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Tigers right-hander Drew Smyly has been moved up to pitch Friday in the opener of the series against the Angels. The team has also announced the Max Scherzer will start Saturday with Rick Porcello to follow on Sunday.

Smyly has yet to make his first season this season, but has pitched six shutout innings with six strikeouts in relief.

Orioles promising pitching prospect Kevin Gausman will probably not miss his next Triple-A start despite developing a blister on the middle finger of his pitching hand Tuesday night, the Baltimore Sun has reported.

Gausman struggled in a brief stint with Baltimore last season and did not make the club out of spring training.

Rays starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi made it into the lineup Wednesday at Baltimore despite battling an illness earlier in the week. Odorizzi was scratched from Tuesday's start because of inclement weather, but the game was eventually postponed, giving Odorizzi another day to rest.

Mariners pitcher Taijuan Walker had his rehab start at Triple-A Tacoma scratched Tuesday due to stiffness in his pitching shoulder.

The team announced he was unable to get loose, and will be reevaluated Wednesday to determine just how serious of a setback this is in his recovery from an injury that forced him on the disabled list to open the season.  

Rays pitcher Jake Odorizzi will start the team's series finale Wednesday against the Orioles according to the Tampa Bay Times, after having his start Tuesday postponed due to rain. With the teams opting not to play a double-header, David Price will now take the mound Thursday to open a series against the Yankees.

At this point, it is not clear if the Rays plan to change the rotation beyond Thursday's series opener. 

The Rays/Orioles game was postponed Tuesday due to inclement weather. No date yet has been announced for a makeup game.

Jake Odorizzi was scheduled to start for the Rays before he was scratched in favor of reliever Brandon Gomes because of the weather. Miguel Gonzalez was expected to start for Baltimore.

Rays starting pitcher Jake Odorizzi was unable to start Tuesday at Baltimore, a day after being sent back to the team's hotel because he wasn't feeling well. Reliever Brandon Gomes was tabbed to make the emergency start for Tampa Bay.

Odorizzi said he feels better and could have started Tuesday, but the team decided not to start him cause of the bad weather in Baltimore.

The postponement of Tuesday's game vs. Cleveland forced the Tigers to shuffle their rotation.

Starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez, who was scheduled to start Tuesday, has been pushed back to Wednesday. Justin Verlander will remain Thursday's starter, but Drew Smyly -- who was slated to start Wednesday -- has been pushed back until the weekend series against the Angels, per MLB.com.

The Cubs/Yankees game scheduled for Tuesday was postponed due to rain. It will be made up as a day-night doubleheader Wednesday, with the first game starting at 1:05 p.m.

Jason Hammel and Masahiro Tanaka were scheduled to start Tuesday's game.

Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish sustained a cut on his right thumb in his last start, but he doesn't see it as an issue heading into Wednesday's scheduled start against the Mariners, FOXSports.com reports.

"Even when I was throwing it didn't hurt me," Darvish said. "I've done this so many teams that probably the nerve isn't working anymore so it didn't hurt me at all."

Darvish was bleeding visibly in Friday's start after cutting his thumb with his index finger. He's pitched 15 scoreless innings over two starts while striking out 15 and walking two.