 WHIP in Triple-A Salt Lake through 8.1 innings and hasn't pitched in the majors since 2021.

Munoz will throw a live bullpen session early next week in advance of a rehab session with Triple-A Tacoma, Shannon Drayer of Seattle Sports 710 AM reports.

Munoz continues to make solid progress in his recovery from a deltoid strain that has sidelined him for a little under two weeks. The right-hander is eligible to come off the injured list before the game against the Cardinals on Sunday, but it sounds like the hard-throwing reliever will be back in a high-leverage role with Seattle a few days later than that at the earliest.

Herget was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake on Friday, Sarah Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Times reports.

With Austin Warren returning to the major-league club Friday, Herget was sent down to make room on the roster. The 29-year-old reliever has been hit around quite a bit in the majors, allowing six earned runs over 8.2 frames out of the bullpen.

Warren was called up to the majors by the Angels on Friday, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.

Warren made 14 appearances for the Angels last season, recording a 5.63 ERA and 1.50 WHIP in that time. However, a perfect 0.00 ERA in Triple-A over seven frames to start the year offers optimism for more success this time around. Jimmy Herget was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake in a corresponding move.

Woods Richardson was recalled Friday from Triple-A St. Paul, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.

Woods Richardson had struggled to a 9.00 ERA through two starts (seven innings) this season at the Triple-A level, but the Twins are in need of a fresh bullpen arm. The 22-year-old was a top-50 prospect a couple summers ago prior to being part of the Jose Berrios trade, but his stock has dropped since and he'll presumably work in long relief.

Alcala was optioned Friday to Triple-A St. Paul, Aaron Gleeman of The Athletic reports.

Alcala had surrendered six runs -- five earned -- on seven hits and five walks through 10 innings of relief this season. Simeon Woods Richardson will join the Twins in a corresponding roster move.

Loaisiga (elbow) did some flat-ground throwing at Yankee Stadium on Friday, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.

It's his first time playing catch since he landed on the injured list with right elbow inflammation two weeks ago. Loaisiga will continue to ramp things up, and as long as he avoids setbacks he's tracking toward an early May return.

Foster underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow earlier this week, Scott Merkin of MLB.com reports.

Foster has been out all season with what had been termed a forearm strain, but clearly there was more significant damage to his pitching arm. He'll likely be out until around midseason next year.