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Chavez (5-8) gave up two runs on two hits and four walks while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Tuesday's loss to the Dodgers.

Chavez blanked the Dodgers over the first five innings, and both runs charged to him came around to score after he was pulled from the game. The 33-year-old only threw 54 of his 100 pitches for strikes, but he induced nine swinging strikes and kept the ball in the yard, breaking a streak of 13 consecutive appearances with at least one home run allowed. It was a nice bounce-back effort against a good lineup, but Chavez's propensity for giving up the long ball and declining strikeout rate make him a dicey streaming option in mixed leagues.

Wilson struck out two in a perfect ninth inning Tuesday to record his seventh save of the season in a 5-3 win over the Royals.

After going most of the month of June without sniffing a save chance, Wilson has now converted two in consecutive appearances. The left-hander's 43:12 K:BB in 29.1 innings is excellent, but he'll need the Tigers to start stringing together more wins if his strong performance this season is going to translate into more saves in the second half.

Strahm (2-5) allowed five runs on six hits while striking out four over 3.2 innings in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Tigers.

The young lefty was staked to a three-run lead before he even took the mound in the first inning, but Strahm wasn't able to hold onto it, serving up homers to J.D.Martinez and Miguel Cabrera en route to the loss. He'll carry a 5.61 ERA into his next start Sunday at home against the Twins.

Betances (3-2) allowed two earned runs on a hit, two walks and a hit batsman en route to his second blown save of the season during Tuesday's 4-3 loss to the White Sox.

With Aroldis Chapman unavailable after appearing in the team's previous two games, Betances was called upon to record the final three outs against White Sox on Tuesday. The hard-throwing righty retired the first batter before allowing the next three to reach base on two walks and a hit-by-pitch. Jose Abreu then ended things with a walk-off two-run base hit to saddle Betances with his second blown save of the season. His ERA ballooned from 1.09 to 1.78 following this poor outing.

Graveman (shoulder) threw a flat-ground session Tuesday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

It marks Graveman's third long-toss session since last Friday, so he appears to be getting very close to throwing off a mound. The 26-year-old right-hander has been on the disabled list since May 29 after having made eight starts.

Colome allowed two runs on two hits and two walks in an inning of work while blowing a save Tuesday against the Pirates. He struck out two and was ultimately credited with the win.

Entering with a two-run lead, Colome proceeded to hit John Jaso before allowing back-to-back doubles to Josh Harrison and Andrew McCutchen to tie the score. He closed out the inning and was handed his second win of the season when the Rays pulled it out in the bottom of the 10th. Colome has struggled of late, allowing seven earned runs over his last three innings of work to raise his ERA to 3.57. Surely the 2016 All-Star is capable of turning things around -- he should be given the opportunity to work out of his current funk.

Manaea (7-4) allowed one run on nine hits and three walks over 5.2 innings during Tuesday's 6-4 win over the Astros. He struck out three and was credited with the win.

Manaea didn't have his best stuff going for him Tuesday, but was able to limit the hard-hitting Astros to just one run en route to his seventh win of the season. After facing the Yankees on June 16 and the Astros over his last two starts, Manaea will have the opportunity to face a more manageable opponent as he currently projects to square off against the Braves on Sunday.

Boxberger (back) gave up an earned run on a hit and a walk over an inning in High-A Charlotte's 8-4 loss to Tampa on Tuesday. He also recorded two strikeouts.

Boxberger fired 20 pitches overall, 13 of which he threw for strikes, in what is supposed to be his final rehab outing before being activated by the Rays. The former closer had been sent back down to the Stone Crabs for Tuesday's appearance in order to get him one final tune-up, following an appearance for Triple-A Durham last Wednesday that led to some residual soreness.

Pruitt was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Tuesday.

Pruitt has struggled mightily over his 31.2 innings with the Rays this season, as he currently holds a 6.25 ERA. He'll be sent to Triple-A Durham where he'll face lighter competition with the hopes of getting his groove back on the mound.

Alvarado was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Tuesday.

Alvarado has made 21 appearances out of the Rays' bullpen this season but is currently sitting on an unsightly 5.89 ERA. He'll be sent to Triple-A Durham to work on his form with the hopes of rejoining the major-league club at a later date. As per Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, Alvarado has been asked to specifically work on throwing his curveball for strikes more often, as well as to experiment with a cutter/slider in order keep hitters honest with respect to his fastball.