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Lyles won't start Friday against the Royals as planned, as the game has been rained out, Anne Rogers of MLB.com reports.

More rain is in the forecast Saturday, so Friday's game has been rescheduled as part of a doubleheader Sunday. Lyles is scheduled to start Saturday's game against Kansas City, Roch Kubatko of MASNSports.com reports.

Bieber and the Guardians won't play Friday against the Blue Jays after the game was postponed due to inclement weather.

Bieber is coming off his longest start of the season, and he allowed a run on seven hits and a walk while striking out seven during that outing. The right-hander will start in the first game of a doubleheader against Toronto on Saturday, while Triston McKenzie will take the mound in the nightcap, Ryan Lewis of the Akron Beacon Journal reports.

Gausman and the Blue Jays won't play Friday against the Guardians after the game was postponed due to inclement weather.

Since Friday's game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Saturday, Gausman will start in the matinee while Ross Stripling takes the mound in the second game, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.ca reports. Gausman is off to a hot start in 2022, as he has a 2.27 ERA and 0.98 WHIP with 41 strikeouts and no walks in 31.2 innings over his first five starts.

Kirby has a 1.82 ERA, 0.91 WHIP and 32:5 K:BB across 24.2 innings through five starts for Double-A Arkansas.

The Mariners have been steadily capping him at five innings, which makes sense because he only threw 67.2 frames last year, but the limited workload does offer some cause for skepticism about Kirby's ability to make big-league fantasy contributions in 2022. Nonetheless, it's clear that Double-A hasn't been much of a challenge for him (nor was it last season), so Kirby's likely to bump up to Triple-A before long, with his MLB debut to follow sometime this summer. As long as you keep your expectations for this year in check, you won't be disappointed; after all, Kirby is arguably the best pitcher in the minor leagues not named Grayson Rodriguez.

Gibson and the Phillies won't play Friday against the Mets after the game was postponed due to inclement weather.

The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader in August. The Phillies will adjust to the cancellation simply by pushing their starters back by a day, so Gibson will take the mound Saturday. Over his last three starts, he's posted a 2.81 ERA and 1.25 WHIP in 16 innings.

Steele won't start during Saturday's doubleheader against the Dodgers and isn't listed as the probable pitcher for Sunday's series finale, Meghan Montemurro of the Chicago Tribune reports.

The 26-year-old was originally penciled in to start Saturday, but the Cubs have altered their pitching plans after the postponement of Friday's game, which is being made up via a twin bill Saturday. Drew Smyly and Daniel Norris will start in the doubleheader, while Marcus Stroman is scheduled to take the mound Sunday. Assuming Steele doesn't work out of the bullpen this weekend, he should pitch during the upcoming three-game series in San Diego, which begins Monday.

Cole won't start as scheduled Friday against the Rangers since the game was postponed due to inclement weather.

The game will be made up via a doubleheader Sunday, while Cole will start Saturday's contest, Kristie Ackert of the New York Daily News reports. The veteran right-hander hasn't allowed a run over his past two starts with a 15:3 K:BB across 12.2 innings.

Velasquez is listed as the probable starter for Friday's game against the Red Sox.

Velasquez is coming off his best start of the season after picking up the win Saturday against the Angels with 5.2 scoreless innings. Overall he has a 4.58 ERA, 1.47 WHIP and 19:7 K:BB across 17.2 innings this year.

Velasquez won't start Friday against the Cubs since the game was postponed due to inclement weather, Jesse Rogers of ESPN.com reports.

The game will be made up via a doubleheader on Saturday, and Velasquez will presumably start one of those contests. Saturday's originally scheduled pitcher, Dallas Keuchel, should start the other game of the twin bill.

Anderson and the Dodgers won't play Friday against the Cubs due to inclement weather, Jesse Rogers of ESPN.com reports.

Anderson was named the starting pitcher for Friday's matchup, but he'll instead start the second game of Saturday's doubleheader while Clayton Kershaw takes the mound in the matinee, Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic reports. Anderson's posted a 2.55 ERA and 0.96 WHIP in 17.2 innings over four appearances (two starts) this year.