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Baum (undisclosed) made his 2021 debut in the rookie-level Arizona Complex League on Aug. 13 and has logged three appearances in total, covering 5.1 innings while giving up five earned runs on five hits and four walks while striking out five.

The 23-year-old was delayed to begin the season while recovering from an unspecified injury, but he's starting to get ramped up again in the ACL. Baum tossed three innings in his most recent outing Saturday, and he shouldn't have to wait much longer to receive a promotion to Low-A Stockton.

Rogers (personal) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment at Low-A Jupiter on Tuesday.

According to the report, Rogers will be making the first of two rehab starts at Jupiter on Tuesday before returning from the restricted list and rejoining the Miami rotation. Rogers, who hasn't pitched for Miami since July 31 after leaving the team to tend to multiple family matters, will use the two starts in Jupiter to build up his pitch count and get fully ramped up following the three-plus-week layoff. Assuming he sticks on a normal schedule or four or five days off between starts at Jupiter, Rogers could be activated from the restricted list during the Marlins' series versus the Phillies in the first weekend of September.

Maeda was sent for a second opinion on his forearm injury Tuesday, with the Twins concerned about potential UCL issues, Jon Heyman of MLB Network reports.

Maeda hit the injured list Monday, but he's so far not been diagnosed with anything worse than forearm tightness. That could change following the second opinion, however. Any mention of UCL issues raises the specter of Tommy John surgery, though the Twins have yet to indicate that's on the table. Anything from a return within a few weeks to a return at the start of the 2023 season appears in play for Maeda at the moment.

The Nationals promoted Cavalli from Double-A Harrisburg to Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday, Jesse Dougherty of The Washington Post reports.

Washington's top pitching prospect will level up for the second time this season after he previously moved to Harrisburg in mid-June following a brilliant seven-start run at High-A Wilmington to begin his professional career. As was to be expected, Cavalli didn't dominate at Double-A nearly to the extent that he did at High-A, but his 2.79 ERA (2.60 FIP) and 18.5 K-BB% over 11 outings still made him one of the best hurlers on the circuit. Cavalli will now get a chance to get his feet wet at the highest level of the minors for the next month, potentially setting the stage for an early or mid-season promotion into the big-league rotation in 2022.

Whitlock (5-2) allowed an unearned run on one hit and struck out four over 2.2 innings to pick up the win in extra innings over Texas on Monday.

Whitlock bailed out the Red Sox with one out in the ninth inning after closer Matt Barnes made a mess of a save situation in support of starter Nathan Eovaldi. After getting out of the ninth with the score tied, Whitlock allowed the automatic runner to score in the top of the 10th inning, but the Red Sox evened it in the bottom half of the inning before sealing the win with a walkoff grand slam in the 11th. Outside of a pair of games against Rays and Yankees earlier this month, Whitlock has been exceptional out of Boston's bullpen.

Bielak is being stretched out at Triple-A Sugar Land, Jake Kaplan of The Athletic reports.

Bielak made two starts since being sent down to the Skeeters at the end of July and has thrown a combined 128 pitches over 6.2 innings. The Astros appear to be preparing him as starter depth during the month of September, when they could turn to a six-man rotation once Jose Urquidy (shoulder) returns. Houston has a stretch of 17 games in 17 days from Sept. 10 to Sept. 26, so having another long arm on hand could be useful, given that Luis Garcia and Jake Odorizzi have been essentially five-inning starters.

Manoah didn't factor into the decision in Monday's 2-1 win over the White Sox, giving up one run on five hits and three walks over six innings. He struck out five.

Making his return from the bereavement list, Manoah dueled Lance Lynn to a 1-1 standstill before exiting after 108 pitches (64 strikes). The rookie has seven quality starts in 13 trips to the mound to begin his big-league career, consistency that has led to a 3.18 ERA, 1.10 WHIP and 78:25 K:BB through his first 68 innings for the Jays.

Lynn didn't factor into the decision in Monday's 2-1 loss to the Blue Jays, allowing one run on four hits over seven innings. He struck out four without walking a batter.

The veteran right-hander was sharp and efficient, tossing 52 of 86 pitches for strikes before handing things over to the bullpen in a 1-1 game. Lynn has 13 quality starts on the season, including four in seven outings since the All-Star break, and he sports a stellar 2.20 ERA, 1.04 WHIP and 145:40 K:BB through 130.2 innings.

Mejia didn't factor into the decision in Monday's 6-5 loss to the Pirates, allowing two runs on six hits and two walks over five innings. He struck out seven.

Making his 2021 debut, Mejia tossed 65 of 99 pitches for strikes in a strong effort and exited the game in line for the win before the Arizona bullpen made a mess of things in the seventh inning. The 24-year-old likely earned a longer audition in the rotation with this performance.

Blackburn didn't factor into the decision during Monday's 5-3 loss to the Mariners, allowing two runs on five hits with five strikeouts in 5.2 innings.

Blackburn limited Seattle to just three baserunners through the first five innings but was dealt a big blow in the form of a Mitch Haniger two-run bomb in the sixth and departed with the score even at 2-2. The 27-year-old lines up to face the Yankees on Sunday and should remain in the rotation barring poor performance.