MLB Player News

Bummer allowed a hit and struck out one over a scoreless eighth inning in Thursday's 5-4 loss to Cleveland.

Bummer was activated from the injured list earlier in the day and resumed his role as the White Sox's eighth-inning bridge to closer Alex Colome. Unfortunately, two relievers before him conspired to give away Chicago's three-run lead in the seventh inning, and Bummer's appearance took on less significance.

Hand struck out two in a perfect ninth inning against the White Sox on Thursday en route to his 15th save of the season.

Yasmani Grandal, Jose Abreu and James McCann went down in order against Hand, the first two on strikeouts. His 15 saves lead baseball, and Hand now has a 2.18 ERA, 0.82 WHIP and 28 strikeouts to go along with a pair of wins. It looked early on like James Karinchak was going to usurp Hand in the ninth inning, but Hand held steady and has ended up as the No. 2 closer in fantasy baseball behind only Liam Hendriks.

Suter will start Game 1 of Friday's doubleheader against the Cardinals, Adam McCalvy of MLB.com reports.

Suter has not eclipsed three innings of work while serving as a spot starter and reliever this year, so expect a similar workload for the southpaw Friday. Josh Lindblom will take the ball for the nightcap.

Bard (4-2) picked up the win Thursday against the Giants, allowing one hit and two walks across 2.2 scoreless innings. He struck out one.

Bard entered with one out and the game tied 4-4 in the bottom of the eighth. He kept the Giants off the board through the 10th inning and ended up picking up his fourth win after the Rockies took the lead in the 11th. Overall, Bard has logged 27 strikeouts and a 3.65 ERA while notching six saves on the season.

Diaz gave up a run on two hits in the ninth inning Thursday against the Nationals but escaped with his sixth save of the season. He struck out one batter.

Diaz's streak of consecutive scoreless appearances ended at 10, but he eventually shut the door, making him 4-for-4 in save chances this month. The right-hander has a sparkling 1.80 ERA overall this season, though he lost the closer role for a while early on and it took Seth Lugo returning to the rotation for him to get it back. Diaz faces an uncertain future with the organization.

Fulmer allowed four earned runs on seven hits across 2.1 innings in his start Thursday against the Royals. He didn't have any walks or strikeouts.

Fulmer wrapped up his 2020 season with another rough outing, and he'll finish the campaign with an unsightly 8.78 ERA. The righty never pitched past the third inning, but in his first year back after Tommy John surgery, he was understandably handled with caution. Still, it would have been nice to see Fulmer have a little more success across his 27.2 innings. The 27-year-old will now turn his attention toward 2021 and seeing if he can build up his arm strength further to go deeper into games.

Castano was recalled by the Marlins on Thursday.

Castano was sent down Saturday, but he'll return to the majors with four days remaining in the regular season. The southpaw has worked solely as a starter in his first taste of major-league action this year. The Marlins have their rotation set for the remainder of the regular season, so Castano will likely come out of the bullpen for the remainder of 2020.

Lovelady was recalled by the Royals on Thursday.

Lovelady was sent down by Kansas City just after Opening Day, but he'll return to the Royals' bullpen with four games remaining in the regular season. The southpaw has made 25 major-league appearances over the past two seasons, posting a 7.71 ERA and 1.90 ERA over 21 innings during that time.

Diekman (1-0) secured the win in a victory over the Dodgers on Wednesday despite allowing an earned run on one hit over one inning while also recording two strikeouts.

Tasked with preserving a 4-3 lead when he entered in the eighth inning, the normally reliable Diekman surrendered a one-out, game-tying solo home run to Edwin Rios. The veteran did bounce back in trademark form to record swinging strikeouts of Max Muncy and Will Smith, and he subsequently picked up his first win of the campaign when Ramon Laureano slugged a go-ahead two-run blast in the top of the ninth and Liam Hendriks slammed the door on Los Angeles in the home half of the frame. The stumble aside, Diekman heads into the final days of the regular season with Wednesday's run as the only one he's allowed across 19.1 innings, a span during which he's also struck out 28 batters.

Romano (finger) is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Friday, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports.

Manager Charlie Montoyo said that Romano was around 75-to-80 percent during his bullpen session Tuesday. The team will determine his next steps based on how he feels Friday, but the Blue Jays likely want him to throw live batting practice before returning. However, the team remains hopeful that the right-hander will be able to return to game action at some point in 2020.