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Walker did not factor into the decision Wednesday, allowing four runs on four hits and two walks over two-thirds of an inning against San Francisco. He struck out one.

Walker was a disaster Wednesday. He retired two of the first three batters but allowed five straight to reach and departed after throwing 40 first-inning pitches. Matt Strahm stranded two runners to prevent Walker's day from getting worse. The righty has been a nightmare in his first season with the Phillies. He has a 6.53 ERA and 1.50 WHIP, and Wednesday was the fourth time he's given up at least four runs in an outing.

Medina did not factor into the decision Wednesday, allowing three runs on three hits and two walks over six innings against the Diamondbacks. He struck out six.

Medina had his best outing as a rookie, but Oakland still couldn't pull out a win. Medina only allowed three hits, but two of them were homers that produced all three of his earned runs. Three starts into his career, the righty has a 6.88 ERA and 1.24 WHIP. He has provided decent strikeout numbers with 15 across 17 innings.

Nelson did not factor into the decision Wednesday, as he did not surrender a run while allowing one hit and four walks over 5.1 innings in a 5-3 victory over the Athletics. He struck out six.

Nelson delivered his best outing of the season Wednesday. He didn't allow a run for the first time this year, and he posted a season-high six strikeouts. He did run into some control problems in the sixth inning when he walked the bases loaded. Luis Frias came on in relief and recorded two outs to strand the bases loaded and preserve Nelson's ERA, which sits at 5.48 this season.

McKenzie (shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Columbus on Saturday, Mandy Bell of MLB.com reports.

McKenzie is slated to throw three innings and/or 50 pitches in his first game action since being diagnosed with a right teres major strain in late March. He'll undoubtedly need at least one additional rehab start after that and perhaps more given how much time he's missed.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after Wednesday's game that May has been diagnosed with a right flexor pronator strain, David Vassegh of AM 570 LA Sports reports.

May showed a dip in velocity in the first inning of his start Wednesday afternoon against the Twins and was ultimately pulled after throwing just 16 pitches. He will be placed on the 15-day injured list, though Roberts declined to guess on an overall timetable other than acknowledging it would be more than a month. It's not yet known whether his UCL has been impacted -- early signs are good in that regard but further imaging scans are coming. May, one of the brightest young starters in the sport, required Tommy John surgery back in May 2021.

Major League Baseball suspended German for 10 games Wednesday for violating the league's foreign substance policy, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.

He was given an undisclosed fine, as well. German was ejected just three innings into his start in Tuesday's 6-3 win over the Blue Jays after umpires found what they believe was a foreign substance on his right hand. The pitcher won't appeal the ban and will begin serving the suspension immediately, so he'll be eligible to return May 28.

Glasnow (oblique) is likely to make another rehab start at Triple-A Durham before returning from the 15-day injured list, Tricia Whitaker of Bally Sports Sun reports.

Glasnow was excellent in a rehab start with Durham on Tuesday, striking out nine over four scoreless innings. While the positive outing seems to have put any concern over his minor setback in his May 10 rehab start to bed, he still needs to be built back up a bit. Assuming Glasnow comes through his next outing at Durham -- likely on Sunday -- no worse for the wear, he should be ready to make his season debut for Tampa Bay the following weekend against the Dodgers.

Rodon (back) advanced his throwing to 90 feet Wednesday without issue, Greg Joyce of the New York Post reports.

The cortisone injection for Rodon's chronic back issue seems to have done the trick, as he's thrown multiple times in the last several days without any problems and plans for a second injection have been scuttled. Rodon will continue to ramp up his throwing program in the coming days and will eventually try things from the mound if he continues to progress.

Bradley will start for the Rays on Thursday in New York against the Mets, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Ideally, the Rays would probably like to keep Bradley in the minors a little longer as he works on his pitch mix and getting used to a traditional five-day schedule. However, with the big-league club's rotation hit hard by injuries, the team doesn't have much of a choice here. While Bradley struggled lately at Triple-A Durham, he was excellent in his three starts with the Rays earlier this season and will have a shot to remain in the rotation for the long haul.

Severino (lat) will make his season debut for the Yankees on Sunday in Cincinnati, Erik Boland of Newsday reports.

Severino went only 3.1 innings in each of his two rehab starts, maxing out at 58 pitches in his last outing Tuesday with Double-A Somerset. That means he'll surely be on a relatively limited pitch count in his season debut, making him a fairly iffy fantasy option at Great American Ball Park. Still, the Yankees and fantasy managers will be happy to get Severino back -- perhaps for the long haul -- if he can manage to avoid more injuries.