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The Orioles purchased Yacabonis' contract from Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday, Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports reports.

After suffering an embarrassing 16-3 loss to the Yankees on Saturday, the Orioles elected to overhaul their bullpen, adding Yacabonis and Logan Verrett from Triple-A while dropping Edwin Jackson and Stefan Crichton. It's the first big-league promotion for Yacabonis, who supplied a 0.90 ERA and 1.03 WHIP and collected seven saves in nine chances over 30 innings with Norfolk. With few reliable healthy options in the bullpen behind closer Brad Brach and setup man Mychal Givens, Yacabonis could quickly vault up the depth chart in Baltimore.

Stanek was optioned to Triple-A Durham on Sunday, Roger Mooney of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Stanek will lose his spot in the Rays bullpen after the team activated Jumbo Diaz (forearm) from the disabled list in a corresponding move. The 25-year-old right-hander's fate was likely sealed after he surrendered five runs -- including three home runs -- in his last two appearances in relief.

Pruitt (5-1) pitched a scoreless top half of the 10th inning, and Tampa Bay scored in the bottom half of the frame to beat the Athletics on Saturday.

The five wins jump off the page for a reliever, but Pruitt's 7.30 ERA and 1.82 WHIP are disastrous fantasy marks. The victory follows a poor previous outing (three runs allowed over just 1.1 innings) against Seattle, and the 27-year-old righty's inconsistency and lack of a go-to role out of the Tampa Bay bullpen make him a desperation asset.

Colome allowed a run on two hits to blow his third save of the season during Saturday's win over Oakland in the first game of the Rays' doubleheader.

The closer had gone 16 consecutive appearances (16.2 innings) since he last blew an attempt and collected a win and 12 saves during that span. With a 2.12 ERA, 1.01 WHIP and 8.2 K/9 for the year, Colome has a stranglehold on the ninth-inning gig for the Rays, and he's a rock-solid asset in all fantasy settings.

Manaea (6-3) gave up two earned runs on six hits, two walks, a wild pitch and a hit batsman over seven innings during Saturday's 7-2 win over the Rays in the second game of a doubleheader. He struck out five.

The lefty worked up to 103 pitches and racked up 20 swinging strikes over that span. It was Manaea's fourth consecutive quality start, as well as his fifth straight outing giving up two earned runs or less. He's notched a victory in each of those contests while lowering his ERA from 5.52 to 3.67 in the process. He'll look to extend his current successful stretch when he tangles with the Yankees at home in his next start.

Layne was designated for assignment by the Yankees following Saturday's game.

The Yankees decided to swap out Layne for Domingo German, who can provide more length out of the bullpen in relief of Chad Green on Sunday. Layne struggled in a specialist's role, allowing an .832 OPS to same-handed hitters, with nine strikeouts to eight walks in total.

Andriese (groin) will undergo an MRI on Sunday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The Rays have already announced that it was a right groin strain that forced Andriese from Saturday's game after one inning -- the same injury he just missed time with -- but we won't know the full extent of the injury until the MRI results are disclosed. Even if the results are favorable, Andriese could still end up missing another start or two.

Green will start Sunday against the Orioles, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.

There had been some rumblings of Green possibly being passed over in favor of Domingo German, but Green will get the spot start. Green has fared well since joining the major-league club, allowing just three runs with a 20:4 K:BB in 16.2 innings, but he hasn't thrown more than 48 pitches in any of his seven appearances.

Andriese left Saturday's game with a right groin strain, Steve Carney of Sports Radio 620 WDAE reports.

The right-hander lasted one inning before suffering a recurrence of the same injury that he just returned from. Chih-Wei Hu replaced Andriese in Saturday's game, but Jacob Faria, who took a turn in place in Andriese earlier in the week, would be a logical candidate to slot into the rotation if this injury forces Andriese back to the disabled list.

Andriese left Saturday's start after one inning with an apparent injury, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Andriese gave up one run on three hits in the first inning and something seemed to go wrong as he was warming up for the second. A reason for his early exit has not yet been provided, but Andriese did just miss time with a groin strain. If this costs him additional time, Jacob Faria could return from Triple-A Durham.