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Davidson was optioned to Atlanta's alternate training site Thursday.

Davidson was called up Wednesday but did not appear in either of the team's two games since. The move is presumably to create a roster spot for Sunday's starter against the Cubs, currently projected to be Bryse Wilson.

Graterol (conditioning) is throwing Thursday at the alternate site and will be on the taxi squad for the Dodgers' weekend series against San Diego, Eric Stephen of SBNation.com reports.

Graterol was slowed to begin spring training and has been ramping up at the team's alternate site since. Assuming everything goes well with his throwing session on Thursday, it appears he will be available if needed this weekend.

Hudson (elbow) was transferred to the 60-day injured list Thursday.

Hudson underwent Tommy John surgery in late September of last season and is expected to miss the entire 2021 campaign as a result, so his move to the 60-day IL is simply procedural. His removal from the 40-man roster will make room for outfielder Scott Hurst, whose contract was selected by the Cardinals after Lane Thomas was optioned to the alternate training site.

Castano will start Friday's game against the Giants, Jordan McPherson of the Miami Herald reports.

Castano was called up by the Marlins on Sunday, and he'll make his season debut in the series opener at home against San Francisco. The southpaw is unlikely to serve as a regular starter for Miami, but he posted a 3.03 ERA and 1.38 WHIP in 29.2 innings during seven appearances (six starts) in 2020.

Helsley has an unblemished ERA and 5:2 K:BB across 4.2 innings covering his last four appearances.

That solid stretch includes a one-inning outing against the Nationals on Wednesday, his fourth straight without allowing a run. It represents a strong rebound for Helsley, who opened the season by giving up five earned runs on seven hits and four walks across 2.2 innings in his first three appearances.

Reyes fired a scoreless ninth inning in a loss to the Nationals on Wednesday, allowing no hits and a walk with a strikeout and a wild pitch.

Despite the somewhat busy final line, Reyes still threw only 16 pitches while appearing in his first game action since last Thursday. The hard-throwing right-hander carries an unblemished ERA through five appearances, three which have culminated in saves.

Treinen struck out two and allowed one hit in a scoreless inning, earning a hold in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Colorado.

The right-handed sinkerballer has strung together four consecutive scoreless outings after a shaky 2021 debut, lowering his ERA to a respectable 3.60. The 32-year-old's best days may be behind him, but his stuff remains elite, and since he's pitching for a team that presumes to hold late leads in the majority of its games this season, Treinen should continue to earn plenty of hold opportunities.

Curtiss (2-0) struck out one and allowed one hit in one inning of work, earning the win in Wednesday's 6-5 victory over Atlanta.

The righty has settled in after allowing homers in his first two appearances of 2021, as he hasn't given up a run in his ensuing three outings -- lowering his ERA to 3.38 in the process. The two winning decisions -- coincidental products of his team taking the lead late in games -- likely are anomalies for Curtiss, although continued success in late-game situations may earn him more high-leverage innings and opportunities for holds, especially now that Anthony Bass has yielded the closer role to Yimi Garcia.

Matzek (0-1) allowed a single and struck out the side in the 10th inning, getting the loss in Wednesday's 6-5 defeat against Miami.

Another casualty of the rule putting a runner on second to start extra innings, Matzek suffered the loss despite pitching phenomenally. After yielding a leadoff RBI double, the flame-throwing lefty struck out the next three batters on 12 pitches, only one of which was a ball. Matzek struggled with control in spring training and in his first few regular-season appearances, but he hasn't walked a batter in his last three innings pitched. The veteran's ERA remains at 0.00 through 5.2 early season innings, and he looks capable of replicating his breakout performance from 2020.

Lamet (elbow) is slated to throw a 70-pitch simulated game at the Padres' alternate training site Thursday, the Associated Press reports.

Lamet has been working his way back toward a starter's workload and was at one point thought to be an option for San Diego's upcoming three-game series against the Dodgers. Instead, he'll get the chance to stretch out further in a sim game Thursday. If all goes well, the right-hander's return to game action could come as soon as next week.