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Lopez (7-9) allowed one run on five hits while striking out eight over seven innings, picking up the win Friday against the Cubs.

Lopez gave up a first-inning solo home run, but he sailed through the final six innings of his outing. He threw 70 of 108 pitches for strikes. The 24-year-old has been dominant in September, going 2-0 with just two runs allowed and 30 punchouts over 27 frames. Lopez will draw one more start Tuesday against Cleveland before the season comes to a close.

Fulmer (knee) was placed on the 60-day disabled list Friday.

The move is purely a procedural one, as Fulmer has already been ruled out for the year after surgery to repair a torn meniscus. He's expected to be ready to go by the start of spring training. The transaction frees a spot on the 40-man roster for Harold Castro, whose contract was selected from Triple-A Toledo in a corresponding move.

Beeks is expected to work behind opening pitcher Diego Castillo in Friday's game against the Blue Jays, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Rays manager Kevin Cash hasn't confirmed that Beeks will serve as the team's primary pitcher, but he seems to be the most logical candidate for those duties after Ryan Yarbrough logged four innings Wednesday and Yonny Chirinos covered 4.2 innings Thursday. Unlike Yarbrough and Chirinos, the Rays have been more reluctant to hand Beeks heavy workloads out of the bullpen lately, with the expanded roster likely contributing to the rookie's more limited usage. Beeks has worked between two and three frames in each of his last four appearances, factoring into the decision on only one of those occasions.

Lopez (2-5) suffered the loss against the Tigers on Thursday, allowing seven earned runs and eight hits over one-plus innings. He didn't allow a walk or record a strikeout.

Lopez left his previous start early due to injury, and he left Thursday's contest early due to poor performance. He allowed three home runs and wasn't able to record an out in the second inning before being pulled from the game. His ERA ballooned to 5.03 after the rough outing, and he'll look to bounce back in his next scheduled start, which is currently slated for Thursday against the Indians.

Manager Alex Cora said Thursday that Barnes (hip) is "a full go" and "ready for game action" heading into Thursday's series finale against the Yankees, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.

Cora added that he won't put Barnes immediately into high-leverage spots upon his return. The right-hander has been sidelined with left hip inflammation dating back to Sept. 3, but will have about a week and a half to get back into game shape before the start of the postseason.

Lopez (ribs) has been cleared to start Thursday against the Tigers.

As expected, Lopez won't be forced to miss a start after exiting his previous outing with a left rib contusion. The 25-year-old is 2-0 with a 2.33 ERA and 13:1 K:BB through three starts (19.1 innings) in September and will look to keep things rolling as he faces lefty Matt Boyd in Thursday's series opener.

Hendriks will serve as Oakland's opener Friday against Minnesota, Jane Lee of MLB.com reports.

This will mark the right-hander's seventh "start" this month, as the Athletics are prepared to move forward with another bullpen day during the series opener. Aside from his first time being utilized as an opener against Seattle on Sept. 1, Hendriks has only pitched one inning during each of his last five starts.

Manaea underwent surgery performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Wednesday to clean up the space between his shoulder joint capsule, Julian McWilliams of The Athletic reports. Per Jane Lee of MLB.com, head trainer Nick Paparesta stated that the club will have a better indication of Manaea's timetable around spring training.

In addition to cleaning up the joint, ElAttrache also repaired Manaea's labrum. It's expected that Manaea will miss the entirety of the 2019 season after undergoing this procedure, but as Paparesta stated, there doesn't seem to be a concrete timeframe at this juncture until the team is able to monitor how he responds to the surgery. According to Lee, Paparesta was encouraged by ElAttrache's prognosis in which he said, "We all feel like [Manaea] will be back at the major-league level pitching again." It is a bit concerning that ElAttrache felt the need to make this sort of comment, but obviously this statement was more inspiring than if he would've said the opposite. Based on comments from all parties, it appears as though a best-case scenario would see Manaea return to the fold at some point near the end of the 2019 season.

Fulmer underwent successful knee surgery Thursday and will miss the remainder of the season, Anthony Fenech of the Detroit Free Press reports.

Fulmer opted for surgery after Dr. James Andrews confirmed the right-hander suffered a torn right meniscus. The procedure typically carries a recovery timetable of three or four months, so the expectation is that he'll be ready to go by the start of spring training. Fulmer finished the season with a 4.69 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 110:46 K:BB across 24 starts (132.1 innings).

Lawrence (1-0) picked up the win in Wednesday's 9-0 victory over the Astros, tossing three scoreless innings of relief and allowing one hit and two walks while striking out one.

The 30-year-old entered the game after opener Matt Festa gave Seattle a clean first inning, and five other relievers then combined to preserve Lawrence's first big-league win of the year. Given his 7.08 ERA through 20.1 innings for the M's this year, don't expect much fantasy value from Lawrence over the final days of the regular season.