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Manoah allowed two hits and two walks over 3.1 scoreless innings in Saturday's Grapefruit League game against the Yankees. He struck out three.

Facing most of New York's Opening day lineup, Manoah allowed consistent traffic on the bases but was able to shut down any potential rallies, inducing double plays in the second and third innings and striking out the final two batters he faced in Josh Donaldson and Joey Gallo. Manoah has had a solid start to the spring, posting a 5:3 K:BB through 5.1 innings, and the 24-year-old right-hander is looking to take a step forward after his impressive 2021 big-league debut.

The Tigers have an off day in camp Tuesday, but Mize will pitch in a minor-league game against the Yankees that day, Evan Woodbery of MLive.com reports.

Mize last pitched in a Grapefruit League game Thursday, so this will keep the righty on his regular schedule of pitching every five days. The 24-year-old has been outstanding through two spring starts, logging five scoreless innings with nine strikeouts. He could be in line for a breakout 2022 campaign if he carries over some positive momentum into the regular season.

Whitley (elbow) was optioned to minor-league camp Sunday, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports.

Whitley is recovering from Tommy John surgery undergone in March 2021 and never had a chance of breaking camp on the big-league roster. The 24-year-old has been throwing off a mound, though it's unclear where exactly he currently stands in his rehab work, but he could be ready for game action sometime in June.

Lyles (illness) is scheduled to pitch during Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Tigers, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

The 31-year-old was scratched from his start Friday due to a stomach bug, and he'll return to the mound Sunday and pitch behind starter John Means. The minor delay shouldn't affect Lyles' availability for Opening Day.

Gonzales fired four scoreless innings during his second Cactus League start Friday against the White Sox, allowing two hits and three walks while recording a strikeout.

The left-hander has now logged seven scoreless frames across his first two Cactus League turns, flashing the same consistency that's become his trademark during his last four seasons in Seattle. Gonzales checks in as a clear No. 2 in the rotation in 2022 with Robbie Ray arriving this offseason, but if early returns are any indication, he looks primed for his fourth double-digit win tally in the last five campaigns.

Cole will make his first start of the spring Sunday and is expected to throw around 50 pitches, Max Goodman of SI.com reports.

Cole is making his first appearance a bit later than other Yankees starters this spring, but he's not suffering from any injury issues. The veteran fireballer is expected to be fully ramped up by the start of the season and has typically been among the first few starting pitchers picked in fantasy drafts.

Wacha allowed two runs on four hits and struck out one over four innings in Saturday's spring training start against the Rays.

Wacha increased his workload from three to four innings in his second Grapefruit League start, putting him in line to reach five or six by the first week of the regular season. The right-hander has permitted two runs, eight hits and one walk over seven spring innings with just two strikeouts. He's not an elite strikeout guy, but he's better than what he's showed this spring.

Houck allowed three runs on two hits and five walks while striking out four over 2.2 innings in Friday's spring training start against the Braves.

Houck was roughed up in his second Grapefruit League start and has walked eight over five spring innings. Despite the results, Houck did not sound too concerned when speaking with Ian Browne of MLB.com following the game. The right-hander stressed the importance of getting in the work over outcomes, and he developed a plan to work on the issues that led to the results. "Felt good. Obviously out of the stretch, I'm getting a little too rotational," Houck said. "I talked with [pitching coach Dave Bush] about it already. Get back in tomorrow and look at some video and just re-sort things out and make a game plan going forward with it." He's scheduled to start the third game of the regular season, a Sunday night primetime meeting with the Yankees in New York.

Dunning allowed one run on four hits and one walk while striking out two over 2.2 innings in Friday's spring training game against Kansas City.

Dunning was backed by three home runs, which gives the Rangers an MLB-leading 17 spring homers. If that kind of power continues into the regular season, it would help all of Texas' starters. The right-hander made his second Cactus League start and broke out a new slider, Kennedi Landry of MLB.com reports. Dunning said the pitch has more horizontal break than vertical and stressed it's something he's still working on, noting the two he threw Friday were "horrible." Dunning plans to use both sliders this season, along with his sinker, curveball, changeup and cutter for a six-pitch arsenal. He makes his living off the sinker, which he threw 52.2 percent of time in 2021.

Severino tossed 1.2 innings in a Grapefruit League game against the Phillies on Friday, allowing three runs on four hits and four walks. He did not strike out any batters.

Severino struggled mightily to get the ball over the plate in his second spring outing, throwing only 22 of 49 pitches for strikes and issuing four free passes. When he avoided throwing balls, the right-hander was hit relatively hard, yielding two doubles among his four hits allowed. Severino is penciled in to fill a rotation spot for the Yankees this season, but he's struggled in both of his spring outings thus far, allowing a total of seven earned runs, eight hits and five walks over 3.2 innings while notching only one punchout.