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Clarke (shoulder) threw a 25-pitch simulated inning Saturday.

Clarke's been on the injured list since the middle of June with a strained right teres muscle. The right-hander is expected to next pitch in a "B" game at Salt River Fields, the site of the organization's training complex.

Santana (0-1) allowed one earned run on one hit and two walks across two-thirds of an inning, taking the loss to the Astros on Sunday.

Santana entered the game with a one-run lead and one out in the fifth inning. He surrendered a two-run home run to Abraham Toro to give up the lead. He has a 5.35 ERA in 10.1 innings since joining the Rangers. On the season, he has a 5.68 ERA and a 1.70 WHIP with 15 strikeouts in 25.1 innings.

Hearn pitched three hitless innings, allowing one walk while striking out three in the loss to the Astros on Sunday. He did not factor into the decision.

Hearn received his second start of the season Sunday despite primarily being used as a bulk-inning reliever. Although he was pulled after three innings, he didn't allow any hits, and only one batter reached base safely via a walk. The 26-year-old has a 5.40 ERA and a 1.64 WHIP in 38.1 innings. However, he has allowed only one run on three hits over his last 13 innings.

Pressly fired a clean ninth inning, striking out one to earn the save over the Rangers on Sunday.

Pressly retired the side and struck out Curtis Terry to end the game. It was a nice comeback appearance for Pressly after he allowed his first earned run since May 29 on Saturday. The 32-year-old has a 1.50 ERA and a 0.79 WHIP in 42 innings. He is 18-for-19 in save opportunities, the third-highest save percentage for closers with at least 10 saves.

Coulombe (1-1) allowed one earned run on two hits while striking out one across 1.2 innings, taking the loss to the Angels on Sunday.

Coulombe replaced Bailey Ober in a tie game with one out in the sixth inning. He surrendered a home run to Shohei Ohtani, setting him up for the loss. It is the first time he allowed a run since his first appearance June 25. The 31-year-old has a 1.50 ERA and 0.83 WHIP with 17 strikeouts in 12 innings.

Barria (1-0) allowed two earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four across seven innings, earning the win over the Twins on Sunday.

Barria allowed a home run in the first inning to Max Kepler and another to Brent Rooker. However, he shut down the Twins over the next six innings to win the game. This was Barria's first win of the season in his third appearance. The 24-year-old has a 6.23 ERA and five strikeouts in 13 innings.

Rainey (lower leg) retired two of the five batters he faced in his first rehab outing with Triple-A Rochester on Sunday. He was charged with an earned run on one hit and two walks during the 24-pitch outing.

Pitching in a game for the first time since June 27, Rainey struggled to find the zone, as he pumped in only 11 pitches for strikes. The outing wasn't all bad for Rainey, who recorded both of his outs via strikeout. if Rainey shows improved control in his next outing with Rochester, it could be enough for the Nationals to activate him from the 10-day injured list.

McCaughan is scheduled to start Monday's game against the Astros, Ryan Divish of The Seattle Times reports.

McCaughan will be rewarded with a start after he thrived while working as a primary pitcher out of the bullpen in his MLB debut Wednesday, when he limited the Rockies to one run on no hits and three walks. The 25-year-old right-hander generated only one swinging strike among his 61 pitches in the outing, and he posted an underwhelming 18.9 percent strikeout rate over 10 starts at Triple-A Tacoma this season. His reliance on inducing weak contact to record outs will make it difficult to trust him in fantasy.

The Padres are targeting early August for Lamet's (forearm) return from the 10-day injured list, and he's most likely to work out of the bullpen as a multi-inning reliever upon being activated, Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. "At the end of the day, the rotation is some place I want to get back to, but I'm here to help the team. I'm here to help the team win," Lamet said, regarding a potential move to the bullpen. "So, if that's what my role is right now and that's what I need to do to help, of course I'm going to do it."

Though Lamet avoided offseason surgery to address the elbow/forearm injury that cropped up last September, he's incurred multiple setbacks in 2021 and has had his workloads monitored carefully when available, as he's covered more than four innings in only one of his nine starts to date. Lamet looks to be making good progress in his recovery from forearm inflammation, but the Padres don't seem inclined to have him ramp up for starting duty. Since Lamet would most likely be excluded from the three- or four-man rotation the Padres expect to roll out in the postseason, manager Jayce Tingler is incentivized to have the right-hander get acclimated to working out of the bullpen over the final few weeks of the regular season. Even if Lamet takes well to the role and quickly becomes a key part of the bridge to closer Mark Melancon, the 29-year-old's fantasy value would still take a hit if he does in fact transition from starting to relief duty.

Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo confirmed that Hatch will start Monday's game against the Red Sox, Mitch Bannon of SI.com reports.

Before committing to starting Hatch in Monday's series opener, the Blue Jays made the right-hander available out of the bullpen in an emergency for Sunday's game against the Mets, but he wasn't needed in Toronto's 5-4 loss. Hatch has gone unused since being called up from Triple-A Buffalo on July 19, so Monday's outing will mark his 2021 debut for the big club. Alek Manoah (back) is ultimately expected to displace Hatch as a starter, but the latter could end up making two or three turns through the rotation due to a doubleheader against the Red Sox coming up Aug. 7.