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Edwards signed a minor-league deal with Atlanta on Saturday, David O'Brien of The Athletic reports.

The 29-year-old opted out of his minor-league contract with the Braves on March 25, but he'll now rejoin the organization after briefly testing free agency. Edwards had an 1.08 ERA and eight strikeouts across 8.1 innings during spring training.

White was optioned to the Dodgers' alternate training site Tuesday.

White was a longshot to break camp with the Dodgers coming out of spring training, and his battle with a shoulder injury cemented that decision as the right-hander was able to log only two Cactus League innings. White did return to the mound at the end of March and is expected to be part of the team's taxi squad at some point in the campaign, so it wouldn't be surprising if he spends some time on the big-league roster this season.

Kittredge (1-0) allowed an earned run on two hits and a walk over one inning in Friday's win over the Marlins. He struck out one.

The right-hander was bailed out by the Rays' four-run ninth inning, affording him his first win since 2019. Kittredge should see his fair share of work in the middle innings this coming season, with his ability to work multiple frames making him especially valuable.

Fairbanks was credited with his second hold in a win over the Marlins on Friday, firing a scoreless one-third of an inning during which he allowed no hits and issued one walk.

Fairbanks' quick five-pitch appearance Friday was preceded by a one-inning stint Opening Day. The 27-year-old logged 47.2 frames over the past two seasons, and his high-90s fastball should play well in the later innings again in 2021.

Biddle signed a minor-league deal with Atlanta on Saturday, Andersen Pickard of MLBDailyDish.com reports.

He was released by the Reds last week after allowing three runs on on nine hits and two walks while striking out 12 over nine innings in the Cactus League. Biddle should serve as organizational long-relief depth.

Pearson (groin) has not yet thrown off a mound, Arden Zwelling of Sportsnet.ca reports.

It was reported earlier in the week that he would advance to mound work Friday, but that apparently didn't happen. Pearson remains without a timetable to return to game action.

Wilson (shoulder) will be activated prior to next weekend's series against the Rays, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.

Manager Aaron Boone said he liked what he saw in Wilson's live batting practice session Saturday, adding that the veteran southpaw is "pretty much ready to go." Wilson should occupy a low-to-mid leverage role out of New York's bullpen once healthy.

Diekman gave up three runs (two earned) on three hits and one walk while striking out two for his only outs in Friday's game against the Astros.

He came in for the ninth inning with the A's trailing 6-5, so this was not a save situation, but it was a high-leverage spot nonetheless. Sergio Romo, who is Diekman's perceived top competition for saves while Trevor Rosenthal (shoulder) is out, logged a scoreless eighth inning.

Iglesias gave up two runs on two hits while recording just one out in a non-save situation Friday against the White Sox.

Manager Joe Maddon brought his closer on with the Angels down 7-6 in the top of the ninth inning, but Iglesias promptly served up a solo shot to Tim Anderson and later gave up a hit to Jose Abreu, who scored after Iglesias was pulled from the game. Considering Iglesias notched a save on Opening Day, it's frustrating that he was used the very next day without a lead to protect, but the Angels ended up needing seven pitchers in this one.

Rodriguez struck out three while allowing two hits and one walk in two innings Friday against the White Sox.

This was the big-league debut for one of the Angels' top pitching prospects. Rodriguez made Yoan Moncada and Adam Eaton look silly with a couple of his punchouts and got an assist from Max Stassi with a good frame job on his other strikeout. Rodriguez could turn into the team's top multi-inning reliever this season, as they look to extract value from him at the big-league level. Ideally he will return to being developed as a starting pitcher next year, but that aspect of his development is a little murky at the moment.