The Tampa Bay Rays activated right-hander Ryan Pepiot ahead of his start Friday night against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks.
Pepiot (6-5, 3.92 ERA) has been on the 15-day injured list for the past month with an infection in his right knee that was likely caused by a spider bite during the All-Star break.
He was hospitalized in New York last month due to the infection and received antibiotics in his right knee. The swelling in his knee had reached the point where he needed help to walk into the hospital.
"The first couple days, like, when I went into the hospital, it was real bad," Pepiot said earlier this week.