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Montgomery was recalled from the alternate training site Friday ahead of his start against the Red Sox.

Montgomery was in line to make his season debut that got pushed back due to the Marlins' COVID-19 outbreak, but he'll officially join the 30-man roster Friday and start against Boston. The southpaw made two appearances (one start) for the Yankees in 2019, recording a 6.75 ERA and 1.75 WHIP over four innings.

Bubic's contract was selected by the Royals on Friday.

Manager Mike Matheny said Thursday that the team would promote the 22-year-old to their major-league roster, and the Royals made the move official Friday. Bubic led the minors with 185 strikeouts over 149.1 innings last season and will now await a potential major-league debut. While the southpaw has had success at the lower levels of the minors, he may not generate the same results right away while continuing to develop in the majors.

Milone will start Sunday's game against the Rays, Joe Trezza of MLB.com reports.

The left-hander will make his second start of the season in the series finale versus Tampa Bay. Milone started Opening Day for the Orioles and was tagged with the loss after allowing four runs on four hits and three walks while striking out five over three innings.

Snell is slated to work 3-to-4 innings maximum in his start Friday against the Orioles, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The left-hander threw an elevated 46 pitches across just two frames in his first start of the season Sunday, and the Rays will hope for more efficiency in his second turn Friday. Snell averaged 94.9 mph on his fastball in his season debut, which represents a slight downturn from his respective 95.9 and 96.5 season-ending figures the last two campaigns. The slight dip in velocity isn't a concern for Snell, who implies it was partly by design. "I'm going to try to keep within what I've been doing," Snell said. "I'm not going to try to max out velo or get nasty. I'm happy with where I'm at. I feel like it's definitely more than enough. My velo will continue to climb the more that I pitch."

Perez used his changeup more often in Thursday's 4-2 win over the Mets, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.

Aside from a minor blip in the third inning, Perez mastered the Mets, facing four or fewer batters in the four of the five innings he completed. "Great job from Martin to get us that far," said manager Ron Roenicke. "Really commanded his pitches from the first inning on. That's huge for us, to have him do that." After relying on his cutter during his first start, when the Orioles jumped on Perez for five runs in the first two innings, the left-hander threw 31 changeups (35.2 percent of his pitches) in Thursday's win, generating nine swings-and-misses on the pitch. "I had a good feeling today," Perez said. "As soon as I started throwing it and seeing those guys weren't making adjustments, I just said this is the pitch I have to stay on. I just trusted it."

Rodriguez (illness) was examined by the Red Sox's medical staff Thursday, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.

"We haven't gotten results yet," Boston manager Ron Roenicke said later in the day. "If we know anything more, I'm hoping I do in the next day or two, then we'll get it to you and see where he is. Hopefully everything is good and we can start at least playing catch with him again." Rodriguez was diagnosed with myocarditis -- inflammation of the heart -- and the condition is believed to be related to COVID-19. The Red Sox are not rushing Rodriguez back, but they are hoping the left-hander can pitch in 1-2 inning stints at some point.

Singer pitched five innings against Detroit on Thursday, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks while striking out three. He did not factor in the decision.

Singer didn't rack up many punchouts Thursday, but he mostly held down Detroit's offense while throwing 54 of 82 pitches for strikes. The Tigers' only two runs against Singer came on a pair of solo home runs, but that was enough to prevent the right-hander from picking up a win. Singer has held his own through his first two outings and will look to pick up his first big-league victory in a road outing against the Cubs on Tuesday.

Berrios (0-1) took the loss in Thursday's matchup against Cincinnati, hurling five innings and allowing two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out six.

Berrios' second start of the season was a vast improvement over his initial outing, during which he gave up five runs across four innings. However, the right-hander was overmatched by a dominant Shane Bieber and handed his first loss of 2020. Berrios was pulled after five innings due to racking up a hefty 96 pitches, though the only real damage against him was a third inning home run off the bat of Francisco Lindor. Berrios will look for his first win of the campaign Tuesday when he faces Pittsburgh at home in his next scheduled start.

Bieber (2-0) earned the win against Minnesota on Thursday, pitching eight scoreless innings and allowing three hits while striking out 13.

If you're looking to identify the most impressive pitcher to begin the 2020 campaign, the search ends with Bieber -- he has yet to allow a run in his first two starts while yielding only seven hits and racking up 27 strikeouts over 14 innings. The right-hander evolved into a legitimate ace last season and has taken that a step further in 2020, following his dominant first start with a complete shutdown of a potent Minnesota offense. All three hits against Bieber on Thursday were singles, and he induced an impressive 22 swinging strikes en route to 13 punchouts. Bieber will look to extend his scorching start to the campaign Tuesday in an intrastate matchup at Cincinnati.

Bundy (1-1) allowed three runs on four hits and two walks while striking out eight in six innings in a loss to the Mariners on Thursday.

Bundy cruised after allowing a three-run homer to Jose Marmolejos in the first inning, and the end result just met the standard for a quality start. The right-handed Bundy now has a 2.84 ERA through 12.2 innings this season. He's projected to start in a rematch in Seattle next Thursday.