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Cincinnati placed Legumina on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a right ankle contusion, Paige Leckie of MLB.com reports.

Legumina will miss at least two weeks while dealing with the ankle bruise. The Reds are bringing in a plethora of new arms, including Kevin Herget and Silvino Bracho, before Sunday's game against the Marlins to help stabilize the bullpen.

The Mets selected the contract of Santana from Triple-A Syracuse on Sunday, Tim Britton of The Athletic reports.

Santana has a good chance to pitch at some point in Sunday's twin bill against the Nationals. The Mets designated Seth Elledge for assignment to clear room on the 40-man roster for Santana while Joey Lucchesi was optioned to Syracuse in a corresponding transaction.

Diaz picked up the save in Saturday's 6-5 win over Miami, allowing one run on one hit and three walks while striking out three over 1.2 innings.

Diaz's command was a bit shaky, and he allowed his first run since April 8, but he was still able to secure his second multi-inning save of the year. He's a perfect 9-for-9 in save opportunities this season and sports a 2.40 ERA, 0.87 WHIP and 29:7 K:BB over 16 appearances (15 innings). He pitched Friday and Saturday, so Diaz will likely be unavailable for the series finale against Miami on Sunday.

Tampa Bay designated Guerra for assignment Sunday, Ryan Bass of Bally Sports Sun reports.

Guerra is removed from the 26- and 40-man roster to make room for Zack Littell, with Littell officially joining the Rays on Sunday. After being acquired by the Rays from the Brewers at the start of May, Guerra allowed two runs over five innings in six appearances for a 3.60 ERA, but he walked nine hitters against four strikeouts as command continues to be an issue for the right-handed reliever.

Peralta picked up the save during Saturday's 9-8 win over Tampa Bay, tossing a scoreless ninth in which he recorded one walk and one strikeout.

Clay Holmes tossed 1.2 shutout innings as a set-up man, and Michael King was unavailable after allowing three runs Friday, so Peralta got the call in the ninth for a second straight day. He issued a two-out walk to Randy Arozarena but retired Brandon Lowe to end the game, marking the left-hander's ninth straight scoreless outing. Peralta is now 2-for-3 in save chances and sports a 1.76 ERA, 1.37 WHIP and 17:9 K:BB through 15.1 innings.

The Angels recalled Weiss from Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday.

Weiss will give the Angels a fresh arm in the bullpen. The right-hander struggled in the Cactus League while failing to make the major-league roster, and he's registered a 6.75 ERA with a 1.50 WHIP over 12 innings accumulated from 10 appearances in the Pacific Coast League. Ryan Tepera has been designated for assignment in a corresponding move.

The Rockies plan to recall Pint from Triple-A Albuquerque ahead of Sunday's game against the Phillies, Russell Dorsey of Bally Sports reports.

The No. 4 overall pick in the 2016 First-Year Player Draft, Pint has finally reached the big leagues after spending seven seasons in the minors and even retiring for a brief period in 2021. The 25-year-old right-hander made the conversion to full-time relief duty upon ending his retirement and pitched well enough between stops at Albuquerque and Double-A Hartford to earn a 40-man roster spot this offseason. Though he's turned in a 7.41 ERA and 2.06 WHIP in 17 innings at Albuquerque in 2023, Pint has had the misfortune of pitching in some hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League parks and has still struck out 27.9 percent of the batters he's faced for all of his struggles. Pint will likely be ticketed for low-leverage work out of the bullpen during his first stint in the majors.

The Orioles optioned Vespi to Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday.

Vespi joined the Orioles ahead of Friday's series opener with the Pirates but didn't appear out of the bullpen either of the past two days. He'll head back to the minors to open up a spot on the 26-man active roster for an extra infielder in Joey Ortiz, who was called up from Triple-A in a corresponding move.

Romano struck out two in a perfect ninth inning Saturday to record his 10th save of the season in a 5-2 win over Atlanta.

The right-hander's numbers are down a bit from prior seasons, but Romano has still allowed runs in only four of his 18 appearances, posting a 3.38 ERA and 1.19 WHIP through 16 innings, and his 30.9 percent strikeout rate and 7.4 percent walk rate remain excellent. His luck figures to turn for the better over the summer -- Romano's .325 BABIP and 75.3 percent LOB rate would both be his worst marks since his rookie season in 2019.

Jansen was charged with three pitch-clock violations (one warning) during the ninth inning of Saturday's 4-3 loss to St. Louis.

The violations contributed to Jansen blowing his second save in as many days. One of those violations resulted in ball four and put runners on first and second with none out. Jansen started his move to home plate before Willson Contreras, who was waiting for the clock to tick down to eight seconds, had his second foot in the box, per Ian Browne of MLB.com. "That's nothing against them, but I have to take advantage of the clock a little bit, especially in those situations where we're looking to create a rally," Contreras explained. "He's been struggling since last night throwing strikes, so I was just getting him upset a little bit, and it was nothing disrespectful." Jansen, who threw just eight strikes among his 17 pitches, vowed to learn from the experience.