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Hendriks will serve as Oakland's opener Friday against Minnesota, Jane Lee of MLB.com reports.

This will mark the right-hander's seventh "start" this month, as the Athletics are prepared to move forward with another bullpen day during the series opener. Aside from his first time being utilized as an opener against Seattle on Sept. 1, Hendriks has only pitched one inning during each of his last five starts.

Manaea underwent surgery performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Wednesday to clean up the space between his shoulder joint capsule, Julian McWilliams of The Athletic reports. Per Jane Lee of MLB.com, head trainer Nick Paparesta stated that the club will have a better indication of Manaea's timetable around spring training.

In addition to cleaning up the joint, ElAttrache also repaired Manaea's labrum. It's expected that Manaea will miss the entirety of the 2019 season after undergoing this procedure, but as Paparesta stated, there doesn't seem to be a concrete timeframe at this juncture until the team is able to monitor how he responds to the surgery. According to Lee, Paparesta was encouraged by ElAttrache's prognosis in which he said, "We all feel like [Manaea] will be back at the major-league level pitching again." It is a bit concerning that ElAttrache felt the need to make this sort of comment, but obviously this statement was more inspiring than if he would've said the opposite. Based on comments from all parties, it appears as though a best-case scenario would see Manaea return to the fold at some point near the end of the 2019 season.

Fulmer underwent successful knee surgery Thursday and will miss the remainder of the season, Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press reports.

Fulmer opted for surgery after Dr. James Andrews confirmed the right-hander suffered a torn right meniscus. The procedure typically carries a recovery timetable of three or four months, so the expectation is that he'll be ready to go by the start of spring training. Fulmer finished the season with a 4.69 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 110:46 K:BB across 24 starts (132.1 innings).

Lawrence (1-0) picked up the win in Wednesday's 9-0 victory over the Astros, tossing three scoreless innings of relief and allowing one hit and two walks while striking out one.

The 30-year-old entered the game after opener Matt Festa gave Seattle a clean first inning, and five other relievers then combined to preserve Lawrence's first big-league win of the year. Given his 7.08 ERA through 20.1 innings for the M's this year, don't expect much fantasy value from Lawrence over the final days of the regular season.

Hamilton served up a walkoff grand slam to Jason Kipnis in Wednesday's 4-1 loss to Cleveland.

After Juan Minaya and Caleb Frare put two runners aboard with one out to begin the ninth inning, Hamilton got the call for a shot at his first big-league save. Instead, the rookie plunked Yan Gomes with his first pitch to load the bases before Kipnis ripped a 3-2 changeup over the right-field wall. Hamilton's high-90s fastball is still likely to make him a key part of the White Sox's 2019 bullpen plans, but the 23-year-old isn't quite ready yet to dominate major-league hitters.

Covey didn't factor into the decision in Wednesday's 4-1 loss to Cleveland, allowing two hits and three walks over six scoreless innings while striking out five.

The right-hander pitched more than well enough to record his sixth win of the year, but a ninth-inning meltdown by the bullpen instead left Covey empty-handed. His 5.33 ERA on the campaign isn't particularly appealing, but he's lined up for a two-start week to close out the season, facing Cleveland again at home Monday before a road start in Minnesota on Saturday.

Yacabonis didn't factor into the decision in Wednesday's 2-1 win over the Blue Jays, allowing two hits and a walk over four scoreless innings while striking out four.

The right-hander threw 64 pitches (39 strikes) in an impressive performance, but given that he hasn't completed five innings in any of his 10 appearances for Baltimore this season, Yacabonis wasn't likely to collect his first win of the year no matter how well he pitched. As the O's schedule currently stands, he'll get two more chances to work a little deeper and potentially get into the win column -- Tuesday in Boston, and Sept. 30 for the season finale at home against the Astros.

Yarbrough (15-5) picked up the win Wednesday against the Rangers, allowing three runs on five hits and two walks across four innings. He struck out six.

Yarbrough wasn't exactly sharp Wednesday, but he was able to pick up his 15th win of the season thanks to a plethora of run support from Tampa Bay's offense. Working primarily as a long reliever, the southpaw has posted a 3.88 ERA and 1.28 WHIP with 123 strikeouts across 139.1 innings this season.

Lopez (ribs) is expected to start Thursday against the Tigers, Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com reports.

Lopez won't be forced to miss a turn through the rotation after exiting his previous start with a left rib contusion. The 25-year-old is 2-0 with a 2.33 ERA and 13:1 K:BB through three starts (19.1 innings) in September.

Manaea underwent successful shoulder surgery Wednesday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Specifics regarding the procedure remain unknown, though everything apparently went as planned. Manaea is expected to miss all of 2019 after going under the knife. He posted a career-best 3.59 ERA through 27 starts this season prior to suffering the injury.