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Borucki pitched six scoreless innings, allowing six hits and one walk while striking out six during his Triple-A debut with Buffalo on Thursday.

The 23-year-old lefty has been impressive this season, moving through three levels of the organization. Between High-A Dunedin and Double-A New Hampshire, he's managed quality starts in 20 of his 25 outings. Borucki remains a year or two away from a possible big-league role, but his stock has risen immensely in 2017, and he'll certainly be a player to watch when next spring rolls around.

Pagan was credited with his fifth hold in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Athletics, allowing an earned run on two hits over an inning-plus. He also recorded a strikeout.

Pagan has been a bit more hittable as of late, as he's now allowed an earned run in three straight games and five out of the last six overall. He continues to see plenty of work, however, as manager Scott Servais appears to value his ability to eat up multiple innings. Pagan also offers solid strikeout upside, as evidenced by his 43:7 K:BB over 41 frames.

Hendriks fired 1.1 scoreless innings in which he gave up a hit and recorded a strikeout during Sunday's 10-2 loss to the Mariners.

Hendriks is in the midst of one of his most effective stretches of the season, as he's now posted eight consecutive scoreless efforts. The 28-year-old right-hander has lowered his ERA from 5.55 to 4.75 over that span while allowing just two hits and generating a 9:2 K:BB across eight innings.

Fulmer (elbow) isn't expected to visit Dr. James Andrews for an examination until Sept. 11, Chris McCosky of The Detroit News reports.

Fulmer was never expected to reenter the rotation this week after being diagnosed with right elbow ulnar neuritis following his Aug. 29 start, but the fact that the Tigers aren't rushing the doctor's appointment seemingly makes it increasingly likely that the reigning American League Rookie of the Year may not be in line to return this season. Until Andrews has a chance to assess Fulmer's elbow, it won't be known if the youngster will be able to treat the injury through simple rest and rehab, or if surgical intervention will be necessary. The Tigers filled Fulmer's spot in the rotation Sunday against the Indians with Chad Bell, but it's uncertain if Bell will pick up another start this week after he was lit up for five runs on eight hits and two walks over four innings.

Kittredge fired a scoreless sixth inning during which he recorded a strikeout in Sunday's 6-2 loss to the White Sox.

Having just been called up from Triple-A Durham late Saturday, Kittredge impressively threw 14 of his 16 pitches for strikes while jumping right into action with the Rays. The 27-year-old right-hander has generally had success during his major-league stints this season, posting a 3.00 ERA and striking out a batter an inning over the six frames he's worked across six appearances. He's expected to remain in the bullpen for the balance of the regular season.

Fulmer picked up his first major-league win Saturday when he pitched two innings of relief in a 5-4 win over the Rays.

A starter in the minor leagues, Fulmer looks like he'll be sticking in the bullpen after one failed start in the majors Aug. 21, when he allowed six runs and two home runs in 1.1 innings against the Twins. There is an available spot in the rotation, but the White Sox are having David Holmberg start Tuesday.

Honeywell (suspension) fired 5.1 scoreless innings in Triple-A Durham's 10-2 win over Gwinnett on Sunday, allowing four hits and recording five strikeouts.

Honeywell had been suspended four games by the Bulls on Aug. 28 for undisclosed reasons and looked honed in during his return to action. The 22-year-old concludes the regular season having amassed a stellar 172:35 K:BB over 136.2 innings, along with a 3.49 ERA and 1.24 WHIP over 26 starts. With Honeywell not being called up despite the expansion of major-league rosters on Sept. 1, he'll look to spearhead Durham's efforts in the International League playoffs.

Alexander (4-3) picked up the win after striking out two of the three batters he faced Sunday in Minnesota.

As the club makes its final push toward the playoffs, Alexander has surprisingly become a key player out of the Royals' bullpen. Over his last 12 games (eight innings), the southpaw hasn't allowed a run while tallying four holds, two saves and a win. Manager Ned Yost will keep going to the well as long as it works, so Alexander is a solid play for those in deep leagues that value such relievers.

Scribner will settle into a relief role with Garrett Richards (biceps) on track to replace him in the rotation Tuesday against the Athletics, Pedro Moura of the Los Angeles Times reports.

Scribner tossed only 2.2 innings during an abbreviated start Aug. 30 and the light workload made manager Mike Scioscia comfortable enough with calling upon the right-hander to record an out in relief two days later with the knowledge that Richards was ready to rejoin the rotation in his stead. Since Richards had been sidelined since the first week of April and made just one rehab start in the minors, it's expected that he'll face a restricted pitch count in Tuesday's outing, so Scribner could be one of the multiple relievers called upon to piggyback Richards during the contest.

Devenski pitched two scoreless innings with three strikeouts to record his fourth save of the season during Sunday's win over the Mets.

Devenski pitched three scoreless frames Saturday to earn his seventh win, so it's been a huge weekend for the standout reliever. With a 2.50 ERA, 0.92 WHIP and 11.3 K/9 for the campaign, the 26-year-old righty has been a strong fantasy asset this season. While regular save opportunities aren't in the equation, his top-tier ratios and high-leverage role still carry plenty of value.