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Robles (knee) was activated from the 10-day disabled list Monday, Tim Britton of The Athletic New York reports.

He had been out since May 8 with the knee injury. Robles has surrendered five home runs this season in just 10.1 innings. He should resume his role as a middle reliever.

The Padres designated McGrath for assignment Sunday, MLB.com reports.

The transaction removes McGrath from the Padres' 40-man roster and could foreshadow an addition that may be announced Monday. Prior to being optioned to Triple-A El Paso in mid-April, McGrath made four appearances for the big club, surrendering two runs over four innings.

Blach (3-5) took the loss against the Cubs on Sunday, giving up five earned runs on seven hits, striking out three and walking four as the Giants lost 8-3.

This marked the fourth straight start the left-hander hasn't been able to make it to the five-inning threshold, and he's now given up nine earned runs over his last 7.1 innings. He had a strong start to the season, but Blach isn't a trustworthy fantasy starter at this point, as evidenced by his 4.90 ERA and the 1.60 WHIP he's posted over his 60.2 innings.

Hernandez (0-2) allowed two runs on six hits with no walks and three strikeouts across five innings while taking the loss Sunday against the Nationals.

Hernandez pitched well to limit a dangerous Nats offense, allowing just a solo home run to Anthony Rendon in the fourth inning and an RBI single to Stephen Strasburg in the fifth. Unfortunately, his team could do little against Strasburg on offense and couldn't muster enough run support to give him a shot at a win. Still, Hernandez has allowed just five earned runs in 18 total innings this season for a shiny 2.50 ERA. He's posted just nine strikeouts in that span, however, and doesn't make for a particularly exciting fantasy option in Friday's scheduled start against the Diamondbacks.

Pivetta (4-3) surrendered two runs on four hits and two walks across five innings to take the loss Sunday against the Blue Jays. He struck out seven.

Pivetta was quite effective apart from the second inning, when he allowed two runs as Devon Travis drove in a pair with a double following two straight walks. He threw a lackluster 59 percent of his pitches for strikes as he got behind against 10 of 19 batters faced. On the bright side, Pivetta wasn't hit hard for the most part and has now recorded at least seven strikeouts in three of his last four starts. He'll take stingy 3.26 ERA and an impressive 10.4 K/9 into Friday's scheduled start against the Giants.

Strahm started against the Dodgers on Sunday but didn't factor into the decision as he exited the contest after two innings, striking out two and walking one as the Padres eventually fell 6-1.

Luis Perdomo was supposed to start this game but ended up getting scratched with a shoulder injury, so the Padres turned to Strahm to start things off against the Dodgers. The left-hander managed to keep San Diego's division rivals off the scoreboard, but he ended up making way for Adam Cimber after two innings and 31 pitches. Even if the situation does arise again where Strahm is tasked with starting, he doesn't figure to get the chance to pitch deep enough into the game for it to mean much fantasy-wise.

Giants manager Bruce Bochy said Law (ankle) will begin a rehab assignment Monday at Triple-A Sacramento, Kerry Crowley of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

Law last pitched for the Giants on May 9 before he was moved to the 10-day disabled list with the ankle injury, so he'll likely require multiple rehab appearances before being activated. The right-hander has given up seven runs over nine innings with the big club this season and isn't a lock to stick with the Giants once he's reinstated from the DL.

Melancon (elbow) is scheduled to make his third rehab appearance for Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday, Kerry Crowley of The San Jose Mercury News reports.

Melancon went a week between his first two rehab appearances, with his most recent one coming Saturday. The fact that Tuesday's outing will come on two days' rest suggests Melancon is inching closer to an activation from the 60-day disabled list, but the Giants have yet to reveal an exact target date for the righty's reinstatement. Giants manager Bruce Bochy has already indicated that Melancon will settle for lower-leverage work upon rejoining the San Francisco bullpen, so he'll likely need to perform well for an extended period before posing a serious threat to unseat Hunter Strickland as closer.

Yates fired a scoreless inning and struck out one en route to his eighth hold of the season in Saturday's 7-5 win over the Dodgers.

Yates has been untouchable this season, posting a 1.00 ERA with 23 strikeouts over 18 innings. The 31-year-old added a splitter to his repertoire this offseason, and the results have been phenomenal. MLB.com's AJ Cassavell points out that opposing batters are 4-for-26 with 13 strikeouts in at-bats that Yates finishes with the split. His 2.14 FIP indicates that this newfound success is no mirage.

Strahm will start Sunday against the Dodgers.

The plan seemed to be for Luis Perdomo to get this start, but Perdomo went down with a right shoulder injury and thus San Diego will be forced to go with a bullpen game headed by Strahm. Strahm has allowed four earned runs while posting a 3:8 K:BB in 7.1 innings since returning from a knee injury. He hasn't thrown more than 36 pitches in an appearance this season.