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Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said that Nootbaar will likely remain out of the lineup until at least Tuesday while the outfielder manages a left intercostal injury, Daniel Guerrero of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Nootbaar has been in and out of the lineup over the past week due to the injury, which he appeared to aggravate during a check swing in Saturday's 9-6 win over the Guardians. The left-handed-hitting outfielder sat out Sunday's 7-0 victory while Cleveland sent lefty Logan Allen to the bump, and it makes sense for the Cardinals to hold him out again Monday versus the Pirates while southpaw Andrew Heaney takes the hill for Pittsburgh. While the Cardinals seem hopeful that Nootbaar will be ready to go Tuesday, a stint on the 10-day injured list can't be ruled out, given the nature of the injury.

Torrens went 2-for-3 with a solo home run in Sunday's loss to the Pirates.

He supplied the Mets' only offense on the afternoon with his fifth-inning solo shot off Mike Burrows. It was Torrens' first multi-hit performance since taking over from a demoted Francisco Alvarez as New York's No. 1 catcher, and his first long ball since March 31. On the season, Torrens is slashing .222/.296/.340 with two homers and 14 RBI in 51 contests.

Walker (appendix) appears on track to be activated from the 10-day injured list prior to Friday's game against the Cubs, Daniel Guerrero of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

Coming back from appendicitis, Walker has played two rehab games at Triple-A Memphis -- one as the designated hitter and one as the right fielder -- and seems to have come out of those contests feeling good. He will remain with Memphis for a few more days before likely returning to the active roster this weekend. Walker had been seeing his playing time versus right-handed pitching dip prior to his injury, but it's possible he'll see an uptick in starts if Lars Nootbaar's intercostal issue lingers.

Dinges sustained a strained left hamstring Sunday in High-A Wisconsin's 5-4 loss to Quad Cities and is expected to be out for at least a couple of weeks, Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports.

A firmer timeline for Dinges' return won't be established until he undergoes an MRI, but the catching prospect appears to have avoided a season-ending injury after he went down without taking contact while rounding third base Sunday and needed to be assisted off the field. After receiving a promotion from Single-A Carolina on May 20, Dinges has slashed .302/.364/.500 with six home runs and a 10.1 percent walk rate in 132 plate appearances with Wisconsin.

Woodruff (elbow/ankle/shoulder) struck out one and allowed four earned runs on four hits and three walks across 3.2 innings in his rehab start Sunday with Triple-A Nashville.

Though his results were less-than-stellar in what was his 10th rehab start overall, Woodruff more importantly emerged from Sunday's outing healthy while also tossing 82 pitches (53 strikes). The right-hander sported an average fastball velocity of 93 miles per hour -- just under two ticks behind his average from his last healthy season in 2023 -- and topped out at 95.4 mph. Assuming he feels fine physically coming out of his next bullpen session, Woodruff is expected to return from the 60-day injured list to make a start next weekend in Miami in what will be his first appearance for the Brewers since Sept. 23, 2023. He didn't pitch at any level in 2024 while recovering from his October 2023 right shoulder capsule surgery and had his rehab assignment sidetracked by a bout with right ankle tendinitis in May and a right elbow contusion earlier this month, but Woodruff was effective on the whole in his 10 starts between Nashville and High-A Wisconsin, logging a 2.79 ERA, 1.17 WHIP and 35:12 K:BB in 42 innings. Though expectations should be tempered for Woodruff as he makes his way back from a lengthy stay on the IL, he'll at least make for a worthwhile speculative pickup in shallow or mid-sized leagues where he might still be available on the waiver wire.

Murphy went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's loss to the Phillies.

His second-inning shot off Ranger Suarez gave Atlanta a 1-0 lead, but the team's bats were quiet the rest of the afternoon. Murphy has gone yard in back-to-back games, giving him 11 homers on the season as he continues to split reps with rookie Drake Baldwin. Neither backstop made a consistent impact in June however -- Murphy slashed .217/.283/.391 in 53 plate appearances on the month, while Baldwin sported a .200/.323/.418 line in 65 PAs.

Hernandez (forearm) tossed a perfect inning with one strikeout in his first rehab appearance with Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday.

Hernandez has been shelved since early June with right forearm inflammation. Because his absence has been relatively brief, the reliever shouldn't require too many rehab outings before being activated from the 15-day injured list. He's likely to be back in the Atlanta bullpen later this week if all goes well.

Manager Brian Snitker said Sunday that he expects to slot Profar (suspension) in the middle of the Atlanta lineup when the 32-year-old outfielder returns from the restricted list for Wednesday's game against the Angels, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports. "I think we can move [Profar] around in kind of the middle of the order," Snitker said. "The fact he's a switch hitter and all that's gonna work out good."

Before he was handed an 80-game suspension March 31 for violating MLB's performance-enhancing drugs policy, Profar had batted leadoff in each of Atlanta's first four games. Ronald Acuna has since returned from the injured list to reclaim table-setting duties, but Snitker had previously said two weeks ago that he expects to deploy Profar as the team's everyday left fielder and No. 2 hitter upon his return. However, with Atlanta receiving good results from Matt Olson out of the two hole lately, Snitker is now more inclined to have Profar slot into the middle of the batting order against both right- and left-handed pitching, which could create more RBI opportunities for the switch hitter. Since beginning his rehab assignment at Triple-A Gwinnett on June 17, Profar has looked dialed in at the plate, slashing .326/.404/.587 with three home runs and an 8:6 BB:K.

Oviedo (lat) was sent to the rookie-level Florida Complex League on Monday to begin a rehab assignment.

Oviedo missed the entire 2024 season following Tommy John surgery and then suffered a right lat strain during spring training. Given how long it has been since he's pitched in games, Oviedo is likely to use all of the 30 allotted days during his rehab assignment before the Pirates activate him from the 60-day injured list. The 27-year-old has minor-league options remaining, so he could stick around at Triple-A Indianapolis rather than rejoining the big club if the Pirates decide he's not ready to contribute at the major-league level once his rehab window closes.

Scott went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in Sunday's 7-0 win over the Guardians.

Scott extended St. Louis' lead to 5-0 in the seventh inning with a 401-foot blast off Hunter Gaddis, his fourth homer of the year. Scott's gone 4-for-8 with a pair of extra-base hits over his last two games after going just 5-for-30 (.167) in his previous 10 contests. Overall, he's slashing .244/.330/.339 with 37 runs scored, 28 RBI and 22 stolen bases across 280 plate appearances this season.