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Barraclough's contract was selected by the Twins on Thursday, Betsy Helfand of the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.

Barraclough signed a minor-league contract with the Twins in mid-June and posted a 2.86 ERA and 1.00 WHIP in 22 innings across 18 relief appearances at Triple-A St. Paul. The 31-year-old will now be available to make his first major-league appearance since 2019 as part of Minnesota's bullpen.

Lopez (3-14) was charged with the loss Thursday against the Rays after surrendering four runs on four hits and a pair of walks while striking out two across two innings.

Lopez just didn't have it Thursday, allowing his first four runners to reach while walking in the first run of the game. The second inning didn't get any better for the 28-year-old, whose fastball velocity was down in the short outing. Lopez has given up 11 runs in just 5.1 innings over his last two starts, taking the loss in both while becoming the first major-league pitcher to be tagged with 14 losses this year. The right-hander's struggles raise his ERA to 6.35 and WHIP to 1.68. He's projected to take on the Angels at home next week.

Manager Aaron Boone said Holmes (illness) will rejoin the Yankees on Thursday but won't be activated from the COVID-19 injured list ahead of the team's series opener versus the Twins, Max Goodman of SI.com reports.

After testing positive for COVID-19 early last week and going into quarantine, Holmes has since cleared all health and safety protocols and is able to resume working out. The Yankees plan to have Holmes throw a bullpen session Friday as a final test of his health, so he likely won't be activated until Saturday at the earliest. Holmes has posted a 4.47 ERA over 51 relief appearances between the Pirates and Yankees this season.

Chapman allowed one run on two hits and one walk while striking out one over two-thirds of an inning against Boston on Wednesday.

The veteran closer made his first appearance since going on the injured list with an elbow issue Aug. 7. He was summoned in the ninth inning with the Yankees up by four runs, but he couldn't get through the frame. Chapman served up a home run to Hunter Renfroe before allowing two additional baserunners to bring the tying run to the plate. New York then turned to Lucas Luetge, who notched his first save in nine years. Despite the rough outing, Chapman is unlikely to face any challenges to his closer role, especially since he has converted each of his past seven save chances.

Luetge earned the save against the Red Sox on Wednesday by retiring the only batter he faced.

Aroldis Chapman started the ninth inning with the Yankees holding a four-run lead, but the team turned to Luetge after the veteran closer gave up a homer along with two additional baserunners. Luetge battled Kevin Plawecki for nine pitches before inducing a groundout to end the game. The save was Luetge's first since his rookie 2012 campaign. Per Max Goodman of SI.com, the left-hander went 3,284 days between saves.

Colome had his fifth blown save chance in Wednesday's win over Cleveland. He gave up two runs on two hits and a walk after taking a lead into the ninth inning. The Twins would later win in extra innings.

Colome had been on a nice run with five saves and a win over 8.1 scoreless innings before this outing. He'll likely remain in the closer role despite this setback with the Twins having few proven options to close games with Taylor Rogers (finger) still sidelined.

Yarbrough (7-4) picked up the win Wednesday in the Rays' 8-4 win over the Orioles after tossing five scoreless frames and permitting one hit and no walks while striking out three.

Making his return from the COVID-19 injured list, Yarbrough worked as a primary pitcher out of the bullpen behind Louis Head, and the arrangement proved to be favorable. According to Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times, Yarbrough said prior to being activated that he didn't feel 100 percent after he contracted the virus despite being vaccinated, but that didn't prevent the southpaw from excelling in his first game back. Yarbrough tossed 70 pitches Wednesday and should be able to push his count closer to the 80-to-90 range in his next outing, regardless of whether he's deployed as a traditional starter or bulk reliever.

Fairbanks (shoulder) will throw live batting practice in Port Charlotte on Thursday, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

Fairbanks threw a 24-pitch bullpen session Monday and will now face live hitters for the first time since he was placed on the injured list in late July. Manager Kevin Cash said the right-hander will likely report to Triple-A Durham for a rehab assignment if Thursday's throwing session goes well.

Iglesias earned the save over Detroit on Wednesday, pitching a perfect inning during which he struck out two batters.

The right-hander entered in the ninth inning to protect a two-run lead and did so with ease, throwing seven of 10 pitches for strikes and collecting a pair of punchouts. Iglesias has successfully converted each of his past six save chances, yielding only one earned run across 8.1 innings over that span. He is tied for third in the league with 27 saves on the season.

Pivetta (9-6) allowed four runs on four hits and three walks while striking out one over 1.2 innings to take the loss to the Yankees on Wednesday.

This was Pivetta's shortest outing in a Boston uniform, but he did not get much help from his defense in a four-run second inning. J.D. Martinez, starting in right field, could not up with a fly ball, and Bobby Dalbec had a grounder deflect off his glove at first base. Pivetta had two consecutive strong efforts before his rude introduction to the Red Sox-Yankees rivalry. The right-hander looks to get back on track in his next start, expected to be Wednesday at home against Minnesota.