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Rodriguez (knee) will start Friday for Triple-A Pawtucket, Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal reports.

According to manager John Farrell, Rodriguez still needs to work on his arm strength, despite consistently throwing 91 mph during Sunday's start with Pawtucket. Farrell didn't guarantee that Rodriguez would reunite with the Red Sox even after Friday's start, so it remains unclear when Rodriguez will rejoin the Red Sox.

Kluber (2-4) allowed five runs on five hits and three walks over 2.2 innings with three strikeouts in a loss Monday against the Astros.

Kluber had allowed just three earned runs in his past three starts, a span covering 24 innings, before this disaster. While Kluber is still capable of gems, he has been far more vulnerable over the past season and change than he was in his Cy Young campaign of 2014. After allowing five earned runs or more just twice in 34 starts in his Cy season, he has been lit up for at least five runs seven times in 39 starts since. Two of those have come in 2016, and his ERA is now up to 4.14.

Gausman's scheduled start for Tuesday against the Twins will remain unchanged despite Monday's game getting postponed due to inclement weather, Roch Kubatko of MASN reports.

Instead of getting pushed back a day, Tyler Wilson, who was the expected starter Monday, will simply move to Wednesday, allowing Gausman's schedule to remain unchanged.

Berrios will get the start in Tuesday's tilt with the Orioles, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.

Berrios was originally scheduled to pitch in Monday's matchup, however it was postponed due to rain. The Twins have opted to simply push their rotation a day back, resulting in Berrios taking the mound Tuesday. The 21-year-old rookie has a had a rough debut, giving up a total of seven earned runs in 9.1 innings over two starts this season.

Walker (neck) will toss a 25-pitch bullpen session Monday with the aim of taking the mound Wednesday for his scheduled start against the Rays, Bob Dutton of the Tacoma News Tribune reports.

Walker stated Monday that his neck "feels much better," but the Mariners will have a better gauge on its state once he completes the session. If all goes as planned, his next start will arrive in two days time.

McCullers (shoulder) will throw a bullpen session Tuesday, Jake Kaplan of the Houston Chronicle reports.

McCullers is currently traveling to Houston from El Paso, so his session, originally scheduled for Monday, will be pushed back a day. The expectation is that if all goes well Tuesday, McCullers could be back in action as soon as later this week.

O'Sullivan is listed as the Red Sox's starter for Tuesday's game against Oakland in the official game notes, Brian MacPherson of the Providence Journal reports.

Eduardo Rodriguez is expected to come off the DL later this week, which figures to make O'Sullivan's stay with the big club a brief one. O'Sullivan has a 3.00 ERA and 0.88 WHIP backed by a 32:5 K:BB in five starts (33 innings) at Triple-A Pawtucket this season.

O'Sullivan is the expected starter for Tuesday night's game against the Athletics, the Boston Globe reports.

Manager John Farrell said "everything points to" the right-hander, who will be filling in for the demoted Henry Owens. This is considered a one-time-only gig, as Eduardo Rodriguez (knee), who pitched a third rehab start Sunday, is due back during this next turn through Boston's rotation. O'Sullivan has been pretty good in five starts at Triple-A Pawtucket in 2016, but his body of the work in MLB as a starter (6.07 ERA, .304 BAA) is not optimistic.

Severino struck out a season-high nine batters and walked one while allowing four runs over 6.2 innings in Sunday's loss to the Red Sox.

Severino's strikeout pitches were working despite his throwing just 60 percent of his pitches for strikes, but he fell victim to a trio of homers that accounted for the entirety of the damage done against him. On the positive side, he went deeper into Sunday's start than he had been in any other outing this season, and he maintains an impressive 1.7 BB/9 through 32.1 innings. If he can limit the home runs, Severino should fare better in Friday's start versus the White Sox.

Manager John Farrell said Sunday that Rodriguez's (knee) next start may occur in the majors, Tim Britton of the Providence Journal reports.

Farrell is expected to convene with the right-hander Monday, or one day removed from his third rehab start with Triple-A Pawtucket. On Sunday, Rodriguez gave up three runs on six hits and one walk to go with two strikeouts in 5.2 innings, which pushed his ERA to 4.70 and K:BB to 7:4 in 15.1 innings at the Red Sox's top affiliate. Although his displays haven't exactly been optimal, he was able to bump his pitch count to 93 this time around.