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The Orioles recalled Tate from Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday.

Tate will take Keegan Akin's (paternity list) spot in the bullpen temporarily. Tate has thrown 33.1 innings for Baltimore this season, logging a 4.59 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP with a 23:9 K:BB.

Faedo will serve as the Tigers' opening pitcher during Tuesday's game against the Cubs, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

Faedo is expected to handle one or two innings before turning the game over to bulk reliever Bryan Sammons. Though Faedo has allowed just one run in 3.2 innings during August, he's walked eight batters in that span. He has a 3.72 ERA over 55.2 innings on the season.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone indicated Tuesday that he still plans for Holmes to be his primary closer, Max Goodman of The Newark Star-Ledger reports.

Boone was asked about a potential closer-by-committee and said he expects Holmes to be the guy "a lot of nights." The skipper added that he could be more open now than he has been to using Holmes earlier in the game if he feels the matchups are right. Holmes leads all of baseball with 10 blown saves this season and has blown six of his last 13 opportunities. His overall numbers -- a 2.88 ERA, 1.30 WHIP and 56:14 K:BB in 50 innings -- are still quite good, and Boone reiterated Tuesday that he believes Holmes is throwing the ball well and he expects him to be successful moving forward. It's not exactly a full-throated endorsement, but certainly Holmes still looks like the favorite to lead the club in saves the rest of the way. If Boone does eventually make a change, Luke Weaver, Tommy Kahnle, Michael Tonkin and Mark Leiter could all potentially be in the mix for saves.

The Orioles placed Akin on the paternity list Tuesday, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

Akin has served as a multi-inning reliver since joining the Orioles active roster Aug. 7, yielding four runs with a 11:0 K:BB across 7.1 innings during that stretch. He'll be away from the team temporarily to be present for the birth of his child. A corresponding move has yet to be announced.

Triple-A Round Rock placed Robert on its 7-day injured list Aug. 7 with an unspecified injury.

After the Rangers optioned him to Round Rock on July 21, Robert made just one appearance for the Triple-A club before being shut down with the injury. The 29-year-old right-hander has been a standout performer at the back end of the Round Rock bullpen this season, logging a 2.27 ERA, 0.71 WHIP and 41:8 K:BB in 31.2 innings.

Triple-A Buffalo placed Rodriguez on its 7-day injured list Friday with an unspecified injury.

The Blue Jays optioned Rodriguez to Buffalo on Aug. 11, but he didn't make any appearances for the Triple-A club before being deactivated. If his injury proves to be a season-ending concern, the Blue Jays could rescind Rodriguez's option to Triple-A and place him on the major-league 60-day IL at some point to open up an extra spot on the 40-man roster.

Hader (6-6) didn't allow a baserunner in a scoreless ninth inning to earn the win Monday against Boston.

Hader entered the game in the ninth inning with the score knotted at 4-4. He turned in his 10th consecutive scoreless appearance -- covering 10.1 innings -- during which he's maintained a 12:3 K:BB while also recording seven saves and two wins. Though Hader has a relatively inflated 3.36 ERA for the season, his 0.91 WHIP is his lowest mark since 2021.

Astros manager Joe Espada said that Pressly (back) played catch Monday, MLB.com reports.

Pressly was placed on the 15-day injured list Saturday with a lower-back strain, but the fact that he resumed throwing two days later bodes well for his chances of rejoining the Astros when first eligible Aug. 29. Espada said that the right-hander had been nursing the back strain for about two weeks before he was deactivated over the weekend.

Murfee experienced soreness in his surgically repaired right elbow following his rehab appearance with Single-A Fayetteville on Thursday and will be held back from throwing for another day or two, MLB.com reports.

The Astros haven't pulled Murfee off his rehab assignment, but it's possible he doesn't make his next appearance until later this week or next week while he waits for the soreness to fully subside. In his first outing since undergoing Tommy John surgery last July, Murfee gave up four earned runs on three hits and one walk while retiring just one batter in his 19-pitch appearance with Fayetteville.

Urena (4-8) scooped up a win while working in long relief in Monday's 4-3 victory over the Pirates covering four scoreless innings and striking out three batters. He scattered two hits and two walks.

After starting in his last three appearances and taking losses each time out, Urena was moved to the bullpen Monday with the Rangers opting to keep Cody Bradford and Dane Dunning in place as back-end starters in the rotation. Dunning opened Monday's game and gave up three runs over four innings prior to getting piggybacked by Urena, who was able to maintain the Rangers' one-run lead for the next four innings before handing the ball off to closer Kirby Yates in the bottom of the ninth. Though Urena could have a chance at poaching more wins if the Rangers continue to deploy him in tandem with Dunning in the latter's future starts, manager Bruce Bochy is likely to be more flexible with his usage of Urena, making it difficult to stream him with much reliability.