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Weber was recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett on Tuesday.

Jason Grilli was traded to the Blue Jays and Weber was called up to take his spot on the Braves' active roster. Weber was clobbered for nine runs on 15 hits (including two homers) in 7.2 innings with Atlanta earlier this year, and while the results have been much better with Gwinnett (2.81 ERA), he's managed a mere 13 strikeouts in 25.2 innings with the affiliate.

Murray has a 1.38 ERA and 1.00 WHIP after throwing 13 innings since being recalled from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on April 30.

After an underwhelming start to 2016 at Lehigh Valley where his ERA reached 6.10, Murray's solid performance for the Phillies has been a pleasant surprise. He's pitched in 10 games, allowing runs in just one, and has thrown up to three innings at a time. Whether or not he can sustain such a low ERA and WHIP has yet to be seen, but would be welcomed by a mediocre Phillies' bullpen that has a collective ERA of 3.71.

Strop struck out two in a perfect inning of relief Monday against the Dodgers.

Jason Hammel was knocked out of the game early with an injury, but Strop was part of an outstanding relief effort. In his last seven appearances, covering 6.1 innings, Strop has given up three hits and zero runs and has a 9:2 K:BB.

Neris was tagged with a loss after allowing three runs on two hits in two-thirds of an inning Monday against the Nationals. He walked three and struck out one.

Neris, who had not given up a run since May 6, struggled with his command Monday. He threw a total of 29 pitches and 16 of those pitches were balls. He is 1-2 with a 2.20 ERA and a 38:10 K:BB in 28.2 innings this season.

Maurer had a Memorial Day to forget, allowing five runs in a third of an inning in the Padres' loss to the Mariners. He allowed three hits and walked two in the outing.

Maurer is having a tough season thus far, owning an unsightly 5.92 ERA and 1.52 WHIP. The righty registered a 3.00 ERA in 51 innings last season, but has proven unreliable of late, allowing runs in four of his last seven appearances.

Torres has a 1.98 ERA for the month of May after pitching 13.2 innings across 12 games.

Torres has become one of the Brewers' most used relievers this season, having pitched 26.1 innings in 23 games. Torres has a 1.41 WHIP and an 8.54 K/9, so his numbers for the season aren't anything baffling, but he appears to be a versatile bullpen option. He's pitched anywhere from 0.1 to 2.0 innings and has three holds to go with two saves. However, there are reasons to question whether Torres's May performance is just a hot streak or his new norm, as his career ERA and WHIP are 4.17 and 1.36.

Coleman has a 2.61 ERA for the month of May, bringing his ERA down to 3.10 for the season.

After struggling to find his rhythm in 2016's early games by giving up four earned runs in his first five innings, Coleman gave up just three earned runs in the 15.1 innings that followed, good for a 1.76 ERA in that span. Despite his fastball being just 88.9 miles per hour, Coleman has managed to strike out batters at a rate of 9.30 K/9. As the season goes on, he'll work on walking fewer batters and bringing his BB/9 down from 3.98. If he manages to do so, his WHIP should concurrently fall from it's already low mark of 0.98.

Hudson struck out one batter in 0.2 innings of action during Sunday's victory over the Padres.

Hudson's brief appearance in Sunday's outing brought his ERA down to 1.31 and his WHIP to 0.73. Now in his second season of pitching as a reliever, Hudson is becoming one of Arizona's most used bullpen options and has thrown in 21 games. He's improved his BB/9 from 2015's 3.33 to 2.18 and is putting up an opponent batting average of .143, the lowest of his career. His performance against righties has been especially dominant, striking out 11 of the 37 right-handed hitters he's faced while giving up a mere two hits.

Smith (knee) is expected to be activated from the DL during the upcoming four-game series with the Phillies that begins Thursday, Todd Rosiak of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

Smith recently moved his rehab to Double-A Biloxi, where he struck out one batter in a clean inning, throwing 12 of 16 total pitches for strikes. He's now made three rehab appearances, allowing one hit and no walks with five strikeouts over four innings. Smith will soon return to the Milwaukee bullpen, though it appears Jeremy Jeffress will retain the closer's role for now. If Smith can string together a few quality appearances, he could find himself as a trade chip for the rebuilding Brewers.

Jansen earned his 15th save of the season Sunday versus the Mets, striking out one in a perfect inning.

Jansen, who has two consecutive conversions after blowing a pair of saves last week, now has a stellar 1.35 ERA and 0.56 WHIP. He has quickly shown that the hiccups from last week are behind him and should continue to nail down saves with regularity moving forward.