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DeGrom (7-5) was masterful Tuesday against the Yankees, tossing seven shutout innings, allowing just four hits and a walk while striking out eight and earning the win.

DeGrom has seen little run support from the Mets offense this season, earning just his seventh win Tuesday despite posting a sterling 2.41 ERA over 19 starts. The Mets were able to scrape seven runs off Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka, even with shiny new bat Jay Bruce going 0-for-4. DeGrom has been fantastic in July outside of his July 23rd start, allowing just three earned runs in five starts excluding that one poor outing. He has an outstanding 117:26 K:BB ratio and should continue to rack up wins if the Mets offense can put up any meaningful run support behind him.

Velasquez is roughly 40 innings away from reaching his innings limit for this season, Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

GM Matt Klentak said the Phillies will consider going to a six-man rotation at some point, but they also will be willing to shut down any of their young pitchers if that makes more sense then continuing to let them pitch through the end of September. Velasquez could be looking at six or seven more starts this season if he continues to average around six innings per start as he has since the start of July. He'll face the Giants at home Thursday in his next start.

Hill (hand) may go on a brief rehab assignment before joining the Dodgers' rotation, Ken Gurnick of MLB.com reports.

Although Hill's blister is healing well, the team may opt to have him do a rehab start before making his debut with the Dodgers. Hill had been going on a tear before being injured, as he threw for a 1.67 ERA, 0.96 WHIP and 10.3 K/9 over his last five starts.

Maeda will start Thursday's game against the Rockies, Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register reports.

With the team opting to put Brock Stewart on the mound Wednesday, Maeda's start against the Rockies has been pushed to Thursday. Maeda has done very well against Colorado this season, allowing just one run over 13 innings (2 starts). However, Thursday's contest will be in hitter-friendly Coors Field.

Hill (hand) threw long toss Tuesday, David Vassegh of 570 LA Sports reports.

Hill will throw a bullpen session Wednesday, so it looks as if he's still on track to return later this week. Before being placed on the DL, the 36-year-old southpaw had been enjoying a strong season, posting a 2.25 ERA and 1.09 WHIP over 14 starts.

Hill (blister) will test out his hand by throwing a bullpen session Wednesday, Andy McCullough of the LATimes reports.

Hill has been dealing with a blister injury for the last several weeks but managed to throw a 60-pitch bullpen session last week and is slated to throw another one Wednesday. If all goes well, the newly-acquired Dodger could be activated from the 15-day DL sometime later this week.

Stripling was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday.

Despite a strong showing during his latest stint with the Dodgers, during which he gave up two runs over 8.2 innings (three games), Stripling is headed back to Oklahoma City. Stripling has posted a poor ERA of 4.85 as a starter for the big club this season, but has been a solid option from the bullpen, where his ERA is just 1.54.

Thompson may be added to the Phillies' starting rotation, Matt Gelb of the Philly Inquirer reports.

Manager Pete Mackanin said the team may opt to use Thompson as a starter in a six-man rotation at some point in the 2016 campaign. Thompson has been fantastic in his debut season at Triple-A Lehigh Valley, where he's 11-5 with a 2.50 ERA and 1.10 WHIP. He's been especially good at limiting home runs, as his HR/9 sits at a mere 0.69.

Lugo was optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

In 11.1 innings with the Mets this season, Lugo owns a 3.18 ERA and 1.06 WHIP with 10 strikeouts. The 26-year-old will be send back to Triple-A as the Mets are calling up pitcher Josh Edgin and third baseman Ty Kelly.

The Braves have placed Teheran on the 15-day DL Tuesday with a right lat strain.

It's unclear at this time how much recovery time Teheran will need, but since the Braves are out of the playoff race, expect them to be extra careful with their ace. Teheran will be eligible to return to pitch as early as August 14. After a rocky 2015, Teheran has had a really strong 2016 campaign, supporting a 2.81 ERA and 0.95 WHIP with 119 strikeouts in 134.2 innings. This move opened up room to put Matt Kemp on the Braves 25-man roster.