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Martin landed on the disabled list due to forearm irritation, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports.

Martin was removed from Monday's contest with forearm cramps and although he's continued to experience some irritation in the past couple days, the Rangers seem confident that he won't miss an extended period of time. The right-hander will be eligible to come off the DL on May 11 since his placement on the shelf was retroactive to Tuesday. In a corresponding move, Texas recalled Nick Gardewine from the minors.

Diaz recorded his 12th save in a win over the Athletics on Tuesday, allowing two walks and recording two strikeouts over a scoreless ninth inning.

Diaz had to work a bit more than usual, firing 22 pitches overall in the ninth. The normally sharp closer got only 12 of his offerings into the strike zone while issuing walks to Matt Olson and Mark Canha, the second coming with two outs. However, Diaz was able to regroup and get a slider past Chad Pinder for a called third strike to end the game. The 24-year-old has given up just one run this season, and he's now recorded multiple strikeouts in five consecutive appearances.

Kelly (suspension) was reinstated to the Red Sox's active roster prior to Wednesday's game, Alex Speier of The Boston Globe reports.

Kelly was forced to serve a six-game suspension due to his role in a benches-clearing brawl against the Yankees on April 12. The reliever will slide back into his high-leverage role immediately. He's logged a 3.09 ERA and 0.86 WHIP over 11.2 innings in 11 appearances this season.

Martin was promoted to Double-A Corpus Christi and will make his debut for the Hooks on Thursday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

It didn't take Martin too long to convince the Astros he needed a greater challenge than High-A Buies Creek. Over four starts and 19 innings in the Carolina League, the 22-year-old right-hander allowed one unearned run on four hits and seven walks while striking out 26. The biggest knock on Martin at the University of Texas was a high walk rate, but he's shown improvement in that area since joining the Astros' organization. The Hempstead (Tex.) native was quick to credit everyone involved, telling Tyler Martin of MiLB.com that his catcher, the defense behind him and his pitching coach have helped him achieve success early on in 2018.

Giles (0-1) gave up four runs on four hits in a loss to the Yankees on Tuesday, recording only one out by way of a strikeout while walking zero.

Giles entered a scoreless game in the ninth, and proceeded to give up a single to Aaron Judge and a double to Didi Gregorius before striking out Giancarlo Stanton. Giles laid in a first-pitch slider to Gary Sanchez, which the Yankees backstop deposited over the center field wall. After giving up a single to the next batter, Giles got the hook. The right-hander was riding a 1.80 ERA into Tuesday's contest, and had allowed runs to score only twice before through 11 appearances. Despite the Astros' 20-11 record, Giles has just three saves, as sometimes save opportunities are going to other guys like Chris Devenski (two saves). Giles should hold his role as primary closer as long as there aren't many other outings like Tuesday's.

Kimbrel allowed a run on a solo homer in the ninth inning of Tuesday's loss to the Royals. He struck out one.

Kimbrel was summoned to protect a one-run lead Tuesday but ended up suffering his first blown save of the season when Alex Gordon took him deep to tie the game in the top of the ninth. It was a rare mistake by the closer and marked just the second earned run on his ledger this season. Even the best relievers are prone to the occasional bad night, so Kimbrel's outing is nothing to worry about moving forward.

Curtiss was optioned to Triple-A Rochester on Tuesday.

A day after being promoted, Curtiss will make his way back to Triple-A Rochester to open up a roster spot for Wednesday's starter Fernando Romero. Curtiss gave up three runs while recording only one out in Tuesday's loss in extra innings.

Junis allowed two runs on seven hits and a walk while striking out five over six innings in Tuesday's win over the Red Sox. He did not factor into the decision.

All things considered, Junis performed admirably Tuesday when faced with the daunting task of taking on the Red Sox at Fenway Park. He allowed seven hits on the night, with three of those coming in his final inning of work. Junis surrendered a solo homer to Mitch Moreland followed by a double to Rafael Devers and a run-scoring single to Jackie Bradley Jr. in the sixth inning. He exited after that frame with his season ERA sitting at a solid 3.29 figure. It was an encouraging bounceback performance after his six-run implosion against the White Sox last week. He'll take on the Tigers in his next start.

Diekman suffered a bruise above his left elbow and on his back during Tuesday's game against the Indians, Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports.

Diekman came on in relief Tuesday and was struck by a comebacker off the bat of Edwin Encarnacion that left him with a couple of bruises. The lefty claims he'll be fine moving forward, but it's a situation worth monitoring as the bruise on his arm could potentially cause him some discomfort while throwing. Consider him day-to-day.

Gallegos (groin) is now dealing with lower-back tightness, Brendan Kuty of NJ.com reports.

Gallegos initially landed on the minor-league disabled list with a groin injury. While he's reportedly over the groin issue that forced him to open the season on the shelf, his 2018 debut is now being delayed by a back ailment. It's unclear when he'll be able to return at this point.