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Graveman will be called up to take the hill versus the Yankees on Friday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

The Athletics will officially recall Graveman in the coming hours after the 27-year-old got back on track with a solid performance last weekend with Triple-A Nashville. Over six starts with the big-league club this season, Graveman has struggled tremendously, posting an 8.89 ERA and 1.84 WHIP with a 23:11 K:BB in 28.1 innings. He will have his hands full against the Yankees.

Kimbrel pitched a clean ninth inning to earn his 10th save against the Yankees on Thursday.

Kimbrel bounced back after blowing the lead and his second save of the season Wednesday night, and is now 10-for-12 in save opportunities this season. That's good for second most in the American League, and there's no reason to expect his opportunities or ability to successfully convert them to slow.

Castro (1-1) picked up the win Thursday after firing 4.2 scoreless innings against the Royals. He allowed four hits and two walks while registering one strikeout.

Chris Tillman was shelled early and recorded just four outs, so the Orioles needed Castro to deliver multiple innings to save a taxed bullpen. Castro delivered, and while he recorded just one strikeout, he was still effective in limiting baserunners and keeping the Royals at bay. At this point, Castro is still locked in as the long reliever out of the Orioles' bullpen, but outings like Thursday's show he could be a viable spot start option down the line.

Banda will be promoted to the majors in the coming days, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

This makes sense since the Rays have a doubleheader Saturday and will need a starter for the second game of the twin bill. Banda, one of the club's top pitching prospects, holds a 3.50 ERA and a 44:16 K:BB in 36 innings pitched for Triple-A Durham this season. It's unclear if he'll be recalled Friday to be a full member of the team or if he'll just be the 26th man Saturday, but things should clear up in the next 24 hours.

Reed (shoulder) was activated from the 7-day disabled list Thursday, Brandon Warne of The Athletic Minnesota reports.

Reed is good to go after spending the past three weeks on the shelf with a right shoulder impingement. The 25-year-old compiled a 2.70 ERA and five strikeouts across 3.1 innings of relief with Triple-A Rochester before suffering the injury.

Coulombe fired a scoreless ninth inning in a loss to the Astros on Wednesday, allowing one hit.

The 28-year-old southpaw is seemingly beginning to settle down after a rough late-April, three-appearance stretch. Coulombe allowed seven runs (six earned) across three innings over that trio of outings, partly as a result of a pair of home runs. He also surrendered a run over an inning against the Mariners in his first appearance of May, but he's subsequently bounced back with three consecutive scoreless efforts.

Kittredge fired a perfect eighth inning in a loss to the Braves on Wednesday, recording two strikeouts.

Four days after making a "bullpen day" start that lasted a quick two innings, Kittredge mowed through the potent trio of Ronald Acuna, Jr., Freddie Freeman and Nick Markakis on an efficient 11 pitches, retiring the first two on swinging strikeouts. The right-hander has posted scoreless efforts in three of four May appearances, lowering his ERA from 7.36 to 5.63 in the process.

Andriese fired two perfect innings in a loss to the Braves on Wednesday, recording two strikeouts.

Andriese notched six outs on an efficient 26 pitches, 18 of which he threw for strikes. The versatile right-hander continues to serve as one of manager Kevin Cash's more trusted long-relief options, as he's now generated scoreless efforts in five of his last six trips to the mound. The impressive stretch has lowered Andriese's ERA from an unsightly 8.31 to 3.92, and his current 1.11 WHIP encouragingly checks in notably lower than his career 1.28 figure.

Yarbrough (2-2) allowed five earned runs on six hits and a hit batsman over five innings in a loss to the Braves on Wednesday. He struck out seven.

The young southpaw notched a solid 11 swinging strikes over his five frames, but he was also done in by some timely hitting on the part of the Braves in what was his second big-league start. Ender Inciarte got Atlanta started with a two-out RBI single in the first, and the rest of the damage came in a four-run third courtesy of a Freddie Freeman sacrifice fly and a Nick Markakis three-run home run. Yarbrough does boast a sparkling 11:0 K:BB over the 10 innings encompassing his first pair of starting assignments, and he'll look to bounce back from Wednesday's hiccup in a scheduled turn against the Royals next Monday.

Giles notched his fifth save of the season, pitching a scoreless ninth inning in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Athletics.

Manager A.J. Hinch sent Giles out for a second straight game to close out a win, a sign of the manager's returning confidence after the closer's four-run meltdown in a non-save situation against the Yankees last week. He hadn't pitched since that game before picking up saves Tuesday and Wednesday. Giles' role had not been clear for much of April, but Hinch appears to have settled on the right-hander as the team's closer. He hasn't blown a save opportunity yet with eight of his 14 appearances being clean, 1-2-3 innings.