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Hendriks (elbow) will come off the DL within the next two days, per manager Bob Melvin, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Hendriks has been on a rehab assignment for the last week-and-a-half, most recently tossing two innings at Triple-A Nashville on Thursday. It's unclear if he'll squeeze in one final rehab appearance, but barring a setback he'll return to the A's on Sunday or Monday.

Layne pitched two scoreless innings in Friday night's loss to the Mariners.

Finding opportunities for the lefty specialist has been difficult -- his last appearance was on June 1 -- but after two consecutive games in which Boston's starters failed to go deep, Layne was needed for a rare multi-inning appearance. His scoreless outing Friday snapped a three-game streak in which Layne's allowed at least one run.

Graveman threw seven strong innings in Friday's start versus the Angels, allowing just one run with four strikeouts and one walk. He did not factor into the decision.

The righty lasted just four innings in his previous start, and he responded by completing seven innings for the first time this season, with the only blemish coming in the form of a C.J. Cron solo home run in the third inning. Unfortunately, the Athletics offense was typically ineffective and left it late before plating the winning run in a low-scoring affair, quashing Graveman's chance at earning a victory. The encouraging outing lowered his ERA to 4.87, and he will look for a repeat performance versus the Angels again on Thursday.

Farmer was optioned to Triple-A Toledo following Friday's game against the Royals.

Farmer made just one appearance during this most recent trip to Detroit, allowing one earned run during his lone inning on the mound. A corresponding move by the Tigers is expected to come ahead of Saturday's game in Kansas City.

Fulmer (7-2) pitched 5.2 innings, allowing one run, five hits and four walks while striking out five in Friday's loss to the Royals.

Fulmer was one out away from recording his sixth straight quality start, but served up a solo shot to Salvador Perez, which ended Fulmer's scoreless streak at 33.1 innings. He was hooked after walking the next two hitters. The loss was only the second of Fulmer's MLB career, and the first since May 5. The 23-year-old rookie has provided fantasy owners with more than they could have hoped for through the first part of this season. Fulmer's ERA is elite, his 8.7 K/9 is fruitful, and he dishes one of the better fastballs (94.7 mph) among starting pitchers.

May (back) is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Sunday, Mike Bernardino of PioneerPress reports.

May was placed on the 15-day DL on June 10 with back soreness but he's now set to begin throwing off a mound again. If all goes well during his bullpen stint, a rehab assignment could be on tap late next week. The 26-year-old righty will look to turn things around in his 2016 season once he makes his return in the next several weeks as he's coughed up 14 earned runs over his last 7.2 major league innings (16.43 ERA).

Martinez will take the ball Saturday against the Cardinals, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports.

It came down to Martinez and Cesar Ramos, and the Rangers opted to go with the 25-year-old righty who managed a 3.98 FIP with just a 42:11 K:BB in 64 innings as a starter at Triple-A this season. Martinez is simply going to keep the spot in the rotation warm for Yu Darvish (shoulder), although if he struggles, Ramos or another pitcher could be given a shot while Darvish is on the DL. There is very little fantasy upside here.

VerHagen was placed on the 15-day DL on Friday with right shoulder thoracic outlet syndrome.

He has been out since May 22, and now it is clear what has been ailing him. This is a blow to the Tigers' bullpen depth and it is unclear when VerHagen will be eligible to return. Consider him out indefinitely for now.

Hendriks (elbow) tossed two innings in a rehab appearance with Triple-A Nashville on Thursday.

Hendriks has thrown four times since beginning a rehab assignment June 7, and he has allowed two earned runs over 5.2 innings (3.18 ERA) while compiling a 4:2 K:BB. He is working as a reliever, so it should not be long before he is ready to rejoin the A's.

Webb (pectoral) will make his second rehab appearance for Triple-A Durham on Saturday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The veteran reliever reported no setbacks after his first appearance, which came Wednesday night. Webb surrendered two hits and an earned run over 0.2 innings in that contest, with both outs coming on strikeouts. Assuming he emerges from Saturday's outing without further issues, the 30-year-old could re-join the major league club during next week's road trip.