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Kaprielian was optioned to Oakland's alternate training site Thursday, John Hickey of SI.com reports.

The A's needed to trim the roster from 30 players to 28 on Thursday, and Kaprielian unfortunately gets dispatched without getting the opportunity to make his MLB debut. Manager Bob Melvin said the A's see Kaprielian as a potentially impactful long-term piece, but he has been limited to organizational depth duties so far this season. It's possible he could make a spot start later in the summer.

Odorizzi (back) will come off the injured list to start Saturday's game at Kansas City, Dan Hayes of The Athletic reports.

He was expected to be on track for a weekend activation and it sounds like his latest side session went off without a hitch. The Twins haven't indicated how deep Odorizzi will be able to go in the outing, but he draws a strong fantasy matchup on paper for what will be his season debut.

Gonzales (2-1) earned the win Wednesday against the Angels after giving up three runs on three hits -- all of them home runs -- while striking out seven across seven innings.

Gonzales allowed homers to Max Stassi in the third, and both David Fletcher and Mike Trout in the sixth, but he was excellent the rest of the way while posting his second straight quality start. The long ball has been an issue early in the season, however, as he has already given up four homers in just 17.2 innings. That's an area where he needs to improve ahead of his next start, scheduled for Aug. 11 against the Rangers on the road.

Teheran (0-1) was tagged with the loss Wednesday against the Mariners. He allowed two runs on two hits and two walks while fanning two across 2.2 innings.

Teheran was built up to around 60 pitches and tossed 52 (33 strikes), so he was unlikely to go deep into the game regardless of how good he could have looked on the mound. He will try to deliver a better showing in his upcoming start, scheduled for Aug. 10 at home against the Athletics.

Farrell allowed one run on one hit and one walk while striking out two over one inning in Wednesday's 6-4 loss to Oakland.

Farrell was talked up during a scoreless spring training and summer camp as a potential impact reliever, but the right-hander has allowed runs in all three appearances thus far. He's given up five runs on five hits, four walks, a hit batter and two wild pitches over 3.1 innings.

Bubic (0-2) allowed two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out six over six innings in a loss to the Cubs on Wednesday.

Bubic more than held his own in his second career start, and in fact finished with more swinging strikes (13) than his counterpart, Yu Darvish (11). However, the 22-year-old lefty did not get any support from his offense and is now 0-2 despite a 3.60 ERA and 1.00 WHIP through 10 innings (all at home). Bubic will be put to the test in his next two starts: at Cincinnati and then at Minnesota.

McCullers (1-1) allowed eight runs on seven hits over 3.2 innings in a loss to the Diamondbacks on Wednesday. He struck out one and walked none.

McCullers was perfect through three innings, inducing eight groundouts in addition to the one whiff. The second turn through the order went much worse, and the right-hander wouldn't escape the fourth inning. McCullers now has a 9.22 ERA and 1.83 WHIP after Wednesday's disaster. He'll try to get back on track Monday at home versus the Giants.

Dunning is building up his workload at the White Sox's alternate camp, Scott Merkin of MLB.com reports.

Dunning was one of the options to replace the injured Carlos Rodon (shoulder) in the rotation Saturday, but Chicago's prospect is still building innings. "He's continuing to build up his endurance and essentially is a guy who is coming back as a starter post-[Tommy John surgery] without the ability to go on rehab assignments,' White Sox general manager Rick Hahn said. "We have a very strict program he's following, and it doesn't quite include making his Major League debut come this Saturday." As such, the White Sox will go with an opener and bullpen day to cover Rodon's next scheduled turn. Dunning is expected to join the White Sox at a point during the season, but that's a few weeks away.

Ryu (1-1) allowed one hit and three walks over five scoreless innings in a win over the Braves on Wednesday. He struck out eight.

Ryu had 14 swings and misses on his changeup alone (32 pitches), per Keegan Matheson of MLB.com, and was throwing his cutter with a bit more oomph. His velocity was down in his start last week and the Nationals capitalized for nine hits in 4.1 innings. The lefty lines up to start the Blue Jays' first game at Sahlen Field in Buffalo -- the team's "home opener" -- Aug. 11 against the Marlins.

Cobb (0-1) took the loss during Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader against the Marlins after allowing one runs on two hits with seven strikeouts and three walks over five innings.

Te only scoring of the game came on Brian Anderson's fourth-inning, solo homer, but that one swing proved to be enough to saddle Cobb with the loss. The right-hander hasn't been able to work deep into games through his first three starts with only 14.1 innings pitched, but he still has a 2.50 ERA, 1.12 WHIP and 15:6 K:BB. He's next scheduled to take the mound next week in Philadelphia.