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It looks more likely than ever that Mariners left-hander James Paxton will start Sunday against Colorado, per the Seattle Times.

"It's trending toward Paxton," Lloyd McLendon said.

Paxton has been dealing with a torn fingernail on the middle finger of his throwing hand, but he came away from a Thursday bullpen session talking optimistically.

"No problems at all and it's feeling good," Paxton said. "As long as [McLendon] gives me the ball, I'm out there."

Paxton has been sidelined since May 28, before which he compiled a 3-3 mark and 3.70 ERA.

The game between the Tigers and Indians was postponed on Friday due to rain. The game will be made up as a doubleheader on Sunday. Both teams have set their rotations for the rest of the weekend.

Justin Verlander, who was originally scheduled to pitch Friday, will pitch for the Tigers on Saturday. Matt Boyd and Randy Wolf will start the two games of the twinbill on Sunday.

The Indians will have Cody Anderson on Saturday, with Trevor Bauer and Carlos Carrasco following suit on Sunday.

In an attempt to limit the innings of rookie left-hander Carlos Rodon, the White Sox will skip his next start, which was scheduled for next week against Oakland, per CSNChicago.com.

They hope it does not wreck his momentum. Rodon is on a roll with a 4-2 record and 1.76 ERA over his last six starts. He has 41 strikeouts in 41 innings during that stretch.

The Red Sox are being careful with rookie starter Eduardo Rodriguez and plan to limit his innings down the stretch, per the Boston Herald. 

Rodriguez has thrown 152 innings this season over the course of the minors and majors, more than the 127 he threw last year in the minors and above the Red Sox's normal 20 percent increase. 

So, with the team going to a six-man rotation, Rodriguez will sit for more than a week in between starts. 

"We're all here to protect the health of the players," pitching coach Carl Willis said. 

Blue Jays starting pitcher Marcus Stroman was reinstated off the 60-day disabled list on Friday, according to TSN.ca.

Stroman was on the 60-day disabled list because of a knee injury. He is slated to start on Saturday against the Yankees.

Blue Jays manager John Gibbons has realigned his rotation, after Thursday's game against the Yankees was postponed due to rain. 

David Price, who was set to go on Thursday, will instead start on Friday. Marco Estrada will be pushed up to the first game of Saturday's doubleheader, with Marcus Stroman coming off of the disabled list to start the nightcap. 

Thursday's game between the Yankees and the Blue Jays has been postoned due to rain. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Saturday. 

Rookie starter Luis Severino, who was scheduled to start on Thursday, will have is turn moved up to Friday. Ivan Nova and Michael Pineda will start the two games of Saturday's twinbill, with Masahiro Tanaka and CC Sabathia to follow.

Indians pitcher Corey Kluber is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Friday, reports MLB.com.

The team will see how Kluber responds Saturday and then discuss a potential return. Kluber has been out since late August due to a hamstring issue.

The Rangers announced Thursday starting pitcher Cole Hamels has been pushed back a day to start Monday's series opener against the Astros. 

To fill his spot Sunday against the A's, the Rangers will start rookie Chi Chi Gonzalez.

Mariners starter Vidal Nuno put together a commanding start Wednesday, holding the high-powered Rangers to just one hit to pick up his first win of the year. 

Nuno (1-2) struck out a career-high 10 batters, while walking just two over the course of his seven innings of work. He threw 106 pitches, while dropping his ERA to 2.97.