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Pressly gave up two runs on two hits in the seventh inning to take the loss in Friday's defeat to the Angels.

Pressly was having a solid season in a setup role until late May, as he's given up three home runs, including a two-run shot Friday, and seven earned runs in his last four innings over five appearances to pump his E$RA up to 3.73. He is likely suffering from overuse, as he's appeared in 33 of Minnesota's first 60 games. Pressly has increased his strikeout rate to a career-high 12.9 K/9 and has been somewhat unlucky with a .392 BABIP, so there's every reason to think he'll turn things around if he's used more conservatively.

Fulmer didn't factor into the decision in Friday's 4-1 loss to Cleveland, allowing one run on five hits over seven innings while striking out seven.

The right-hander has been inconsistent this season, but he was sharp Friday, throwing 71 of 108 pitches for strikes and delivering his sixth quality start of the year. Fulmer will take a 4.40 ERA into his next outing Wednesday at home against the Twins.

Covey (2-1) picked up the win in Friday's 1-0 victory over the Red Sox, scattering three hits and a walk over six scoreless innings while striking out seven.

Matched up against Boston ace Chris Sale, Covey rose to the occasion and struck out at least seven batters for the third time in four starts since returning to the big-league staff in late May. The right-hander now holds a 2.22 ERA and 28:1 K:BB through 28.1 innings and appears to be locking down a spot in the rotation heading into Wednesday's home start against Cleveland.

Trivino got the save against the Royals on Friday, striking out two in his 1.1 innings of work to lock down Oakland's eventual 7-2 victory.

Oakland opted to give regular closer Blake Treinen the day off in this one, allowing Trivino to fill in and bag his first save of the campaign with a clean effort. Trivino has been putting up great numbers with a 1.82 ERA over his 24.2 innings this season. However, any potential upside as a secondary source of saves is limited by Treinen, who has been absolutely lights out in his own right this year with a sub-1.00 ERA and WHIP and has seemed pretty entrenched as the primary option in the ninth inning.

Junis (5-6) was dealt the loss against Oakland on Friday, as he got knocked around for six earned runs on 10 hits over 5.1 innings, striking out five and walking one as the Royals lost 7-2.

Junis had fired two quality starts in a row coming into this contest, but he couldn't keep up the positive momentum. He got off to a roaring start to the season with a 2.03 ERA over his first four starts, but he's cooled since then, as this rough outing brought his ERA up to 4.05 through 80 innings. That's closer to the 4.30 mark he put up over his 98.1 innings last year, so it would probably be wise to expect Junis to hover around that number as the season progresses. That said, if he can maintain the pace of his current 1.19 WHIP and 76:19 K:BB, he would continue to hold fantasy value even without an elite-level ERA.

Diaz pitched 1.1 scoreless innings for the save Friday against the Rays, striking out two and walking zero while allowing two hits.

Diaz went more than one inning for just the second time this year, throwing 20 pitches (14 strikes) to record his MLB-leading 22nd save. Diaz is holding opponents to a .152 batting average while sporting a 54:12 K:BB in 33 innings. The Mariners' penchant for close games works in Diaz's favor as one of the preeminent closers in the game.

Chapman pitched a scoreless ninth to earn the save in Friday's win over the Mets, allowing one hit while issuing no walks and no strikeouts.

Afterward, Chapman had his left knee wrapped and was walking gingerly in the clubhouse, but he reportedly plans on pitching through the injury. This was only the second time all season in which Chapman didn't record a strikeout in an appearance, the other time coming on April 27 against the Angels. Nonetheless he's still sporting a superb 46:11 K:BB in 26.2 innings to go along with a .143 batting average against. The lefty is now 16-for-17 in save chances.

Duffey was optioned to Triple-A Rochester following Friday's 4-2 loss to the Angels, Dan Hayes of The Athletic Minnesota reports.

Duffey made three relief appearances during his latest big-league stint, tossing five scoreless innings and striking out three. A corresponding roster move is expected to be made prior to Saturday's tilt.

Harvey was scratched from his scheduled start Friday at Double-A Bowie with a sore right shoulder, the Baltimore Sun reports.

His shoulder popped out of its socket and he'll be evaluated again in two weeks, according to the report. Harvey, a 2013 first-round draft pick, was scuffling at Double-A Bowie with a 5.57 ERA, but a 3.57 FIP.

Chapman had his left knee wrapped and was walking gingerly following Friday's victory over the Mets, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic New York reports.

Chapman was examined in the ninth inning after he was seen limping, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports, but he was able to remain in the game. It doesn't appear like he'll miss any time, despite stating that he's been dealing with left knee tendinitis for the last three weeks, and he plans to keep pitching through the injury, Meredith Marakovits of YES Network reports.