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Rodney allowed one hit and struck out one in a scoreless ninth inning to record the save Tuesday against the Astros.

Rodney got his second save of the season Tuesday and avoided any major danger by allowing only a single to J.D. Davis. Rodney remains locked into the closer's role in Minnesota and should continue to rack up saves.

The Angels optioned Paredes to Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

Paredes was promoted to the majors Sunday to provide bullpen depth for the Angels and he returns to Triple-A after throwing two scoreless innings in Tuesday's win over the Rangers. The move makes room for Jaime Barria, who will be recalled to make his major-league debut in a spot start Wednesday.

Colome earned his third save while allowing one earned run on one hit -- a home run -- and a walk over two-thirds of an inning in Tuesday's victory over the White Sox.

Colome inherited two runners when he entered Tuesday's game. While he shut down the first batter he faced, Jose Abreu proceeded to slug a three-run home run, cutting the Rays' lead to just one. Despite this, Colome was able to pick up his third save of the season. Although he's converted his last two save opportunities, Colome has been shaky on the mound since the start of the season. Over five games (four innings), he's allowed five runs on 10 hits and four walks.

The Rays moved De Leon (elbow) to the 60-day disabled list Tuesday.

De Leon was on the 10-day disabled list after undergoing Tommy John surgery in March, and Tuesday's acquisition of outfielder Jeremy Hazelbaker was what finally prompted the move to the 60-day DL. The 25-year-old may not resume throwing off flat ground until the offseason and his availability for the start of the 2019 season is not guaranteed.

Fulmer (0-1) allowed four runs (three earned) on five hits and a career-high six walks while striking out four over 4.2 innings in Tuesday's 6-5 loss to the Rays. He also hit two batters, nearly hit two others and threw a wild pitch.

Fulmer had an eventful spring training, nearly pitching himself out of a job, but rebounded with strong outings in his final two Cactus League starts then pitched respectably in his first start of the regular season. That provided hope he'd overcome the command issues that dogged him in early March, but location problems returned Tuesday. We'll give him some slack on a cold day in Chicago, and see if he can rebound for his next start Sunday in the equally cold, if not colder, Minnesota.

Mayza was recalled from Triple-A Buffalo on Tuesday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.

With Kendrys Morales (hamstring) landing on the disabled list, the Blue Jays opted to summon Mayza to the majors to provide an additional bullpen arm. The 26-year-old appeared in 19 games for Toronto in 2017, and while he posted an unsightly 6.88 ERA and 1.65 WHIP across 17 innings of relief, underlying stats suggest he was a bit unlucky. Still, look for him to work mostly in medium- to low-leverage situations during his time with the big club.

Giles may not be the full-time closer in Houston, manager A.J. Hinch told MLB Network Radio.

Hinch says he has "five or six guys" who could finish games for him, and may rotate through whichever reliever is fresh and pitching well. Giles has given up two runs on six hits through his first four innings this year, following a difficult postseason in which he posted an 11.74 ERA and was removed from the closing role. He has received one of the Astros' two save chances this year, though he was unavailable to pitch on the day in which the save went to Brad Peacock. It's relatively common for a manager to muse about going away from the typical bullpen structure but considerably less common for them to actually do so. Given that Hinch has already removed Giles from a closing job once before, however, it's believable that he would do so again. This is definitely a situation worth keeping an eye on.

Pressly threw a scoreless inning in Monday's loss to Houston with two strikeouts. He's thrown 4.1 scoreless innings to begin the season.

Pressly has six strikeouts and two walks in 4.1 innings, so he's off to a strong start. He was roughed up early in 2017, but finished with a 2.62 ERA and .247 wOBA in the second half so this may be a continuation of that trend. He'll figure prominently in the late innings, but Addison Reed seems like the clear next man up if Fernando Rodney gets hurt or loses his closer role.

Lawrence allowed five earned runs on four hits and two walks over 1.2 innings in a 10-0 loss to the Royals on Monday. He also recorded a strikeout.

The bad version of Lawrence resurfaced Monday. The 30-year-old had been perfect over 2.2 innings in his one previous 2018 appearance after a spring in which he generated a 1.80 ERA over six appearances. Lawrence frequently turned in performances similar to Monday's during a washout 2017 with the Blue Jays and Mariners, finishing with a 6.34 ERA and 1.84 WHIP. The hope is the ragged outing versus the Royals proves to be nothing more than an outlier, as opposed to a regression to the mean.

Giles retired the final batter of Monday's 2-0 win over the Twins for his first save of the season.

It wan't quite how Giles would've drawn it up, but he did come on with the tying run at the plate before inducing a groundball out to end the game. A couple of previous sub-optimal outings have Giles' ERA at 4.50 through four innings in 2018, but he'll look to use his first save as momentum in a season that should be rich in opportunities.