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Castillo (10-4) allowed one run on six hits with no walks and seven strikeouts across seven innings while earning a victory against the Pirates on Wednesday.

After giving up a season-high six runs in his last outing, this was a great bounceback effort and could have been expected, given that Castillo owns a 1.50 ERA against the Pirates this season. Overall, Castillo's been one of the better starting pitching fantasy assets this season, as he has posted a 2.63 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 151 strikeouts in 130 innings this season. Castillo will look to build off this outing in his next start Monday against the Angels at home.

May is expected to be called up from Triple-A Oklahoma City to pitch Friday against the Padres, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.

May was promoted to Triple-A in late June and is now set for his big-league debut little more than a month later. The 21-year-old allowed seven earned runs in five starts (27.1 innings) at Oklahoma City and had a 24:9 K:BB in the hitter-friendly Pacific Coast League. According to Jorge Castillo of the Los Angeles Times, May will have the chance to be a contributor in the stretch run for the Dodgers and is a potential bullpen option come playoff time.

Soroka allowed one run on three hits with three walks and three strikeouts across seven innings during a no-decision against the Nationals on Wednesday.

It wasn't a great day for the K/BB ratio, but Soroka still pitched plenty well enough to win. Although the Braves still captured the victory, the bullpen gave up three runs and left Soroka with a no-decision. Still, the rookie is 10-2 with a 2.37 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 94 strikeouts in 114 innings this season. Soroka will look for his 11th win at the Twins on Monday.

Stroman will start Saturday against the Pirates, Matt Ehalt of Yahoo Sports reports.

Stroman is set to make his Mets debut Saturday after being acquired from the Blue Jays over the weekend. Prior to being traded, the righty compiled a 2.96 ERA, 1.23 WHIP and 99 strikeouts in 124.2 innings.

Marquez was removed from Wednesday's game against the Dodgers due to "full body cramping," Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports.

Marquez cramped up after throwing a warmup pitch prior to the seventh inning and ultimately had to be helped off the field. The right-hander was locked in prior to suffering the injury, fanning 10 batters while allowing just two hits and no walks across six scoreless innings. It's unclear if Marquez will be forced to miss a start due to the issue.

Marquez was removed from Wednesday's game against the Dodgers with an apparent leg injury, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports.

Marquez appeared to twist his ankle while throwing a warmup pitch prior to the seventh inning and had to be helped off the field. The right-hander was dominant prior to suffering the injury, allowing just two hits and no walks while striking out 10 across six scoreless innings.

Gallen was traded from the Marlins to the Diamondbacks on Wednesday for Jazz Chisholm, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports.

This deal came out of nowhere, with the Marlins dealing from their underrated starting pitching depth for a high-upside shortstop prospect. Gallen gets a downgrade in his home ballpark, and will now have to pitch in Coors Field and against the Dodgers more than he would have with Miami. However, at least he stays in the National League and is on a more competitive ball club. Gallen has a 2.72 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 43 strikeouts in 36.1 innings (seven starts) in the big leagues.

Urias took a no-decision after giving up three runs (two earned) on six hits and a walk while striking out three over 2.2 innings in Tuesday's 9-4 win over the Rockies.

Entering the rotation in place of the injured Ross Stripling (biceps), Urias was limited to just 61 pitches after having previously worked out of the bullpen for the past month. While the overall results weren't impressive, Urias at least avoided a total implosion at Coors Field, which couldn't be said for his counterpart, Kyle Freeland (eight runs allowed in 3.2 innings). Unless the Dodgers bolster their rotation depth ahead of Wednesday's trade deadline, Urias should pick up another start Sunday in Padres. Expect some sort of restriction to be in place, however, as the Dodgers are cognizant of managing Urias' workload carefully after he missed most of the 2017 and 2018 seasons while recovering from shoulder surgery.

The Mets have pulled Syndergaard's name out of trade discussions prior to Wednesday's deadline and plan to retain him for the rest of the season, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports.

Syndergaard and Zack Wheeler were both thought to be available in the hours leading up to the deadline, but the Mets are apparently only listening to offers on the latter at this time. The Mets' decision to allow Syndergaard to work into the eighth inning of his start in Tuesday's 5-2 win over the White Sox hinted that no deal was really close to materializing. New York could still re-engage with teams in trade talks revolving around Syndergaard later in the winter. The 26-year-old right-hander is under club control through the 2021 season.

Gonsolin was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Wednesday, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports.

Gonsolin is unavailable to pitch for a few days after recording a four-inning save against the Rockies on Tuesday, so the Dodgers opted to send him back to the minors to free up a roster spot for Dylan Floro (neck), who was activated from the injured list. The right-hander's solid outing Tuesday -- he allowed one earned run on three hits and no walks while striking out three -- should earn him another look with the big club down the stretch.