What It Means:

This will be his first start since 2013 and he will be available for relief in the meantime. Albers' lone big league action this season was against the Houston Astros on August 11, when he gave up five runs (three earned) on 11 hits with five strikeouts and one walk across six innings of work.

Albers hasn't struck out many hitters for Triple-A Rochester this season (15.8 strikeout percentage) and has allowed a .301 average against, to go with a 1.45 WHIP. He last appeared in the majors in 2015, throwing just 2 2/3 innings with the Toronto Blue Jays.