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Stroman (shoulder) will throw long toss and a side session this week, Gregor Chisholm of MLB.com reports.

Stroman has been out since May 11 with shoulder fatigue. He resumed throwing last Monday and will continue to ramp things up in the coming week. Stroman's possible return date remains unclear, but more will hopefully be known following his side session. In the meantime, Sam Gaviglio should continue to fill in for Stroman in the rotation.

Nuno (1-0) fired three scoreless innings in a win over the Orioles on Sunday, allowing three hits and four walks while recording a strikeout.

The veteran southpaw provided three valuable innings after Sergio Romo flamed out in his latest start. Nuno has proven to be a timely callup from Triple-A Durham thus far, as he's now worked four scoreless innings over his first two appearances, both of which came in the weekend series versus Baltimore.

Giolito had a side session Saturday with pitching coach Don Cooper, Daryl Van Schouwen of the Chicago Sun-Times reports.

Cooper gave Giolito simple instructions: throw strikes. The right-hander has walked 37 batters over 49 innings and focused on getting over the ball and creating downward angle toward the zone during Saturday's session. When Giolito finished off last season with a strong run and looked promising in spring training, Cooper said he was throwing quality strikes early in the count, but lamented they're not getting that now. Giolito, whose ERA spiked to 7.53 after his previous start, is scheduled to pitch Tuesday in Cleveland.

Hamels (3-5) allowed five earned runs on eight hits and three walks while striking out two across 6.1 innings to take the loss Sunday against the Royals.

Though Hamels was tagged for runs in each of the first three innings, he did manage to work reasonably deep into the game to relieve some of the damage to his ratio stats. He was taken deep twice by the Royals, marking his fifth start of the season in which he has allowed multiple home runs. Four of those outings have come at home, where he is currently allowing 2.5 HR/9.

Berrios (5-5) got the loss against the Mariners on Sunday, giving up two runs on eight hits over 7.1 innings, striking out eight and walking one as the Twins eventually fell 3-1.

It was a strong outing for Berrios, who was unlucky to get tagged with the loss as his offense could only muster one run of support off Seattle starter Mike Leake. He's on a great roll right now, as he's given up just five earned runs with a brilliant 27:4 K:BB over his last 22.2 innings to bring his ERA down to 3.67 on the season. Perhaps most impressively, he's also boasting a pristine 0.95 WHIP through 68.2 innings.

Hammel (2-5) allowed four hits and two walks while striking out 10 across 5.1 scoreless innings to earn the win Sunday against the Rangers.

Hammel looked uncharacteristically deceptive Sunday, generating 14 swinging strikes on his way to a season-best 10 strikeouts. He has now turned in strong efforts in consecutive starts, combining to allow only one earned run in 12.1 innings while striking out 16. His season-long numbers are inflated from a strong of bad starts, but he has allowed three earned runs or fewer in seven of his 11 starts this season.

Gausman (3-4) allowed seven runs on six hits and two walks across 2.2 innings while taking the loss Sunday against the Rays. He struck out one.

Gausman allowed a solo home run in the first inning, but most of the damage against him came in the third, when he surrendered six runs on five hits, two walks and a hit batsman. It was a rather disappointing outing for Gausman, who was coming off a 10-strikeout masterpiece against the White Sox and faced a favorable matchup. The right-hander had pitched three quality starts in his previous four coming in, but he's now allowed six runs or more in two of his last three. He'll take a 4.31 ERA into Friday's scheduled start against the Yankees.

Montas (1-0) picked up the win against the Diamondbacks on Sunday, giving up just one earned run on three hits over six innings, striking out seven and walking two as Oakland bagged a 2-1 victory.

After getting called up from Triple-A Nashville before this start to get the first crack at filling the spot in Oakland's rotation for the injured Brett Anderson (shoulder), Montas looked sharp in his first outing of the year, throwing six strong innings before exiting the contest after tossing 82 pitches. This was likely a good enough showing to earn Montas another go-around in the rotation with Anderson out. However, it's not clear what that would mean for his fantasy prospects, as the 25-year-old had only thrown 47 career big-league innings coming into this start and had an unimpressive 6.32 ERA and a 1.74 WHIP over that time.

Eovaldi (elbow) will be activated from the 60-day disabled list this week and will start Wednesday's game against the Athletics, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

Previous reports suggested Eovaldi would take the hill Tuesday, but he'll instead be bumped back a day in the pitching schedule in order to pick up extra rest following his 71-pitch rehab outing March 23 with Triple-A Durham. Eovaldi was roughed up for eight runs on 10 hits over four innings during that outing, casting a blight on a otherwise solid four-start rehab assignment. The right-hander may have his pitch count capped Wednesday as he makes his first big-league appearance in nearly two years following a lengthy recovery from Tommy John surgery, but he shouldn't face strict limitations in his starts to follow.

Cole didn't factor into the decision during Sunday's loss to the Indians as he gave up three runs on four hits and two walks while striking out eight across seven innings.

Cole gave up a two-run home run to Jose Ramirez in the bottom of the first, but he calmed down to give Houston seven solid innings in what turned out to be a losing effort. The 27-year-old right-hander has been putting together a spectacular season, posting a 2.05 ERA and 0.83 WHIP with 109 strikeouts over 74.2 innings. He figures to make his 12th start of the season Friday against the Red Sox.