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The Tigers placed Lange (shoulder) on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a right shoulder strain.

Lange exited Monday's game after suffering the injury. The righty has been an oft-used yet unreliable relief option for the Tigers, posting a 7.31 ERA and allowing five home runs in 16 innings this season.

Perdomo (back) will join Triple-A Nashville on Thursday to begin his rehab assignment, Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

The lefty reliever has been sidelined since May 30 with a strained back, but he appears close to being activated, assuming the rehab goes smoothly. Perdomo struggled before the injury, posting a 7.11 ERA in 12.2 innings with the Brewers. He allowed three homers and walked 12 batters, so he'll certainly need to clean up those numbers if he's to stay with the big-league club for the rest of the season.

The Cardinals optioned Rondon to Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday.

The move was to make space for Kwang Hyun Kim (back), whom the Cardinals activated from the injured list Tuesday. Rondon delivered two scoreless relief appearances after being recalled June 5, so it wouldn't be a surprise to see him return to the big-league club in the future for valuable bullpen depth.

Cleveland recalled Morgan from Triple-A Columbus on Tuesday, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.

The righty's major-league debut May 28 was a disaster, as he allowed six runs on eight hits in just 2.2 innings against the Blue Jays. Morgan hasn't been exceptional in Triple-A either this season, posting a 4.67 ERA in 17.1 innings across four starts. Regardless, he will likely be called upon to make multiple starts while Shane Bieber (shoulder) spends time on the injured list.

Young will be the starting pitcher for Tuesday's game against the Giants, Zach Buchanan of The Athletic reports.

Young started 22 games for Arizona across 2019 and 2020 but has shifted to a bullpen role thus far this season, posting a 3.45 ERA and 30:15 K:BB across 28.2 relief innings. He worked three innings (57 pitches) of one-run ball in his latest outing against the A's on June 8, which was his longest appearance of the season so far. With that in mind, the Diamondbacks will likely look to get multiple innings out of the southpaw, though he's unlikely to pitch past the fourth inning Tuesday.

Pomeranz (lat) is still a few weeks away from making a rehab assignment, the Associated Press reports.

When the lefty reliever went down with lat tightness in mid-May, there was optimism that his stay on the injured list could be short, and he was back to throwing soon after suffering the injury. However, Pomeranz subsequently experienced a setback while throwing to hitters, and he has yet to return to a mound. Given manager Jayce Tingler's indication Monday that Pomeranz won't make a rehab appearance for at least a couple weeks, the reliever's earliest possible return to the majors appears to be sometime in early July.

Treinen picked up a hold Monday against the Phillies, allowing one hit and striking out two in a scoreless inning.

Treinen was deployed in the seventh inning with Los Angeles clinging to a two-run lead. He yielded a J.T. Realmuto infield single with one out but retired the following two batters to finish off the scoreless frame. Treinen is tied with teammate Victor Gonzalez for second in the league with 14 holds, and he has registered a 3.04 ERA, 1.24 WHIP and 32:9 K:BB across 27 appearances covering 26.2 innings this season.

Santillan is scheduled to make his second start Friday against the Padres in San Diego.

Neither Sonny Gray (groin) nor Jeff Hoffman (shoulder) will be ready to return from the 10-day injured list when the Reds next require a fifth starter Friday, so Santillan will be awarded another turn through the rotation after a so-so MLB debut against Colorado over the weekend. Though he limited the Rockies to one run, efficiency was an issue for Santillan, who pumped in only 52 of his 97 pitches for strikes while failing to make it out of the fifth inning. He'll need to show better control against a strong Padres offense if he hopes to continue keeping runs off the board.

Merryweather (oblique) isn't expected to return from the 60-day injured list until late June at minimum, Scott Mitchell of TSN.ca reports.

Merryweather is eligible to rejoin the Blue Jays beginning this week, but he still has multiple hurdles to clear in the recovery process for his left oblique strain before he'll be available to pitch. Considering that Toronto hasn't even outlined a timeline for Merryweather to begin a minor-league rehab assignment, it wouldn't be surprising if his absence stretches into July or even through the All-Star break.

Holmes (1-2) allowed one run on one hit in Monday's 3-2 loss to Washington. He struck out two batters.

The right-hander served up an eighth-inning homer to Kyle Schwarber that proved to be the difference in a one-run game. It's encouraging that Holmes is being used in more high-leverage situations, but he's given up at least one earned run in each of his last three outings.