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Romano allowed one hit and one walk while striking out two over two scoreless innings Friday against the Indians.

Romano has bounced back with a pair of scoreless outings after getting hit hard March 7. "He is looking better and better," manager Chris Woodward told T.R. Sullivan of the MLB.com. "He's got conviction behind his pitches. We really challenged him after that and he's accepted it. He has pitched really well. That was impressive. He got hit pretty hard and he bounced back." As a Rule 5 selection, Romano needs to make the Opening Day roster or be offered back to the Blue Jays. The White Sox originally selected him from the Blue Jays then flipped him to the Rangers for cash considerations. The right-hander was a starter in the Blue Jays organization but will be a reliever for Texas. Five of his six Cactus League outings have been scoreless.

Duffey was optioned to Triple-A Rochester on Saturday.

Duffey spent more time in the minors than the majors last season as he appears to be out of Minnesota's long-term plans despite stretches of being productive as a reliever in 2017. With a minor-league option left, he's likely to be shuttled up and down from Triple-A.

Devenski allowed one hit and struck out one in one inning Friday against the Cardinals.

Looking at Devenski's spring numbers are misleading. His 8.31 ERA appears ugly, but all four runs he's allowed came in his first outing. Since then, Devenski has pitched four scoreless innings and worked to get himself back to the form he showed in 2017 when he was dubbed the "Dragon." Earlier this spring, manager AJ Hinch told Brian McTaggart of MLB.com that he wanted Devenski to air it out and not be too cute. "We really wanted to get him away from thinking too much and get him into Dragon mode, basically," he said. "Let him come and show a ton of energy, get through the ball, let the ball go wherever it goes and not get overly complicated." The 28-year-old reliever will be a weapon out of the bullpen if rediscovers the 2017 version of himself.

Banda (elbow) threw another bullpen session Friday, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.

Banda underwent Tommy John surgery last May, so he's still working up to live batting practice sessions like fellow rehabbing hurlers Brett Honeywell and Jose De Leon have. However, Banda continues to make steady progress and has not suffered any setbacks, leaving him on track for a potential return to game action at some point in the mid-to-late summer.

De Leon (elbow) threw his second batting practice of the week Friday, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports.

De Leon joined fellow Tommy John surgery rehabber Brett Honeywell in throwing a live BP on Friday. De Leon was also throwing his second session of the week after having worked up to 15 pitches Tuesday. The right-hander will continue to work towards an eventual minor-league rehab assignment, which would appear to still be several weeks away at minimum.

Honeywell (elbow) threw another successful live batting practice session Friday, Juan Toribio of MLB.com reports. "Everything today was good," Honeywell said. "The action was good. It was a lot better than the first time because of my comfort level."

The right-hander threw 20 pitches Friday after having topped out at 15 in his first live BP on Tuesday. Honeywell missed all of 2018 after spring Tommy John surgery, He'll strive to work up to 25 and 30 pitches, respectively, in his next two sessions, and if he avoids setbacks Honeywell is projected to get into minor-league game action at some point in May.

King (elbow) has resumed throwing after suffering a stress reaction in his right elbow, DJ Eberle of the Times Leader reports.

King is just now starting to throw after being diagnosed with a stress reaction before pitchers and catchers reported for spring training. He's thrown up to 90 feet so far, although there isn't a timetable for when he could return to game action. "He feels good and hopefully we'll have no more setbacks on that," stated the Yankees' senior director of player development, Kevin Reese.

Borucki allowed one run on three hits and a walk and struck out five over 4.2 innings Friday against the Phillies.

Borucki surrendered his lone run of the ballgame in the third inning on an RBI single by Jean Segura, but he was otherwise unscathed. Borucki has looked sharp so far in camp and now owns a 3.24 ERA with 14 strikeouts over 16.2 frames as he tries to win a spot in the rotation.

Snow was reassigned to minor-league camp by the Angels on Friday.

Snow signed a minor-league deal with the Angels in December but had a rough time in spring training and allowed nine runs on 13 hits over seven innings. The 30-year-old spent 2018 at Triple-A Durham for Tampa Bay and had a 4.82 ERA, 1.31 WHIP and 112:37 K:BB over 117.2 innings (20 starts).

Jerez was optioned to Triple-A Salt Lake on Friday.

Jerez threw 15 innings at the major-league level last season, finishing with a 6.00 ERA. He could be an option to return when injuries strike the Angels' bullpen.