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Montas will be recalled from Triple-A Nashville to start Sunday against the Diamondbacks, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

The Athletics are looking to give Trevor Cahill, who recently returned from the disabled list, an extra day of rest before his next start, so Montas will be summoned from the minors to make a spot start. The 25-year-old owns a 4.39 ERA, 1.34 WHIP and 33:13 K:BB through nine starts (41 innings) with the Sounds this season. He struggled to a 7.03 ERA across 32 innings of relief with the A's last season, so expectations should be tempered for his 2018 big-league debut.

Bassitt was recalled from Triple-A Nashville on Saturday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Bassitt will join the Athletics to offer length out of the bullpen with Frankie Montas slated to start Sunday's series finale. The 29-year-old, who last appeared in the majors in 2016, owns a 6.35 ERA and 1.66 WHIP across 28.1 innings with the Sounds this season. Josh Lucas was sent to the minors in a corresponding roster move.

Nuno fired a scoreless ninth inning in his Rays debut Friday against the Orioles.

The veteran southpaw was just summoned from Triple-A Durham on Wednesday after Jake Faria (oblique) hit the disabled list. Nuno is capable of working long relief and would be a likely candidate for a "bullpen day" start as well, considering he's opened 42 games over his five previous major-league seasons.

Rodon (shoulder) is expected to make his next start after he was removed from his previous outing when a comebacker hit him on the forehead, Phil Thompson of the Chicago Tribune reports.

Rodon exhibited no signs of a concussion and was treated merely for a cut on the forehead. He's expected to make at least two more rehabilitation starts and is on path to return to Chicago by the first week of June.

Paxton (4-1) struck out 11 and walked zero in a win over the Twins on Friday, giving up one run on three hits in seven innings.

Paxton was efficient Friday, throwing 72 of 103 pitches for strikes while not walking a batter for the second time in his last three starts. This was the fourth time this year that Paxton has recorded double-digit strikeouts in a game, and he now carries a superb 90:20 K:BB in 69.2 innings. The left-hander has thrown six straight quality starts and is now holding opponents to a .187 batting average. His next start will be against the Rangers at home.

Keuchel didn't factor into the decision against Cleveland on Friday, scattering eight hits over six innings, giving up two earned runs, striking out five and walking one in the Astros' 11-2 victory.

Keuchel pitched well in this contest, but didn't find himself in line for the win, as the Astros got all 11 of their runs off Cleveland's bullpen after Indians ace Corey Kluber got taken out of the game. Keuchel's 3-6 record through his first 11 starts of the season has been a bit of a disappointment considering he's averaged 15 wins per season over the last three years. However, his 3.39 ERA and 1.17 WHIP over 69 innings are still strong numbers, and if he continues to keep his stats around those levels, he should start to find himself in line for more victories pitching on a great Houston team with one of the better lineups in baseball.

Kluber didn't factor into the decision against the Astros, scattering seven hits over 6.1 scoreless innings, striking out seven and walking none before the Indians eventually lost 11-2 to Houston on Friday.

Kluber was his customarily dominant self in this contest, but the Indians ended up getting blown out as his bullpen was torched for all 11 earned runs after he exited the contest. It was unfortunate to see such a strong outing wasted, but Kluber remains one of the most dominant pitchers in the game, as he has a 2.17 ERA, a microscopic 0.86 WHIP, and an elite 78:10 K:BB through 78.2 innings this season.

Rodriguez (5-1) got the win against the Braves on Friday, giving up two earned runs on six hits over 5.2 innings, striking out seven and walking three as the Red Sox ended up with a 6-2 victory.

Rodriguez has been sharp of late, with just five earned runs to his name and a 26:6 K:BB over his last 21.1 innings. His 4.02 ERA on the season still isn't spectacular, but that's a bit inflated thanks to a pair of rough starts on April 30 and May 5 where he gave up five earned runs each in back-to-back outings. With Rodriguez, the main question has always been whether he can stay healthy enough to put his skills to good use over the course of an entire season. If 2018 turns out to be the year where he finally does so, he certainly has the talent to put up good fantasy numbers.

Heaney allowed one run on four hits and three walks while striking out five over 6.1 innings in a no-decision against the Yankees on Friday.

This road matchup in New York represented the toughest test yet for Heaney, and he passed with flying colors. Heaney got 15 called strikes and 17 swinging strikes on 97 pitches -- performing arguably even more impressively than Luis Severino did for the other side. Heaney has allowed two earned runs or fewer in each of his last six starts, lowering his ERA to 3.09 through 46.2 innings this season. The lefty lines up for a road matchup in Detroit next week.

Severino allowed one run on four hits and four walks while striking out five over six innings in a no-decision against the Angels on Friday.

Mike Trout touched him up for a homer and Andrew Heaney's impressive showing on the other side kept Severino out of the win column, but it was another excellent performance from the 24-year-old. Severino has rattled off eight consecutive quality starts and ranks among the league leaders in every traditional pitching category. He will look to replicate his May 2 shutout of the Astros his next time out, this time at home.