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Okert earned a tough five-out hold Monday, allowing no baserunners and striking out one in a 4-3 win over the Dodgers.

Manager Bruce Bochy called upon Okert to record five of the final six outs of Monday's win, and the southpaw came through with flying colors. He fared batter this time around after giving up three runs against the Dodgers last Thursday. The 25-year-old's 5.14 ERA through seven innings is unsavory, but he should see some hold chances against lefty-heavy lineups as the only left-hander in the Giants' bullpen.

Gsellman (1-2) allowed five runs on six hits (one home run) while walking one and striking out none over five innings for his first win of the year in Monday's 7-5 victory over the Braves.

It's not a good sign that Gsellman has allowed 10 runs and 16 hits in his last two starts against Atlanta -- a light-hitting squad. He now owns a 6.75 ERA and 7.43 K/9, both uninspiring figures. However, an inflated .352 BABIP means his luck will likely level out eventually. Regardless, Gsellman is more of a streamer in deep mixed and NL-only setups.

Fields was recalled from Triple-A Oklahoma City on Monday, Andy McCullough of the Los Angeles Times reports.

With Hyun-Jin Ryu being placed on the disabled list, the Dodgers needed another arm for their bullpen. Fields was excellent in his first stint in the majors -- one earned run and 12 strikeouts over seven innings of work -- and was only a roster casualty because he was one of the few Dodgers pitchers with options remaining.

Sewald was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas on Monday, Marc Carig of Newsday reports.

Sewald was called up to take the roster spot of Noah Syndergaard (back), who recently landed on the disabled list with a partial tear in his lat muscle. The 26-year-old will slot into the Mets' bullpen, though he likely won't be used in any high-leverage situations. This will be Sewald's second major-league stint this season; he allowed two runs across 1.1 innings in his last cup of coffee. This is expected to be another short stay in the majors for Sewald, as the Mets are expected to recall Rafael Montero from Las Vegas to take Syndergaard's next turn in the rotation Friday.

Bowman was credited with his seventh hold of the season in Sunday's 5-4 loss to the Reds despite surrendering three earned runs on three hits over two-thirds of an inning. He also recorded a strikeout.

After firing 19.2 scoreless innings between Sept. 6 of last season and April 25, Bowman has now surrendered five earned runs over his last 2.2 frames. The 25-year-old right-hander gave up an RBI double to Adam Duvall and a run-scoring single to Eugenio Suarez before getting the hook, and another RBI double yielded by Brett Cecil produced the third run on Bowman's ledger. Despite the recent bumps in the road, the young reliever has a sparkling 0.89 WHIP and 11:2 K:BB over 12.1 innings.

Edwards pitched an inning in Sunday's loss to the Red Sox, allowing just one walk and no runs. He struck out two.

This is becoming a pretty standard stat line for Edwards, as he has a 0.00 ERA and 0.60 WHIP along with 13 strikeouts throguh 10 innings. Wade Davis and Hector Rondon are ahead of him in the bullpen pecking order, but Edwards is a very valuable reliever for the Cubs.

Montero is expected to start in place of the injured Noah Syndergaard (back) on Friday against the Marlins, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

Montero was the backup plan for Thor if the ace was initially unable to make his previously scheduled start Sunday, so this shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. The 26-year-old struggled as a reliever with the big club to start the season, posting a 9.45 ERA and 3.60 WHIP before being optioned back to Triple-A, where he settled in as a starter. In two starts (10.1 innings) with Las Vegas, Montero allowed just two runs on four hits with an impressive 16:3 K:BB. It's unclear whether Montero will replace Syndergaard for more than one game, but that probably hinges on Friday's performance.

Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo reiterated Saturday that Rodney is the team's closer and will receive the next save opportunity that arises, Nick Piecoro of The Arizona Republic reports.

Rodney blew his second consecutive save in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Rockies, with the meltdown inflating his season ERA to 12.60 and his WHIP to 2.30. While Rodney ultimately went unused in Sunday's 13-inning win, it appears that was mostly a byproduct of having tossed 34 pitches the night before rather than any reluctance on Lovullo's part to turn to the veteran in a high-leverage siutation. Based on Lovullo's comments, it sounds as though Rodney will have some leeway to right the ship, but Rodney's fantasy owners shouldn't hesitate to begin eyeballing potential replacements. Archie Bradley (1.13 ERA and 19 strikeouts over 16 innings) and J.J. Hoover (1.86 ERA and 14 strikeouts in 9.2 innings) would seemingly be the top candidates to pick up saves if Rodney is eventually dumped from the closing role.

Law threw a scoreless inning while striking out three on the way to his third hold of the season in Sunday's extra-inning loss to San Diego.

Law rediscovered his strikeout stuff after carrying a pedestrian 5.6 K/9 into Sunday's matchup. He will have to limit the amount of batters he is allowing to reach base (1.46 WHIP) if he wants to keep his ERA below the three-run mark. Still, the 26-year-old was dominant in a large enough sample size last season (2.13 ERA in 55 innings) to earn holds league owners' trust.

Jansen struck out one to record a one-out save in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Phillies.

The elite closer is now 7-for-7 in save chances this year and has a nice 15.8 K/9 in 9.2 frames. Jansen's ERA dropped to 1.86 on the year after the three-pitch outing. The hard-throwing right-hander is of the best closing options in the game for fantasy owners.