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Bernardino will start Friday's game against the Orioles, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.

The 32-year-old will make his third start of the season but will only throw an inning or two. Cooper Criswell is expected to be activated from the COVID-19 injured list Friday to handle the bulk relief role in the contest. Bernardino has a 3.79 ERA with a 40:17 K:BB in 40.1 big-league innings.

The Angels selected Kavadas' contract from Triple-A Salt Lake on Friday, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.

Acquired from the Red Sox at the trade deadline in the Luis Garcia deal, Kavadas has slashed .264/.400/.521 with 19 home runs over 94 games at the Triple-A level in 2024. He's a three true outcomes hitter with 27 homers, a 33.7 percent strikeout rate and a 17 percent walk rate across 570 plate appearances at Triple-A over the last two seasons. With Willie Calhoun having been designated for assignment, Kavadas appears likely to soak up lots of playing time at designated hitter versus right-handed pitching.

The Rays activated Pepiot (knee) from the 15-day injured list Friday, Ryan Bass of Bally Sports Sun reports.

Pepiot will start Friday's game against the Diamondbacks after being on the sidelines for the past month due to an infection in his right knee. The right-hander made one rehab start with Double-A Montgomery, throwing 69 pitches while striking out seven over 3.1 scoreless innings. Pepiot figures to be limited to around 80 pitches in Friday's outing.

Henderson went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's 5-1 win over the Red Sox.

After being stuck at 29 homers for seven games, Henderson has smacked a long ball in consecutive contests. He's up to 31 homers this season, though he's hit just five of them since the start of July. Even with less power, he's been productive -- he's batting .321 (17-for-53) in August and has a fantastic .289/.374/.558 slash line with 73 RBI, 96 runs scored, 23 doubles, six triples and 14 stolen bases through 120 contests overall.

Bichette (calf) has resumed baseball activities at the Blue Jays' spring training complex in Florida, Keegan Matheson of MLB.com reports.

Bichette will remain in Florida for a while to ramp back up before the Blue Jays consider a rehab assignment, so he looks to be multiple weeks away from a return. Leo Jimenez has been filling in at shortstop since Bichette was sidelined in late July with a moderate right calf strain.

Garcia recorded his 13th hold of the season in a loss to the Tigers on Thursday, allowing an earned run on a walk over two-thirds of an inning.

Garcia issued an inning-opening walk to Austin Meadows in the eighth inning before retiring the next two batters, but Andres Munoz then surrendered a two-run home run to Javier Baez that allowed Meadows to cross the plate. Garcia has been charged with a combined three earned runs over the last two days and five overall in his last five appearances, a stark contrast to the four straight scoreless one-inning outings with which he opened his Mariners tenure.

Moore went 0-for-3 with a hit-by-pitch and a stolen base in a loss to the Tigers on Thursday.

Moore took advantage of his lone time on the basepaths to record his 22nd steal of the campaign, a new career high. The versatile veteran finished July on a six-game hitting streak, but his bat has gone cold in August to the tune of a .118/.268/.147 slash line and 34.1 percent strikeout rate across 41 plate appearances (11 games).

Robles went 1-for-4 with a double and a stolen base in a loss to the Tigers on Thursday.

Robles provided the Mariners' only extra-base hit of the day out of the leadoff spot and added his 17th stolen base of the campaign when he swiped third following the fifth-inning two-bagger. Despite Thursday's production, it's been a quiet month for Robles' once-hot bat, as he's carrying a .116 batting average and .354 OPS across his last 11 games.

Suarez is no longer scheduled to start Saturday's game against the Red Sox, Matt Weyrich of the Baltimore Sun reports.

The responsibility will instead fall to Cade Povich, who will be recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. Suarez has been terrific since re-entering the rotation in place of the injured Grayson Rodriguez (lat), tossing 11.2 scoreless innings with an 11:3 K:BB. It's not clear whether Suarez will simply be pushed back or is being moved to long relief, which is his likely role in the postseason for the Orioles.

The Orioles will recall Povich from Triple-A Norfolk to start Saturday's game against the Red Sox, Matt Weyrich of The Baltimore Sun reports.

Povich will be added to the taxi squad Friday before officially joining the active roster Saturday. Albert Suarez had been in line to start Saturday, but the club could be moving him back to the bullpen. Povich has mostly struggled in his eight starts with Baltimore, posting a 6.27 ERA and 25:23 K:BB over 37.1 innings. However, the lefty has gone seven innings in both of his last two starts for Norfolk.