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Vizcaino recorded his seventh save Wednesday in San Diego, tossing a scoreless ninth with a walk and a strikeout.

After he imploded against these same Padres on Tuesday, this was a nice bounce-back effort for the 25-year-old closer. If we can mix our sports for a moment, the Braves win about as often as the Golden State Warriors lose, which means there aren't too many chances for Vizcaino to nail down saves, but the Dominican's been rather reliable when he gets the call. His fantasy owners also aren't complaining at all about those 35 strikeouts in 25 innings.

Pomeranz (5-6) suffered the loss against the Braves on Wednesday after allowing three runs on nine hits over five innings. He struck out six and walked one.

One measure of a pitcher's development is whether he can avoid having bad starts turn into total meltdowns, and that's just what Pomeranz did in this one. He struggled through the first inning, giving up four hits and two runs, but settled down thereafter and maintained his season-long proclivity for strikeouts. The 27-year-old lefty has now punched out a startling 83 batters in 70 innings, and while his walk rate remains a little high, he's limited the hits to a spectacularly low 46 -- only four of which have left the yard. That .250 BABIP may come up, bringing his ERA up a bit with it, but Pomeranz has officially arrived. Now the only question is whether the Padres will end up limiting his innings.

Ottavino (elbow) is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment with High-A Modesto on Friday, Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post reports.

There seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel for Ottavino's recovery from Tommy John surgery. The right-hander is slated to pitch in three or four games with the Nuts, and if everything goes as planned, he'll be transferred up to Triple-A Albuquerque to continue his rehab. No firm timetable for his return has been set, but he appears to be primed to return either in late June or in early July.

Hader was called up to Triple-A Colorado Springs on Wednesday, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.

Hader was dominating the competition at Double-A Biloxi with a 0.95 ERA in 57 innings of work, to go along with a 1.00 WHIP and a 73:19 K:BB ratio. More impressively, he has not given up more than one earned run in any start this year. The 22-year-old has never been above Double-A ball in his five year professional career, but will now make the next step with Colorado Springs.

Gsellman was promoted to Triple-A Las Vegas on Wednesday, Adam Rubin of ESPN.com reports.

The 22-year-old had a 2.71 ERA and 1.09 WHIP through 11 starts at the Double-A level and will now continue his progression through the minor leagues with Triple-A Las Vegas.

Miller (finger) will make a rehab start at High-A Visalia on Thursday, MLB.com's Steve Gilbert reports.

After ramping up his activity over the last week, Miller is ready to begin his rehab assignment Thursday. The Diamondbacks haven't announced how many pitches Miller will throw in his first rehab start, but given that he is only two weeks removed from being placed on the DL, he may not have a strict pitch count. Regardless, there will likely be a timetable for Miller's return after he makes his start Thursday.

Morris was traded to the Braves on Wednesday in exchange for Kelly Johnson, ESPN's Adam Rubin reports.

The Braves continued to sell off their veteran pieces in exchange for young prospects Wednesday with the acquisition of Morris from the Mets. Morris, a 23-year-old right-hander, has been working as a reliever at Double-A Binghamton this season. His production has been average through 22 appearances, notching a 4.62 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP in the Eastern League. He does possess strikeout upside, however, as evidenced by his 12.8 K/9 mark over 25.1 innings on the year. Morris will likely be assigned to either Triple-A Gwinnett or Double-A Mississippi.

Jansen (2-1) picked up the win behind a scoreless ninth inning with a walk and a strikeout in Tuesday's win over the Rockies.

Jansen benefitted from a walk-off ninth inning home run by Trayce Thompson. The walk was just Jansen's third of the year as he has been as stingy as ever in 2016. His ERA is down to 1.17 to go with a 0.61 WHIP, both of which would be his best marks of an already excellent career.

Vizcaino blew his second save Tuesday against the Padres as he allowed two runs on three hits and a walk and managed only one out.

Vizcaino's first blown save was an odd one in which he allowed just one unearned run and came back to earn the win. This time, Vizcaino had nothing against the Padres, as he gave up a game-tying home run to Derek Norris before a walk and a hit set up Wil Myers's walk-off single. Don't expect too many outings like this from Vizcaino -- Tuesday's blowup broke a streak of 20 consecutive outings with at least one strikeout, a stretch in which he recorded a 1.64 ERA and held batters to a .200/.253/.247 line.

Gomez notched his 19th save with two innings of two-hit ball in Tuesday's 3-2 victory over the Cubs. He also struck out a batter.

The 28-year-old has now converted 10 consecutive save opportunities, and has turned in scoreless outings in six of his last seven appearances. Tuesday represented a rare multi-inning stint for Gomez, who'd last worked two full frames on April 20 versus the Mets. In addition to his 19 saves, he also boasts a solid 2.61 ERA and 1.06 WHIP.