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Saupold (groin) is expected to miss two-to-four weeks, MLB.com's Jason Beck reports.

He landed on the DL earlier this week, but is a low-end relief option for an already middling bullpen, so there's not much fantasy value to extract, even when he returns.

Kahnle was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte on Friday.

Due to Melky Cabrera being placed on the Family Emergency Leave List, Kahnle was called up and will be ready to go for Friday's game against Detroit. Kahnle has bounced around a couple of times this season between the White Sox and Charlotte and has held his own with Chicago, allowing two hits and one earned run during 3.1 innings of work. If he can settle in and avoid giving up walks, Kahnle could prove that he should stay with the big league club for good.

In three starts since May 21, Fulmer has recorded three wins and has an ERA of 0.40 and WHIP of 0.582. Overall, he has a 5-1 record and has struck out 44 in 41.2 innings.

Fulmer has been the Tigers most effective pitcher over the last two weeks. He has pitched at least seven innings in each of his three starts and has allowed just a single earned run on nine hits. Fulmer has also been a pillar of control, walking just four while striking out 22. He credits his success to the addition of an effective changeup to give him three strong pitches, as well as following the lead of backstops James McCann and Jarrod Saltalamacchia. He's on a great run right now and should clearly be in your lineup while he's this hot.

Moore, who was lifted Thursday after throwing 96 pitches in five innings in a 6-4 loss to the Twins, has expressed a desire to be allowed to go longer in his starts, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports. "It's baseball. This is not Little League with pitch counts or high school where they are trying to keep you healthy and things like that. This is the major leagues - it's time to go. This is something that we prepare for.''

The 26-year-old made his comments to reporters following Thursday's game, during which he gave up eights hits and four runs over his five frames, and also blew leads in two separate instances. Moore went on to clarify that he wasn't officially questioning manager Kevin Cash's decision-making process, but wanted to emphasize how capable he feels he and his rotation mates are of working through some of the trouble they encounter within their starts. "I'm not questioning the moves they're making, I'm just saying we do have more in the tank,'' Moore said. "That if he does allow us to go out there for the sixth or the seventh or whatever inning it is, that we are going to be okay, that we are going to be able to compete in those moments. And to us starters it doesn't matter how many times the lineups turn over. It doesn't matter who we're playing. The mentality within our group is we're going to go out there until he takes the ball from us.'' After a first month of the season that saw Moore produce quality starts in three of his five trips to the mound, he's gotten past the fifth inning only once in six subsequent starts. He's currently sporting a bloated 5.46 ERA after his latest debacle Thursday night.

Rogers (1-0) tossed two perfect innings to get the win against the Rays on Thursday. He struck out two.

Rogers bailed out Phil Hughes with a solid effort coming from the bullpen. The 25-year-old lefty lowered his ERA to 3.27, and he has allowed only one run in his last seven outings (9.1 innings). He has 10 strikeouts and just one walk in 11 frames this year, and there's a chance his value rises quickly if he keeps pitching like this on a consistent basis.

Moore tossed five innings against the Twins on Thursday, but he didn't factor in the decision. He allowed four runs on eight hits and two walks while fanning four.

Moore has a 5.46 ERA this season, and while the strikeout totals remain fairly decent with 60 over 60.2 innings, he's struggled overall. Moore had a 7.36 ERA during May, and this performance doesn't exactly show an improvement over what he's done the past month. He will try to leave his struggles behind in his next start against the Diamondbacks on the road Tuesday.

Chapman allowed a run on two hits and a walk, but he got the job done and recorded the three outs to pick up the save against Detroit on Thursday.

Perhaps what stands out the most is the fact that Chapman didn't record a single strikeout for the first time since May 15. The Cuban flamethrower has converted his eight save chances so far in 2016, and he's fanned 15 in only 10.1 frames. He has a 2.61 ERA and a stellar 0.97 WHIP.

Betances (2-2) allowed a run on a hit and a walk, but struck out three batters during 1.1 innings of work to get the win against the Tigers on Thursday.

Betances' value isn't as high as it was earlier in the season since he's been releated to a seventh-inning duty, but his strikeouts make him extremely valuable anyway. Betances has a 2.81 ERA, and he's fanned 50 in only 25.2 innings of work. He's struck out at least two batters in nine of his past 10 appearances.

Kelly said he needs to make some mechanical adjustments, which he believes contributed to his lack of fastball command in Wednesday night's loss to the Orioles, the Boston Globe reports. "There's a couple of different things, arm slot dropping a little bit the last couple of starts, which is lack of fastball command," he said. "It's just something I have to stay on top of the ball a little bit better. Just need to command."

Kelly has put up two consecutive horrific starts -- 12 runs allowed on 16 hits and six walks in seven innings -- and earned himself a southbound ride on I-95 to Triple-A Pawtucket. For whatever reason, Kelly seems to lose his mechanics quite easily. He'll get the opportunity to work on it in Triple-A, but who knows the shape and state of Boston's rotation when he does get himself right. If, say, Clay Buchholz gets a second chance as a starter and is pitching well, there'll be no room for Kelly. It has long been believed that Kelly has the stuff to be a good reliever. If that's the case, Kelly can be of use to Boston, who lost Carson Smith (elbow) for the season and needs to find setup help for Koji Uehara and Junichi Tazawa.

The Red Sox optioned Kelly to Triple-A Pawtucket following Wednesday's game, Rob Bradford of WEEI.com reports.

Kelly was tagged for seven earned runs in just 2.1 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Orioles and now owns an 8.46 ERA on the season, so the team decided to take advantage of a remaining option and give him some time in the minors to iron things out. The Red Sox will not necessarily need a fifth starter for the considerable future thanks to off days in their schedule, so it remains to be seen who will take Kelly's spot in the rotation. Reliever Noe Ramirez will take Kelly's place on the roster for the time being.