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Ryu will start Friday against the Orioles, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

The 33-year-old was slated to start Thursday against the Red Sox, but the game was one of the many postponed in protest of the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake. Ryu has a 1.23 ERA, 0.68 WHIP and 24:5 K:BB over his past five starts.

Means will start Friday against the Blue Jays, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

As expected, he will take his normal turn in the rotation after his scheduled start Thursday was postponed. Both Means and Jays starter Hyun Jin Ryu will be pitching on an extra day of rest.

Paxton (forearm) is "a little far away" from returning, according to general manager Brian Cashman, Lindsey Adler of The Athletic reports.

This makes it seem like Paxton could be done for the season, and at the very least is weeks and not days away from returning. The Yankees are set to play 18 games in the next 15 days and they only have four healthy members of the rotation. Top prospect Clarke Schmidt was ruled out by manager Aaron Boone as an option to come up this weekend, so there could be some bullpen games on tap for the Yankees in the coming weeks. They will also likely be active prior to Monday's trade deadline.

Eovaldi (calf) will start Sunday against the Nationals, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.

Eovaldi's next turn had been pushed back to Saturday because of cramping in his right calf, but then Boston rejiggered its rotation following Thursday's postponement. The series against the Nationals lines up as Martin Perez throwing Friday, Chris Mazza on Saturday and Eovaldi in the series finale.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone indicated Thursday that he "wouldn't expect" Schmidt to be called up this weekend despite the team playing five games in three days, Bryan Hoch of MLB.com reports.

If ever there was a time for the Yankees to summon their top pitching prospect this season it would appear to be now, with the team playing doubleheaders against the Mets on Friday and Sunday. However, Boone's comments suggest that the organization is committed to keeping Schmidt off the big-league roster, a decision likely centered around his lack of experience beyond the Double-A level and current absence from the 40-man roster. Assuming Schmidt or another starter isn't summoned from the team's alternate training site, New York is likely to rely upon a bullpen game for at least one half of both of this weekend's twin bills.

Means' scheduled start Thursday against the Rays was postponed.

The two teams opted not to take the field in protest following the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake. It remains to be seen when the game will be made up or whether the Orioles will adjust their starting rotation.

Boyd will start the first game of Friday's doubleheader against the Twins.

Boyd was initially scheduled to start Thursday's game before the contest was postponed. However, he'll start just one day later as part of a twin bill. The Tigers likely won't need to make any changes to the rotation in the coming days since the team has two scheduled off days next week.

Morton's (shoulder) sim game Thursday went well, Neil Solondz of the Rays Radio Network reports.

Morton was scheduled to throw 25-to-30 pitches over two innings Thursday, and that session went well. Manager Kevin Cash called the sim game a "big step in the right direction." Despite his positive progress Thursday, it still remains unclear when the right-hander could return to the starting rotation.

Ryu's scheduled start Thursday against the Red Sox was postponed, Julian McWilliams of The Boston Globe reports.

The teams elected not to take the field Thursday in protest of the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake. It's unclear when the game will be made up or how the Blue Jays will adjust their starting rotation.

Boyd's scheduled start against the Twins on Thursday was postponed, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.

The two teams decided not to play Thursday's contest in protest of the recent police shooting of Jacob Blake. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Friday, and Boyd will likely take the mound for one of the two games of the twin bill.