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Snell won't start Thursday's game against the Orioles, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

With Tuesday's game against the Orioles being postponed, the Rays decided to move their rotation back a day. As a result, Chris Archer will start instead of Snell for Thursday's series finale versus Tampa Bay. This is a tough draw for Snell, as his next scheduled start will now come Friday against the high-powered Red Sox if the Rays stay in order.

Cobb won't make his scheduled start Tuesday against the Rays as the game was postponed due to poor weather, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

Additional information regarding when Cobb will next take the mound should be available soon. To make up for Tuesday's postponed outing, the Orioles and Rays will play a doubleheader on May 12.

Eovaldi (elbow) threw a 25-pitch bullpen session Tuesday, Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times reports.

The right-hander seems to be ahead of his original 8-10 week timetable for return. Eovaldi is aiming for a late-May return, but there's a chance he could return even sooner if he continues to overachieve in his rehab program.

Cole (2-1) held the Angels to just two runs on four hits and two walks with eight strikeouts through seven innings Monday night but was stuck with his first loss.

For the fifth time in a row, Cole completed the seventh, and he has still yet to allow more than two runs or five hits in a start. This, though, marked the first time the Astros failed to support him well enough to at least leave him with a no-decision. Cole induced 14 swinging strikes in 109 pitches as he increased his strikeout total to just 49 over 35 innings of work. His 1.28 ERA is supported by a fantastic 6.1 K/BB.

Odorizzi (1-2) allowed five runs on five hits and three walks across 4.2 innings while taking the loss Monday against the Yankees. He struck out five.

Odorozzi allowed three runs during a first-inning rally before allowing solo home runs in the second and the fifth to round out the damage against his ledger. He continuously squandered favorable counts, throwing just 56 percent of his pitches for strikes despite getting ahead on 14 of 22 batters faced. Odorizzi put together two quality starts in his first three, but he's struggled since then and now owns a 4.50 ERA. He'll look to get back on track this weekend against the Reds.

Luzardo has been promoted to Double-A Midland from High-A Stockton, Melissa Lockard of TheAthletic.com reports.

Luzardo was dominant in three starts at High-A with a 1.23 ERA and 25:5 K:BB in 14.2 innings. He'll be just 20 years old in Double-A, as he looks on the fast track to the majors.

Carrasco (4-0) picked up the win against the Orioles on Monday, scattering six hits and one earned run over 7.1 innings, striking out seven and walking two in Cleveland's 2-1 victory.

Carrasco has been dominant since a dud first start of the season and this outing was no exception as the 31-year-old got the better of a solid duel with Kevin Gausman, lowering his ERA to 2.31 and his WHIP to 0.86 in the process. Those are elite ratios in any fantasy format and his 28:6 K:BB just adds to what has been a dynamite start to the season. He'll have to contend with some talented hitters in his next start against Seattle on Saturday, but that shouldn't stop you from rolling him out there.

Gausman (1-2) took a hard-luck loss against the Indians on Monday, giving up two earned runs on four hits over eight innings, striking out seven and walking one in Baltimore's 2-1 defeat.

After getting lit up for six earned runs by the Twins in his first outing of the season, Gausman has righted the ship, with the strong showing against Cleveland representing his third consecutive quality start. His 4.66 ERA and 1.31 WHIP are still a bit bloated thanks to that rough showing to begin the season, but his strong body of work since then and his 26:7 K:BB suggests that the right-hander is on a positive trajectory in terms of his fantasy potential. He'll look to keep it rolling in his next start on Saturday against the Tigers.

Bridwell was diagnosed with elbow inflammation Monday, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

An MRI revealed that Bridwell didn't have any structural damage in his elbow. He'll resume throwing once his bout of inflammation subsides, at which point a timeframe for his eventual activation from the DL should begin to take shape.

Bridwell is dealing with an elbow injury, Jeff Miller of the Los Angeles Times reports.

Bridwell was placed on the disabled list Sunday, though the reason was not initially known. The right-hander is getting his elbow examined in Los Angeles, so the severity of his injury should become clearer relatively soon.