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Reed will start Wednesday's game against the Marlins, Eric Stephen of SBNation.com reports.

Reed made his major-league debut as a reliever in Tuesday's game against Miami and allowed an unearned run on two hits and a walk while striking out one in two-thirds of an inning. It's not yet clear how long he'll be able to last Wednesday, as the Dodgers plan to treat the contest as a bullpen game.

Pitching coach Dave Bush said Wednesday that Brasier has still not cleared concussion protocols after being hit in the head June 4, Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic reports.

Brasier resumed baseball activities in late June, but per Bush, he's yet to throw off a mound as he continues to be monitored for his concussion. It sounds like he'll be limited to ground work until he's officially out of the concussion protocol, which means he's likely up to a month away from returning to the Boston bullpen.

Fleming (calf) was reinstated from the 10-day injured list ahead of the second game of Wednesday's doubleheader against Cleveland, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Although Collin McHugh will serve as the opener in Wednesday's nightcap, Fleming will likely serve as the primary pitcher after he spent just over the minimum amount of time on the injured list with a right calf strain. The lefty has made 13 appearances (six starts) for the Rays this year, and he's posted a 3.39 ERA and 1.06 WHIP in 66.1 innings. Left-hander Ryan Sherriff was sent down in a corresponding move.

McHugh will serve as the opener during the second game of Wednesday's doubleheader against Cleveland, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

McHugh most recently tossed three scoreless innings against the Blue Jays and struck out six in that appearance, and he'll take the mound to begin Wednesday's nightcap. The right-hander has posted a 1.87 ERA and 0.98 WHIP in 33.2 innings across 19 appearances (three starts) to begin the season.

Mayers tossed a scoreless inning to pick up the hold against Boston on Tuesday. He allowed one walk and struck out one batter.

The righty reliever had some issues with his control -- only eight of his 17 pitches were strikes -- but he nonetheless kept the Red Sox off the scoreboard and served as an effective bridge between starter Shohei Ohtani and closer Raisel Iglesias. Over his past nine outings, Mayers has racked up a 15:4 K:BB across 10 innings while posting a 1.80 ERA and 1.10 WHIP.

Alexander allowed two hits and a walk over two-thirds of an inning against Miami on Tuesday but did not give up any runs.

The left-hander came on in the ninth inning of a tie game and allowed a single and a walk to the first two batters he faced. After striking out Joe Panik, Alexander allowed an infield single that loaded the bases. He then picked up another strikeout -- this time getting Jazz Chisholm swinging -- before giving way to Blake Treinen, who ended the frame by inducing a groundout. In two appearances since coming off the injured list Monday, Alexander has pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and a walk while striking out three.

Hjelle (leg) was activated from the 7-day minor-league injured list and pitched four shutout innings versus Double-A Binghamton on Sunday. He allowed just two hits and struck out four.

The right-hander missed a little over two weeks with the leg injury. Hjelle has done well at Richmond this season with a 3.11 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and 46:10 K:BB across 37.2 innings.

Jax was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Wednesday, Brandon Warne of Access Twins reports.

Jax made his first career start against the Royals on Saturday and allowed six runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out three in five innings to take the loss. While the right-hander could be an option to return to the Twins as a starter or reliever at some point, he'll head to the minors ahead of the All-Star break after right-hander Michael Pineda (forearm) was reinstated from the 10-day injured list ahead of Wednesday's start against the White Sox.

Mejia will be the starting pitcher for Game 1 of Wednesday's doubleheader against Tampa Bay.

Mejia was originally slated to take the ball Tuesday, but with the game postponed due to Tropical Storm Elsa, he'll take the ball a day later instead. The right-hander will be looking to bounce back from a shaky outing in which he allowed six earned runs on five hits and two walks against the Astros on July 1.

Weathers (4-2) got the win Tuesday over the Nationals despite allowing four runs on seven hits while striking out two over 5.1 innings.

Weathers was fortunate to come away with a win after a shaky performance. He allowed seven hits but all four runs he gave up came via the long ball after Josh Harrison cranked a three-run blast and Juan Soto had a solo shot. At just 21 years old, Weathers has held his own against big-league hitters this season with a 3.02 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 41:17 K:BB over 56.2 innings. He's expected to take the mound one more time at home against the Rockies over the weekend before the All-Star break gets underway.