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Yarbrough (3-2) allowed one run on five hits and three walks across five innings to earn the win Monday against the Royals. He struck out four.

Yarbrough allowed his share of baserunners throughout the evening, but he was able to mitigate the damage and was only scored upon via a solo home run from Whit Merrifield in the third inning. He threw first-pitch strikes to 13 of 21 batters and induced eight groundball outs to help his cause. Yarbrough was touched up for five runs in his previous outing, but this performance lowered his ERA to a respectable 3.93 ahead of Saturday's scheduled start against the Angels.

Manaea (5-4) allowed four runs (three earned) on eight hits and one walk across six-plus innings to earn the win Monday against the Red Sox. He struck out four.

Manaea allowed a pair of runs in the third inning and another while working out of a bases-loaded jam in the fifth. He came out for the seventh inning after a one-two-three sixth, but allowed a leadoff home run before he was removed from the game. Though he was knocked around at times, Manaea threw an impressive 74 percent of his pitches for strikes and still delivered a quality start against one of the league's best offenses. He's come back to earth a bit after a great start, but he'll still take a superb 2.35 ERA into Saturday's start against the Blue Jays.

Treinen tossed a clean inning for his seventh save of the season Monday against the Red Sox.

Treinin was remarkably efficient in this one, needing just eight pitches to sit down the side in order for a one-run victory. Though he's struggled in the past, Treinin looks like a different man this season, posting a 0.93 ERA while going 7-for-9 in save opportunities. He's compiled a career-best 9.9 K/9 to boot and has seen more save opportunities than one could've expected coming into the year.

Colome worked around a hit with one strikeout in a scoreless inning of work to earn his seventh save of the season Monday against the Royals.

Colome made things interesting in this one, allowing a one-out triple to put the tying run 90 feet away. He buckled down and got the final two outs to finish the game. Colome has still been shaky at times, but he's allowed just two earned runs over his last 10.2 innings to lower his ERA to 4.58.

Graterol (back) was activated from the minor-league disabled list Monday, Brandon Warne of The Athletic Minnesota reports.

Graterol is good to go after spending the last 10 days on the shelf with back spasms. Now that he's healthy again, the top prospect will look to pick up where he left off prior to the injury, as he had compiled a 1.04 ERA, 0.69 WHIP and 11:0 K:BB across two starts (8.2 innings) with Low-A Cedar Rapids.

Banda will be recalled from Triple-A Durham on Tuesday to start against the Royals, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Banda was originally expected to start one of the Rays' doubleheader games against the Orioles on Saturday, but he ultimately went unused as the 26th man after the team opted to deploy long reliever Matt Andriese instead. His 2018 big-league debut is now set for Tuesday, with the Rays placing him on the taxi squad in anticipation. One of the team's top pitching prospects, the 24-year-old Banda owns a 3.50 ERA and 44:16 K:BB across seven starts (36 innings) with the Bulls this season.

May (elbow) will move his rehab assignment to Triple-A Rochester and start Thursday against Syracuse.

May made his first rehab appearance at High-A Fort Myers on Saturday, logging three scoreless innings and striking out five as part of a 58-pitch outing. He'll likely step up his pitch count a bit Thursday as he aims to build up to a starter's workload. Since May opened the season on the 60-day disabled list, he won't be eligible to return until late May, at which point it's unlikely that he'll merit consideration for an immediate spot in the big-league rotation.

Pruitt allowed four earned runs on four hits and a walk over 3.1 innings in a blowout loss to the Orioles on Sunday. He also recorded a strikeout.

Just recalled from Triple-A Durham a day earlier, Pruitt received a rude welcome back to the big leagues. The right-hander put in a hefty workload of 68 pitches, and although he managed to avoid the long ball after starter Blake Snell and Andrew Kittredge had combined to allow four home runs, he struggled considerably in his final frame. Given the way the Rays have shuttled several bullpen pieces back and forth to Durham this season, Pruitt's current big-league tenure may not last long.

Manager Jeff Banister said he will "continue to evaluate" Moore's spot in the rotation after the left-hander was chased after three innings in Sunday's 6-1 loss to the Astros.

Moore started the game well, fanning four over the first two innings, but endured a 32-pitch, three-run third inning and was pulled by Banister after just 72 pitches. The manager said he wanted to make the change while the Rangers still had an opportunity to win, which suggests Moore has lost Banister's confidence. Moore's ERA rose to 7.82, the highest of any MLB pitcher with at least 35 innings. If he stays in the rotation, Moore's next start is expected to be Saturday on the road against the White Sox.

Kelly got the save against the Blue Jays on Sunday, allowing no baserunners with no walks or strikeouts in a clean ninth inning to close out Boston's 5-3 victory.

Manager Alex Cora was forced to get creative without the services of Craig Kimbrel and Carson Smith (rest) and starter Drew Pomeranz only lasting four innings, so Kelly ended up getting the save to close out a strong effort from Boston's bullpen -- which shut out Toronto over five innings to preserve the victory. Kelly is having a good season with a 2.33 ERA and a 0.93 WHIP over 19.1 innings, but Kimbrel is one of the most dominant closers in baseball, so Kelly is not likely to see many save opportunities aside from the occasional spot appearance.