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Rodriguez (knee) was activated from the 15-day DL Monday, Evan Drellich of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Rodriguez was announced as Tuesday's starter earlier in the week, and the demotion of Heath Hembree to Triple-A to free up a roster spot made it official. The left-handed Rodriguez will draw a tough matchup in his first game back, facing the Orioles in the hitter-friendly Camden Yards.

Quintana took the loss Monday against the Mets despite striking out seven while holding the Mets to one run on six hits over seven innings.

Matt Harvey was slightly better, with seven scoreless frames of his own. Quintana continues to impress in 2016, and he now boasts a 67:14 K:BB in 72 innings. Entering Monday's start, Quintana ranked fifth among qualified starters in WAR (6.2) over the past calendar year, while his 2.69 ERA during that span is backed by a 2.81 FIP. He'll face a righty-heavy Tigers lineup in Detroit on Sunday in his next scheduled start.

Alvarez (shoulder) threw from flat ground Monday without any issues, MLB.com's Jane Lee reports.

Alvarez began throwing a day earlier than initially expected, but the progress is minimal on what has been a rocky road to recovery. The hope is that this will eventually lead to a full side session, and that he can start another rehab assignment in short order. The best-case scenario for Alvarez might be a mid-June return to the rotation, but everything would have to fall right into place for that to be realistic.

Hill (groin) will have an extra day off between starts thanks to an off-day in the A's schedule Thursday, John Hickey of the San Jose Mercury News reports. It's unclear, however, if the A's will use another off-day June 6 to simply skip Hill this time through the rotation.

Kendall Graveman, who is scheduled to start Monday against Minnesota and Sunday at Houston, could start on regular rest Saturday against the Astros, allowing Eric Surkamp (Tuesday's starter) to get a turn in the weekend series with Houston on Sunday. In that scenario, the A's could use their June 6 off-day, along with their June 9 off-day, to keep Hill out of their rotation until after the series against the Reds, which runs from June 10 through June 12. Regardless of how they choose to operate, the A's have the luxury of adjusting their schedule in a way that gives Hill plenty of rest for his groin injury, even if they don't end up giving him a brief stint on the DL.

The Yankees activated Severino (triceps) from the disabled list Monday and optioned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.

Severino has recovered from the triceps injury that landed him on the disabled list, but he got off to a rough start this season and the Yankees want him to work through things at the minor-league level for the time being. He did post a 2.89 ERA in 11 starts with the big league club last season and is one of the team's top young pitchers, so there is a good chance he returns to New York once he has thins ironed out.

Gibson (shoulder) will be activated from the DL and start Thursday against the Rays, MLB.com's Rhett Bollinger reports.

Gibson will take the rotation spot of Phil Hughes, who will be moved to the bullpen according to manager Paul Molitor. Gibson had limited success earlier in the season (6.10 ERA), but has emerged from two rehab starts relatively unscathed, and could be in line for improvement now that he's healthy.

Gibson (shoulder) had his scheduled bullpen session Sunday postponed as the Twins may give him a third minor league rehab outing while trying to figure out where he fits into the rotation, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports.

Gibson has given up one run in 9.1 innings in two minor league starts. He may be ready to return, but the Twins had five starters perform well the past week and don't know who to drop from the rotation. Gibson may get another minor league start while the Twins figure out what roster move to make.

Walker was roughed up for five runs on six hits and two walks in just 4.1 innings in Sunday's start versus the Twins. He struck out three as he fell to 2-5 on the season.

Walker was hit hard Sunday, as he allowed the five runs on four extra-base hits, three of which left the yard. He still threw 66% of his pitches for strikes and the 2.70 ERA he entered Sunday's start with indicates that he should bounce back sooner rather than later. He will try to do so in his next start at the Rangers on Friday.

Nolasco struck out seven and walked just one while allowing two runs across six quality innings Sunday versus the Mariners, earning his second win of the season.

Nolasco was rocked in his prior start, but he rebounded with one of his best performances of the season Sunday, reaching seven punchouts for the third time and tossing his first quality start in the last six. The struggling Twins stand to benefit from more starts such as this from the veteran, and he will need to outperform his current 5.28 ERA in order to make that happen. He will face the Rays at home in his next start Friday.

Eovaldi improved to 6-2 with a win over the Rays on Sunday, allowing one run on six hits and two walks, striking out seven.

Eovaldi improved his ratios to a 3.71 ERA and 1.17 WHIP. Meanwhile his opposing number, Jake Odorizzi, allowed just one hit, but it was a two-run homer by Starlin Castro, enough to get Eovaldi the win.