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Kimbrel (knee) was activated from the 15-day DL on Monday, Jason Mastrodonato of the Boston Herald reports.

Although he did not fare well during his rehab appearance Saturday at Triple-A Pawtucket, Kimbrel held up physically and should immediately reprise his role as the closer in Boston, providing a much-needed boost to the bullpen. Kimbrel's activation falls at the short end of the initial 3-to-6-week timetable provided after he was diagnosed with a left medial meniscus tear on July 9.

Schultz was recalled from Triple-A on Monday.

Schultz will rejoin the Blue Jays after Franklin Morales was designated for assignment. The 30-year-old was solid in his first stint with the Toronto bullpen, posting a 3.27 ERA and 1.18 WHIP in 11 innings of relief.

Andriese will replace Matt Moore in the Rays' rotation, Roger Mooney of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Moore was dealt to San Francisco prior to Monday's deadline, opening the door for Andriese to slot back into a starting role with Tampa Bay. Andriese will oppose Yordano Ventura in Game 2 of the Royals series Tuesday, but Andriese didn't throw more than 48 pitches in an appearance in July and it may be a little while until he's built up to a starter's workload. He went 5-1 with a 2.92 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 35:14 K:BB in eight starts for the Rays earlier this season.

Duffey will move back to the rotation and start Wednesday against Cleveland, MLB.com's Rhett Bollinger reports.

Duffey gave up five runs on eight hits and a walk over just 1.1 innings in his last outing, and it was announced he was moving to the bullpen. However, he's back in the rotation after the Twins traded Ricky Nolasco. Tommy Milone will move to the bullpen instead. It looks like the Twins will give Duffey time to see if he can improve in the majors as the team looks toward 2017.

The Rays traded Moore to the Giants on Monday, Joel Sherman of the New York Post reports.

Moore was having a nice bounce-back campaign for the Rays, posting a 4.08 ERA and 1.27 WHIP with 109 strikeouts in 130 innings, and he'll now become the second lefty in the Giants' rotation. The 27-year-old former top prospect will head to the National League and pitch half of his games in pitcher-friendly AT&T Park, so he should be scooped up widely in those fantasy leagues where remains available.

Santiago was traded to the Twins on Monday for Ricky Nolasco and Alex Meyer, Alden Gonzalez of MLB.com reports.

Santiago has performed better of late, but his high walk rate (11 percent) and HR/9 (1.5/9) make him a volatile option at best. Still, he figures to slide straight into the Twins' rotation after notching a 4.25 ERA over 22 starts with the Angels this season.

Tate was traded to the Yankees by the Rangers on Monday in exchange for Carlos Beltran, Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports reports.

Tate was the Rangers' first-round pick (fourth overall) in the 2015 draft. He's struggled with his control so far in 2016, posting a 5.12 ERA and 1.61 WHIP with 55 strikeouts in 65 innings. When Tate was drafted, there was talk of him potentially being a high-leverage bullpen arm in the big leagues. Due to his struggles so far this season as a starter, it wouldn't be surprising to see that come true with the Yankees. That said, New York will most likely send Tate to Low-A Charleston and use him as a starter initially.

Almonte was transferred to Double-A Northwest Arkansas on Monday, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com reports.

Almonte made nine appearances for the Royals in 2015, but he's spent the duration of 2016 at Triple-A Omaha, where he holds a 5.55 ERA and 1.75 WHIP across 60.0 innings. The right-hander will now return to Northwest Arkansas, the level at which he began the 2015 season and went 4-4 with a 4.03 ERA prior to advancing to Triple-A.

Pressly pitched a scoreless ninth inning while allowing one hit and striking out one to earn his first save of the season Sunday against the White Sox.

Pressly was protecting a two-run lead, and gave up a two-out double before striking out Justin Morneau to end the game. Since July 20, he's now collected three victories and a save, and he owns a 3.67 ERA on the year.

Colome struck out two in a perfect ninth inning Sunday to pick up his 25th save of the season in a 5-3 win over the Yankees.

Brad Boxberger, just off the DL, worked the seventh inning in this one and appears to be no threat to Colome's grip on the closer role. The 27-year-old now sports an impressive 2.11 ERA, 1.02 WHIP and 50:12 K:BB in 38.1 innings on the season to go along with his 25-for-26 performance in save situations.