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The Giants placed Rodriguez on the 15-day injured list Tuesday, retroactive to Saturday, with a sprained right elbow.

Rodriguez was unavailable out of the bullpen for the past few days while battling an elbow issue he picked up during Sunday's win over Milwaukee. Manager Bob Melvin was hopeful the 25-year-old righty would be back in time for Tuesday's series opener against the Cubs, but the Giants will instead be without their primary closer until at least Sept. 7. Ryan Walker will presumably take over as San Francisco's preferred ninth-inning option for the short-term future, and Keaton Winn will come up from Triple-A to replenish the team's bullpen depth.

Baldwin isn't in the lineup for Tuesday's game against the Marlins.

Although he's collected a base hit in each of his last four games and six of his last seven, Baldwin will ride the bench Tuesday while he continues to share duties behind the plate with Sean Murphy, who will bat seventh against Sandy Alcantara.

The Phillies selected Trivino's contract from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Tuesday.

The right-hander joined Philly on a minor-league deal in early August and will now get a look in the majors. Trivino has a 4.42 ERA and 1.37 WHIP across 38.2 innings between the Giants and Dodgers this year and went without allowing an earned run in six outings with Lehigh Valley.

The Phillies placed Romano on the 15-day injured list Tuesday due to right middle finger inflammation.

It's unclear when the finger issue first surfaced for Romano, who surrendered 10 earned run in his past four outings. After inking a one-year, $8.5 million contract with the Phillies in December, the veteran right-hander has put up a disastrous campaign with an 8.23 ERA in 49 appearances.

The Phillies recalled Robert from Triple-A Lehigh Valley on Tuesday.

The right-hander was sent to Lehigh Valley after coming off the injured list in mid-August but is now back with the MLB club. Robert has made 12 appearances for Philly this year and has a 5.79 ERA, 1.82 WHIP and 12:8 K:BB across 9.1 innings.

Gonzales is absent from the lineup for Tuesday's game in St. Louis.

It's a routine day off for Gonzales, who will take a modest nine-game hitting streak to the bench. Liover Peguero is covering second base and batting eighth for the Pirates.

Church is absent from the lineup for Tuesday's contest against the Pirates.

Church has drawn the lion's share of the playing time in center field for the Cardinals since Victor Scott (ankle) was hurt, but Church will step out of the lineup Tuesday. Lars Nootbaar will slide over to center field and Jordan Walker will get the start in right field.

Pages is not in the lineup for Tuesday's game versus the Pirates.

It's a regular day off for Pages, who had started at catcher in each of the Cardinals' previous two contests. Yohel Pozo will be behind the dish and bat ninth Tuesday.

Alvarez (thumb) will begin a rehab assignment Wednesday, Laura Albanese of Newsday reports.

Alvarez took batting practice on the field Tuesday and insisted afterward that he feels no pain in his right thumb despite being diagnosed with a UCL sprain. He will be eligible for activation from the 10-day injured list Thursday, but the Mets could wait until rosters expand Sept. 1 to return their starting catcher to the active roster.

The Mets will call up Tong from Triple-A Syracuse to make his MLB debut with a start Friday against the Marlins at Citi Field, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.

Manager Carlos Mendoza confirmed that the Mets will move to a six-man rotation to accommodate the arrival of Tong, who was established himself as one of the top pitching prospects in baseball this season. The 22-year-old righty has followed up his breakout 2024 season with an even better showing in 2025, accruing a 1.43 ERA and 0.92 WHIP to go with a minor-league-best 179 strikeouts in 113.2 innings covering 22 starts between Double-A Binghamton and Syracuse. Tong isn't necessarily guaranteed any starts beyond his debut, but he will get the chance to state his case to remain in the Mets rotation moving forward.