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Anderson (1-0) was credited with the win in a victory over the Marlins on Saturday, firing a perfect eighth inning in which he recorded two strikeouts.

The right-handed trade-deadline acquisition breezed through his one frame in just seven pitches, a testament to how locked in he was against his former teammates. Anderson was also impressive in his Rays debut on Thursday against the Red Sox, allowing a hit and ringing up another pair of whiffs over one inning as well. He's been utilized in an eighth-inning role on both occasions, which should be the norm for him for the time being.

Shafer (illness) worked around a hit and a walk to deliver a scoreless seventh inning in Saturday's 6-4 loss to the Orioles.

Shafer was unavailable in Friday's series opener after falling ill shortly after the game began, but he apparently recovered from the ailment overnight and re-entered the Toronto bullpen. In his prior appearance before the illness, Shafer secured his first career save, but he's expected to work in a setup capacity moving forward with closer Ken Giles (elbow) likely to return to action Sunday.

Smeltzer was recalled from Triple-A Rochester and will start Sunday's game against the Royals, Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

Smeltzer was expected to get called up when the injured Michael Pineda's (triceps) next turn in the rotation came up Tuesday versus the Braves, but the Twins elected to expedite the rookie's promotion to provide Jake Odorizzi and Jose Berrios with an additional day of rest between starts. Over his prior four outings (two starts) with Minnesota this season, Smeltzer posted a 2.91 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 17:4 K:BB across 21.2 innings. He could be in store for multiple turns through the rotation with Pineda potentially on track to miss more than the minimum 10 days.

Pagan struck out one and allowed one hit in a scoreless ninth inning to record the save Saturday against the Marlins.

Pagan was staked a two-run lead and gave up a two-out triple to Jon Berti, but he was able to get the final out to strand him at third base. The 28-year-old has a 1.96 ERA, 0.89 WHIP and 62:12 K:BB over 46 innings and is 9-for-15 in save opportunities.

Beeks surrendered four runs (three earned) on five hits and one walk over four innings in Saturday's win over the Marlins. He had two strikeouts and did not factor in the decision.

Beeks also hit three batters, including a bases-loaded HBP during the second inning to give Miami an early lead. The 26-year-old clearly struggled with his command Saturday, delivering only 35 of his 59 pitches for strikes. Beeks has a 3.77 ERA, 1.35 WHIP and 61:28 K:BB over 76.1 innings and lines up to pitch at Seattle next weekend.

Yacabonis will serve as the opener Sunday against the Blue Jays, Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports reports.

Yacabonis last worked as an opener July 25 and allowed one run on one hit and two walks over two innings. Tom Eshelman will follow as the primary pitcher.

Diaz was called up from Double-A New Hampshire Saturday.

Nick Kingham (oblique) was placed on the 10-day injured list in a corresponding move. Diaz owns an 8-7 record, 4.15 ERA and 1.30 WHIP across 19 starts with New Hampshire. The 22-year-old right-hander will look to provide bullpen depth upon making his major-league debut.

Giles (elbow) should be available out of the bullpen Sunday against the Orioles, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.

He threw 15 pitches off a mound Saturday, which Davidi thinks will be the final step in his rehab from elbow inflammation. This was the first time he threw off a mound since getting a cortisone shot earlier in the week.

Castro is unavailable to pitch Saturday due to an illness, Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com reports.

Castro has been sick and unavailable out of the bullpen for the entire series thus far. The 24-year-old right-hander was 1-0 with a 3.38 ERA and 14 strikeouts across 10.2 innings in July.

Green will start Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Red Sox, Meredith Marakovits of YES Network reports.

He has not logged more than 2.1 innings in an outing this season, so he obviously won't go deep enough to get a win. Chance Adams seems like a likely primary pitcher to relieve Green.