MLB Player News

Gage's contract was selected by the Blue Jays on Monday, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.

Gage is a 29-year-old lefty with no big-league experience to his name. He's showed promise for Triple-A Buffalo this season, however, posting a 1.08 ERA and 32.3 percent strikeout rate in 16.2 innings of relief. Jeremy Beasley was optioned in a corresponding move.

Hamilton was returned to Triple-A St. Paul on Monday, Brandon Warne of Access Twins reports.

Hamilton joined the active roster for the weekend series in Toronto as part of a group of replacements for players whose decision not to vaccinate themselves against COVID-19 made them ineligible to enter Canada. He allowed two runs in 2.2 innings of relief in his lone outing and may have to wait a while for his next opportunity.

Megill (not injury related) was activated from the restricted list Monday, Brandon Warne of Access Twins reports.

Megill was away from the Twins during their weekend road trip to Toronto since he's unvaccinated, but he'll rejoin the team ahead of the upcoming home series against the Yankees. Over his five relief innings with the major-league club, he's posted a 1.04 ERA and 0.92 WHIP in 8.2 innings.

Thielbar was reinstated from the restricted list Monday, Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

Thielbar missed last weekend's three-game series in Toronto since he is unvaccinated for COVID-19 and was unable to enter Canada. He should be available out of the bullpen Tuesday against the Yankees.

Pagan (not injury related) was activated from the restricted list Monday, Brandon Warne of Access Twins reports.

Pagan was unavailable for the Twins' weekend series in Toronto since he's unvaccinated, but he'll rejoin the bullpen prior to the upcoming series against the Yankees at Target Field, which begins Tuesday. The right-hander has converted just one of his last three save chances while allowing three runs in 3.1 innings over his last four relief appearances, but he should be in the mix for closing duties alongside Jhoan Duran now that Pagan is back with the team.

Taylor (elbow) will visit a doctor Monday to receive a more specific diagnosis, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Taylor hasn't thrown since leaving his outing Friday against the Royals with what has been referred to as left elbow discomfort. A clearer timeline for his return should become clear once his diagnosis is clarified.

Mata (elbow) is scheduled to make the second start of his rehab assignment at High-A Greenville this week, Alex Speier of The Boston Globe reports.

After reaching the finish line in his recovery from April 2021 Tommy John surgery, Mata was cleared to begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Salem on Saturday. He looked sharp during his two-inning start for Salem, allowing no hits and one unearned run while striking out two. According to Speier, Mata's fastball topped out at around 99 miles per hour in the start, so the 23-year-old has seemingly regained his pre-surgery velocity. He'll likely get stretched out over a few more starts at lower-level affiliates before slotting into the Triple-A Worcester rotation.

Robles (back spasms) will make a rehab appearance for Triple-A Worcester on Tuesday and could rejoin the Red Sox Thursday in Anaheim, Sonja Chen of MLB.com reports.

An initial report had Robles making two rehab appearances, but manager Alex Cora thinks the right-hander will need just one. Robles is expected to throw an inning for Worcester on Tuesday before rejoining the big club.

Burke (3-1) allowed an unearned run on one walk while striking one over 1.1 innings to pick up his first loss of the season Sunday against Seattle in an extra inning.

Burke first cleaned up the mess made by Matt Bush in the ninth inning to preserve a tie game, but he fell victim to the ghost runner scoring on his own wild pitch in the extra frame. Burke has been very good out of the Rangers' bullpen and is deserving of high-leverage chances, but this one didn't work out. The left-hander sports a 0.96 ERA and 1.04 WHIP with 32 strikeouts and nine walks over 28 innings.

Iglesias (1-4) allowed three runs on three over 1.1 innings against the Phillies on Sunday. He struck out one, blew the save and was handed a loss.

Iglesias entered the game in the eighth inning with the bases loaded and coughed up a game-tying grand slam to Bryce Harper. In the ninth, he put two runners on base before Jimmy Herget allowed a walkoff homer off the bat of Bryson Stott. Iglesias was charged with his fourth loss of the year (all since May 14) while his ERA jumped to 4.91 through 18.1 innings.