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Urias was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Bill Plunkett of the Orange County Register reports.

As expected, Urias was sent down with the Dodgers reversing course on their plan to keep him in the rotation through the All-Star break. Urias gave up five runs on six hits and two walks over 3.1 innings Monday and the team has a replacement ready in Hyun-Jin Ryu (shoulder). The 19-year-old Urias probably doesn't have too many bullets left this season (he's at 77.1 innings) but he could help out of the bullpen down the stretch, and another start or two for the big club isn't completely out of the question.

Finnegan (4-7) allowed five runs on five hits and four walks while striking out four over five innings to earn the win Tuesday against the Cubs.

Finnegan was staked to a five-run lead before giving up three homers in the third inning to make the game close, but the bullpen held on to get him his fourth win of the year. He's now failed to post a quality start in three of his last four outings to move his ERA from 3.61 to 4.71. This was his last scheduled start before the All-Star break.

The Reds will likely shuffle their rotation over the weekend and following the All-Star break to better manage the workload of Finnegan and Cody Reed, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports.

Finnegan has already thrown 96.1 innings heading into Tuesday's start against the Cubs after splitting last year between the rotation and the bullpen. It wouldn't be a surprise if he were to miss a start this weekend and then later get shut down early.

Teheran will miss his next start Wednesday against the Phillies, Kevin McAlpin for 680 The Fan reports. He's hopeful to make his next start this weekend against the White Sox.

Teheran is headed back to Atlanta to get a thigh infection (a byproduct of an ingrown hair) looked at. The hope is that Teheran will just miss one start and return to pitch against the White Sox this weekend. There has been talk of Teheran potentially being a trade target for teams heading into the deadline, so it's important that he's fully healthy before the Braves send him back to the mound. Tyrell Jenkins will start in his place.

Hendricks improved to 7-6 by pitching 5.1 innings against the Reds on Monday. He gave up just four hits and one run (zero earned), but only struck out two.

Most fantasy owners will take it - improvements to WHIP, ERA, and wins are always nice, but Hendricks threw 100 pitches and couldn't get out of the sixth inning before he was pulled with an 8-0 lead. He'll likely make one more start before the All-Star break, this weekend in Pittsburgh.

Urias is expected to be sent down to Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday, Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times reports.

This decision comes after the 19-year-old gave up five earned runs on six hits over just 3.1 innings Monday against the Orioles. It was originally thought that Urias would remain in the rotation through the All-Star break, but that obviously won't come to fruition as he now sits with a 4.95 ERA after his first 36.1 MLB innings. Hyun-Jin Ryu (shoulder) will essentially take Urias' spot in the rotation now that he's scheduled to return Thursday.

Nicasio struck out the side on nine pitches in the eighth inning of Monday's game against St. Louis.

He followed up his "immaculate" inning with a ninth-inning flyout and a walk before Pittsburgh turned to Neftali Feliz for the save. Nicasio was only pitching so late in the game because the team rested both Tony Watson and Mark Melancon, but he's pitched better out of the bullpen over the last week -- he could pick up a decent number of holds the rest of the way.

Anderson (0-3) allowed three runs on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts over six innings in Monday's loss to the Giants.

Anderson continues to pitch well, as he now has three quality starts in five appearances and came one out away from the feat in his other two. He did give up a pair of home runs Monday, but has served up just three in 29.2 innings this season. Particularly considering three of his starts have come at Coors Field, Anderson can be proud of his 3.03 ERA thus far despite his winless record.

Eickhoff (6-9) allowed two runs on five hits with three walks and eight strikeouts over 7.2 innings in a win Monday over Atlanta.

This marks Eickhoff's longest outing this season. He's really finding his rhythm now, as he hasn't allowed more than three earned runs in a single start since May 28 against Chicago. In his seven starts since, Eickhoff owns a nifty 41:15 K:BB in 44 innings to go with a 2.25 ERA.

Taillon has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder fatigue.

Taillon has been pitching well this year, with a 3.86 ERA and 4.2 K/BB in his first five MLB starts. But considering he has already thrown 89.2 innings this season (including the minors) and has never thrown more than 150 in a single campaign, it's unsurprising the Pirates aren't going to push him if he's feeling any pain or discomfort at all in his shoulder. We'll keep an eye out for any more details on the injury, but given the description of fatigue, it sounds like he'll have a chance to return by his first eligible day of July 15.