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• White Sox relish in runs revival to bust slump
The White Sox erupted from their recent slump during Monday's opener against the Mariners. Chicago jumped all over Mike Leake for seven consecutive hits to open the game -- becoming the first team to ...
• Angels duel, wrap up W on overturned call
The Angels topped the Astros, 2-0, to take the opener on Monday night before they send Shohei Ohtani to the mound for the second game of the series. An Astros ninth-inning rally ended on a replay when...
• Yanks' bats erupt behind Tanaka to rout Twins
The last time these two clubs met, placing their respective seasons on the line for last year's win-or-winter American League Wild Card Game, the Yankees stared at a three-run deficit before their fir...
• Rockies' female reporter calls Monday's game
Rockies broadcaster Jenny Cavnar makes history with her televised play-by-play stint Monday for the Rockies-Padres game....
• Yankees Acquire A.J. Cole, Designate David Hale
The Yankees have acquired righty A.J. Cole from the Nationals, per club announcements. Cash considerations will go to the Washington organization in return. To clear a roster spot, the Yankees designa...
• Yanks top prospect Torres tallies 1st career hit
Gleyber Torres collected the first of what the Yankees expect will be many big league hits on Monday, stroking an eighth-inning single to center field off the Twins' Tyler Kinley....

Gleyber Torres
• Indians To Sign Melky Cabrera
The Indians have reportedly agreed to a minor-league deal with veteran outfielder Melky Cabrera. Tenchy Rodriguez of ESPN Deportes Radio first tweeted the news. Cabrera, 33, went unsigned over the jus...
• Report: Melky agrees to minor-league deal with Indians
• Houston Astros lose game to Angels on challenge
Monday night’s Houston Astros-Los Angeles Angels game ended with umpires overturning a call on a challenge that gave the Angels the final out.The Angels were leading the Astros 2-0 but were in some tr...

Houston Astros

• Eaton testing ankle, but return to Nats unclear
Each day during the West Coast portion of this road trip, Nationals left fielder Adam Eaton has gone out to the outfield, often accompanied by a team trainer, for baseball activities and to further te...

West Coast
• Gausman pitches immaculate inning for O's
Kevin Gausman held Cleveland to four hits over eight brilliant innings. He even had a perfect seventh, needing nine pitches to strike out Yonder Alonso, Yan Gomes and Bradley Zimmer. But it didn't mat...

Kevin Gausman
• Carrasco cruises, Alonso homers in Tribe's win
Carlos Carrasco allowed just one run over 7 1/3 innings to improve to 4-0 on the season. Yonder Alonso's two-run homer off Kevin Gausman, who pitched an immaculate seventh inning, proved to be the dif...

Carlos Carrasco
• Yanks top prospect Torres tallies 1st career hit
Gleyber Torres
• Avi suffers hamstring strain; leaves game in 2nd
Avisail Garcia left Monday's game at Guaranteed Rate Field against Seattle in the second inning after coming up lame while running to first base on a grounder to third....

Avisail Garcia
• Stanton's 5th HR for Yanks a vintage shot
Giancarlo Stanton's big swing delivered the knockout blow to Twins starter Jake Odorizzi on Monday evening at Yankee Stadium, with the slugger reaching the left-field bleachers on a deep fifth-inning ...
• Rockies' female reporter calls Monday's game
• Yanks' bats erupt behind Tanaka to rout Twins
• Angels duel, wrap up W on overturned call

• Go behind the scenes as Tigers prepare for Draft
The Tigers began their season three weeks ago, but for some, the most important moment of 2018 will come on June 4, when Detroit picks first in the MLB Draft. The team is giving fans a chance to go be...
• Tigers DFA VerHagen; prospect Gerber recalled
Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire said at the end of Spring Training that he and his staff would be testing relievers in different situations early in the season to see where each fits best. The club's fi...

Spring Training
• Liriano cruises until 6th as 'pen falters in loss
Francisco Liriano's no-hit bid through five innings was unrecognizable after eight Royals runs over the next two frames, sending the Tigers to an 8-5 loss Sunday afternoon and a split of their four-ga...

Comerica Park
• Tigers see versatile Saupold filling key role
Warwick Saupold has the ball from his first Major League save Saturday. Maybe more importantly, he has a place in the Tigers' bullpen for the near future, and an opportunity to stay off the Detroit-To...
• Zimmermann to face Pirates in rematch
The Tigers are off Monday before heading to Pittsburgh for a three-game Interleague rematch with the Pirates, who swept them in Detroit to open the season. Jordan Zimmermann (1-0, 7.71 ERA) gets the s...
• Castellanos leads humming lineup over KC
Nicholas Castellanos warmed up along with the weather with three RBIs, two of them on his first home run of the season, as the Tigers outslugged the Royals for a 12-4 win Saturday at Comerica Park for...

Nicholas Castellanos
• Tigers look to Liriano for more success vs. KC
The Tigers and Royals wrap up their four-game series with another 1:10 p.m. ET start on Sunday at Comerica Park. Francisco Liriano will try to repeat his success against Kansas City from earlier this ...

Comerica Park
• Norris to search for fastball in 'pen, not Minors
Daniel Norris continues to search for his fastball, but he's cobbling together outs with the pitches he has now. Unless that drastically changes, he'll continue his search for his best repertoire in t...
• Manning among top prospect performers
Here's MLB Pipeline's roundup of the top prospect performances in the Minor Leagues on Friday....
• Tigers can't hang on as KC rallies in 9th in G2
What looked like a memorable doubleheader for JaCoby Jones and a sweep for the Tigers fell apart in a tumultuous ninth inning. Abraham Almonte's game-tying, pinch-hit single off closer Shane Greene an...

Comerica Park

• Yankees Acquire A.J. Cole, Designate David Hale
• Indians To Sign Melky Cabrera
• Phillies To Sign Trevor Plouffe
The Phillies have struck a minor-league deal with veteran third baseman Trevor Plouffe, according to Gerry Fraley of the Dallas Morning News (via Twitter). (H/t to Eric English, who first tweeted the ...
• Rockies Place Chris Rusin On 10-Day DL, Move Carlos Estevez To 60-Day DL
The Rockies have announced a trio of pitching moves. Southpaw Chris Rusin will head to the 10-day DL with an intercostal strain, with fellow southpaw Harrison Musgrave replacing him on the active rost...
• Dodgers Designate Wilmer Font
The Dodgers have designated right-hander Wilmer Font for assignment, per a club announcement. His roster spot will go to top prospect Walker Buehler, whose promotion — to make his first-ever MLB...
• Braves Expect To Utilize Jose Bautista As Starting Third Baseman
Braves skipper Brian Snitker says the organization expects to install veteran Jose Bautista as the regular at third base once he’s brought up to the majors, Gabriel Burns of the Atlanta Journal-...
• Blake Wood Diagnosed With Elbow Impingement
Angels righty Blake Wood has been diagnosed with an impingement in his pitching elbow, Jeff Fletcher of the Southern California News Group was among those to report on Twitter. Wood is heading to the ...
• Brewers Outright Alec Asher
Right-hander Alec Asher has cleared waivers and been assigned outright to Triple-A Colorado Springs after being designated for assignment last week, as first reflected on the MLB.com Transactions page...
• Charlie Morton Discusses Future
Over the past 13 months, right-hander Charlie Morton has ascended from a relatively unheralded signing by the Astros to one of the top pitchers on a loaded Houston roster. The 34-year-old righty curre...
• Red Sox Trade Roenis Elias To Mariners
The Red Sox announced that they’ve traded left-hander Roenis Elias to the Mariners in exchange for a player to be named later or cash. Boston had originally acquired Elias alongside right-handed...

• Gomber goes on strike spree, ties Memphis K mark
Austin Gomber, facing the Iowa Cubs for the first time in 2018, threw 85 strikes in 112 pitches en route to a 16-strikeout performance as Memphis cruised to a 3-0 victory....
• Cardinals open 3-game series vs. Mets
Adam Wainwright's injury forced the Cardinals to scramble for a starter for Tuesday, when they open a three-game home series against the Mets and Steven Matz. The club decided to move Luke Weaver up i...
• Sharp Mikolas backed by Wong, DeJong HRs
Miles Mikolas went seven strong innings in a 9-2 victory on Sunday at Busch Stadium, beating the Reds for the second time in a week. Kolten Wong and Paul DeJong both homered for the Cardinals, who hav...
• Hicks shows grit in sealing first big league win
Your first Major League win is supposed to be one you remember most, long after your career is through, the details etched in your mind and immune to the cruelty of time. But just minutes after Jordan...
• Yadi's go-ahead homer pushes Cards to win
They were the types of lineup alterations more befitting of a reeling team. The leadoff hitter dropped to fifth. The No. 3 batter pushed to the top. The slowest runner slotted in second, in the absenc...

National League Central
• Mikolas goes for series sweep vs. Reds
The Cardinals will look for their 11th consecutive win against the Reds, and their second sweep of Cincinnati in a week, when this series concludes Sunday. The last time St. Louis won that many in a r...
• Oviedo among top prospect performers
Cardinals right-hander Johan Oviedo was among top prospect performers on Friday....
• Wacha in the park: Righty masterful vs. Reds
Cardinals right-hander Michael Wacha continued his dominance of the Reds with 6 2/3 strong innings to help St. Louis to a 4-2 win on Friday night at Busch Stadium....
• Callup O'Neill soaking in big league experience
When outfielder Tyler O'Neill was informed that he was going to be called up by the Cardinals on Wednesday, the first person he notified was his mother, Marilyn. The phone call was a brief one. O'Neil...
• Cards turn to ace Martinez in matinee vs. Reds
Carlos Martinez (2-1, 1.75) will make his fifth start of the season Saturday vs. the Reds at 1:15 p.m. CT. He threw seven scoreless innings in a 3-2 win over Cincinnati in his last start and is 7-3 wi...

• Inbox: Plawecki the long-term answer for Mets?
Can Kevin Plawecki be expected to remain the starting catcher for the rest of the season after he returns from injury? How much leeway should Jose Reyes be given? Beat reporter Anthony DiComo has answ...
• Kay among top prospect performers
Mets left-hander Anthony Kay was among top prospect performers on Sunday....
• Mets, Braves postponed; makeup May 28
Sunday's game between the Mets and Braves has been postponed due to rain. The teams will make the game up as part of a split-admission doubleheader on Memorial Day, May 28....
• Wheeler, Mets rested up to face Cardinals
The Mets' choice to stay in the rotation instead of Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler hopes to vindicate that decision when he starts Tuesday in St. Louis vs. the Cardinals at 8:15 p.m. ET. The Mets should al...

Zack Wheeler
• Bullpen spoils big nights from Reyes, deGrom
The Mets' early bullpen success disguised the fact that two key relievers, AJ Ramos and Jerry Blevins, had not seen much success. Those two and Jeurys Familia all faltered Saturday in the late innings...

SunTrust Park
• Mets option Bautista, recall Oswalt for bullpen
The Mets on Saturday optioned Gerson Bautista to Double-A Binghamton, recalling right-hander Corey Oswalt from Triple-A Las Vegas to take his place. Bautista appeared in two games with the Mets in his...
• Slumping Yo comes through clutch in 12th
Yoenis Cespedes' struggles at the plate have not dissipated much, but the Mets continue plugging him in their lineup. They know he'll bust out of his slump eventually. And they also know he continues ...
• Harvey scuffles in Atlanta, putting role in doubt
An unquestioned member of the team's rotation heading into the season, Matt Harvey has since started four games, struggled thrice and, on Thursday, pitched poorly enough at SunTrust Park that the Brav...

SunTrust Park
• Mets sign Worley, Copeland for pitching depth
The Mets fleshed out their organizational depth with a pair of former big league starters this week, inking Vance Worley and Scott Copeland to Minor League contracts. The team also released another fo...

Minor League
• NL East: Checking in on the new guys
There are plenty of new faces in the National League East. Some of them have had a major impact on their team's success the first three weeks of the season. Others have not. Here is a look at some of ...

National League East

• Dodgers designate reliever Font for assignment
To make room on the roster for rookie right-hander Walker Buehler, the Dodgers designated reliever Wilmer Font for assignment....
• Jansen perseveres for another scoreless ninth
Kenley Jansen said he can't wait until he records a clean save, so the media won't be waiting for him by his locker....

Kenley Jansen
• Dodgers rally vs. Nats 'pen to capture series
Comeback wins were a Dodgers trademark last year (47 of them) and they pulled one off in their series finale with the Nationals after getting shut down for five innings by Jeremy Hellickson. Yasmani G...

Jeremy Hellickson
• Buehler set to make first big league start
Dodgers fans will soon see top prospect Walker Buehler make his much-anticipated season debut, as the team announced Sunday that Buehler was placed on the club's taxi squad and will start Monday's mat...
• Buehler set to take big stage vs. Marlins
Top prospect Walker Buehler gets the callup for his first Major League start against the last-place Marlins and their hot rookie starter, lefty Jarlin Garcia, in Monday's 7:10 p.m. PT series opener at...
• Wong among top prospect performers
Dodgers catcher Connor Wong was among top prospect performers on Sunday....
• Ryu rolls to 3-0 with 8-K gem vs. Nationals
For all of the early issues that cropped up for the Dodgers, it's hard to knock the quality of their fifth starter. That's Hyun-Jin Ryu, who merely outpitched Stephen Strasburg Saturday night with a t...
• Dodgers ride homers past Strasburg, Nats
Joc Pederson homered on his 26th birthday, Cody Bellinger homered on his Bobblehead Night and Kiké Hernandez slugged a pinch-homer as Hyun-Jin Ryu outpitched Stephen Strasburg in a 4-0 Dodgers wi...

Cody Bellinger
• Dodgers face Nats on Sunday Night Baseball
Alex Wood gets the start against the Nationals at 5 PT on ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball. The lefty was back in charge against the Padres in his last outing, after getting whacked by the A's while still...

• White Sox relish in runs revival to bust slump
• Angels duel, wrap up W on overturned call
• Yanks' bats erupt behind Tanaka to rout Twins
• Yanks top prospect Torres tallies 1st career hit
Gleyber Torres
• Eaton testing ankle, but return to Nats unclear
West Coast
• Gausman pitches immaculate inning for O's
Kevin Gausman
• Carrasco cruises, Alonso homers in Tribe's win
Carlos Carrasco
• Padres' wild 1st frame starts with run on balk
In their four-run first-inning rally on Monday night, the Padres got a bit of help en route to their first run. There was nothing cheap about the next three....
• Avi suffers hamstring strain; leaves game in 2nd
Avisail Garcia
• Stanton's 5th HR for Yanks a vintage shot

• Inbox: Will Swihart get a chance to play more?
How will the Red Sox use Blake Swihart? Beat reporter Ian Browne takes questions from fans in the latest Inbox....

Blake Swihart
• Hall of Fame opens new ALS exhibit
There is a special connection between the national pastime and the fatal illness commonly referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," making it an appropriate subject for a new exhibit at the National Base...

National Baseball Hall
• Travis makes Pipeline Team of the Week
MLB Pipeline's Prospect Team of the Week honors the best performances in the Minor Leagues from the previous week. Any player currently on an organization Top 30 Prospects list on our Prospect Watch i...

Minor Leagues
• Dalbec among top prospect performers
Red Sox third baseman Bobby Dalbec was among top prospect performers on Sunday....
• Price tagged for HR in 8th in Boston's loss to A's
One day after their hot start was brought to a screeching halt by Sean Manaea's no-hitter, Boston's potent bats were held in check by A's pitching for the second straight game. And after seven strong ...
• Lefty Poyner activated, optioned to Triple-A
The Red Sox activated left-handed reliever Bobby Poyner from the 10-day disabled list before Sunday's game and optioned him to Triple-A Pawtucket. Manager Alex Cora also offered updates on the status ...
• Beeks among top prospect performers
Red Sox left-hander Jalen Beeks was among to prospect performers on Saturday....
• Injury updates: Bogaerts, Wright, Thornburg
Shortstop Xander Bogaerts is expected to begin a two-game rehab assignment Tuesday with Triple-A Pawtucket, Red Sox manager Alex Cora announced Saturday. Cora expects Bogaerts to return in time for ne...
• Red Sox now 17-2, thanks to Moreland's slam
Boston's historic start continued with a 7-3 win in Oakland in Friday night's series opener behind a three-run homer from Jackie Bradley Jr. and a Mitch Moreland grand slam. The Red Sox improved to 17...

Mitch Moreland
• Moreland breaks it open with 6th-inning slam
A three-run homer by Jackie Bradley Jr. in the second tied the game at 3 and Mitch Moreland's sixth-inning grand slam gave Boston a late lead in Friday night's series opener against the A's in Oakland...

• Braves bullpen lets game slip away to Reds
Mike Foltynewicz's erratic effort led to an early exit and the National League's highest-scoring offense was held in check most of the night. But the frustration the Braves felt at the end of Monday n...
• Albies looks to match a club record vs. Reds
Ozzie Albies will attempt to match a Braves franchise record during Tuesday night's game against the Reds at Great American Ball Park. Albies has recorded 16 extra-base hits; Chipper Jones, Dale Murph...
• Deeper Braves lineup? Snitker dreaming of it
Asked about the enhanced depth he may soon have at his disposal, Braves manager Brian Snitker admitted he spent some time Monday afternoon mapping out how his lineup and bench might look once Jose Bau...
• Riley makes Pipeline Team of the Week
Minor Leagues
• Acuna among top prospect performers
Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna was among top prospect performers on Sunday....
• Braves, Mets postponed; makeup May 28
April showers brought yet another idle Sunday to the Braves....
• Camargo has no qualms with bench role
Johan Camargo was lined up to be Atlanta's starting third baseman before he strained his right oblique muscle two weeks before the start of the regular season. Now that he has returned from the disabl...

Jose Bautista
• Wright, Riley among prospect performers
Braves prospects Kyle Wright and Austin Riley were among top prospect performers on Saturday....
• Folty looks to rack up K's, clinch series
Right-hander Mike Foltynewicz will make his fifth start of the season today after picking up a no-decision in his eight-strikeout outing against the Phillies on Tuesday. The Mets will counter with rig...

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• Rockies' female reporter calls Monday's game
• Hoffman, A's owner from '95 to '05, dies at 95
Former Oakland Athletics owner Ken Hofmann has died. He was 95....

Oakland Athletics
• Only Red Sox, Nats on track to pay luxury tax
Only two teams this season are on track to pay baseball's luxury tax: the Red Sox and Nationals....
• Cubs' Russell: OK to play after allergic reaction
Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell said he should be able to play Tuesday despite having to stay overnight in Denver on Sunday for an allergic reaction to a post-game spread....

Chicago Cubs
• Farquhar 'progressing well' after brain surgery
Chicago White Sox pitcher Danny Farquhar showed signs of improvement Monday after suffering a brain hemorrhage and undergoing surgery this past weekend....
• Two thumbs up! Belt's 21-pitch at-bat a triumph of cinema
What made this 13-minute movie special was not the time the antagonist hit the ball fair, but the 20 times he didn't....
• Brewers TV analyst Nelson dies at age 73
Davey Nelson, a former All-Star infielder for the Rangers and television analyst with the Brewers, has died at the age of 73....
• #GleyberGood: Meet Gleyber Torres, Yanks' latest future star
One of the top prospects in the game, the 21-year-old second baseman has arrived in the big leagues. Here's what you need to know....
• Enjoy them while you can -- no-hitters are going extinct
While no-hit bid alerts blow up our phones almost on a nightly basis, completing the job -- as Sean Manaea just did -- will become rarer and rarer....

Sean Manaea
• Farquhar had surgery to treat swelling of brain
White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar was in critical but stable condition Sunday, a day after undergoing surgery to relieve swelling on his brain after suffering a brain hemorrhage while in the dugout du...

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• 21 Pitches, 16 Fouls, 12 Minutes: Brandon Belt’s Marathon At-Bat
Belt broke a major league record by battling Jaime Barria for 21 pitches in a single at-bat on Sunday. It was tiring for all involved....
• Yankees 5, Blue Jays 1: Miguel Andujar, the Yankees’ 18-Game Veteran, Outshines Phenom’s Debut
Before calling up Gleyber Torres the Yankees had him move to second base so Andujar could stay at third. On Sunday, Andujar showed why....
• On Baseball: Gleyber Torres Arrives as Part of a Pinstriped Youth Movement
Torres, who became the youngest player in the American League with his call-up to the Yankees on Saturday, had a whirlwind weekend. Now comes the hard part....
• Yoenis Cespedes Diagnoses Himself With a Golf Deficiency
Cespedes gave up his second love, golf, this season in an effort to preserve his legs, but he thinks that decision is affecting his baseball swing....
• A No-Hitter by Oakland’s Sean Manaea Tames the Red Sox
A reversed call in the sixth inning helped Manaea, who said he didn’t realize he had a no-hitter until later in the game....
• Gleyber Torres Is Joining the Yankees
The team has called up Torres, its top prospect, and he is expected to be at Yankee Stadium for Sunday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays....

Toronto Blue Jays
• Matt Harvey Is Demoted to the Mets’ Bullpen
Harvey, who has continued to struggle, said he was angry about the move but determined to show that he deserved to be in the starting rotation....
• White Sox Reliever Danny Farquhar Has Brain Hemorrhage During Game
Farquhar passed out in the sixth inning on Friday night after getting two outs against the Houston Astros....
• Yankees 9, Blue Jays 1: Aaron Judge Homers, and Yankees Pile On in a 7-Run Sixth
Judge hit his sixth homer of the season in the third inning. Miguel Andujar’s three-run double helped the Yankees blow the game open in the sixth inning....
• Extra Bases: Enter Josh Hader, the Middle-Innings ‘Closer’
The Milwaukee Brewers have used Hader in a way that redefines the role of a bullpen ace....

• Bulls' Robin Lopez goes on epic tirade, gets his money's worth following ejection
Lopez shouted an impressive string of expletives as he walked off the floor...

Robin Lopez
• NCAA's hypocrisy toward revenue-generating sports is more apparent than ever
NCAA president Mark Emmert has plenty of problems and conflicts to deal with these days...
• MLB Awards: Cody Bellinger unanimously named 2017 NL Rookie of the Year
Bellinger set a new NL rookie record with 39 home runs...

Cody Bellinger
• College football winners and losers, Week 8: Saquon Barkley, Josh Adams shine
Plus, people need to start paying attention to Matt Campbell and Iowa State...
• Astros' Justin Verlander named ALCS MVP after two dominant starts vs. Yankees
Thanks to two wins, a 0.56 ERA and 21 strikeouts, Verlander takes the honors...

Justin Verlander
• Canadiens' Jonathan Drouin buys arena suite for underprivileged kids
The Canadiens' new star forward is making a significant impact off the ice...

Jonathan Drouin
• Pistons preview: Andre Drummond, Reggie Jackson crucial to any shot at playoff return
The Pistons are looking to bounce back from a disappointing season in which they went 37-45...

Reggie Jackson
• Shea Serrano explains how he wrote 'the coolest basketball book' ever
Serrano talks to CBS Sports about his book, "Basketball (And Other Things)," which was released Tuesday...
• SportsLine MLB playoff odds, projections: The Dodgers are a near-lock for NLCS
Let's update each team's chances of winning the World Series...
• Phillies, Tigers reportedly interested in hiring former Marlins manager Mike Redmond
Redmond spent more than two seasons as Marlins manager...

• Houston Astros lose game to Angels on challenge
Houston Astros
• Phillies to sign Trevor Plouffe
• Rockies place Chris Rusin on 10-day DL, move Carlos Estevez to 60-day DL
• Rookie Miguel Andujar off to historic start for Yankees
New York Yankees rookie Miguel Andujar is off to a great start in his career and putting himself in some excellent company.Andujar was called up by the Yankees on April 1 and didn’t get his first hit ...
• WATCH: Giancarlo Stanton finally hears cheers after mammoth HR
Giancarlo Stanton hasn’t gotten many cheers directed his way this season, his first as a member of the New York Yankees. In fact, the former Miami star has been repeatedly, and quite viciously, we mig...

Giancarlo Stanton
• Dodgers designate Wilmer Font
The Dodgers have designated right-hander Wilmer Font for assignment, per a club announcement. His roster spot will go to top prospect Walker Buehler, whose promotion — to make his first-ever MLB start...
• Braves expect to use Jose Bautista at third base
Braves skipper Brian Snitker says the organization expects to install veteran Jose Bautista as the regular at third base once he’s brought up to the majors, Gabriel Burns of the Atlanta Journal-Consti...

Brian Snitker
• Blake Wood diagnosed with elbow impingement
• Brewers outright RHP Alec Asher
• Cody Bellinger learned special slide from Mike Trout
Cody Bellinger is taking a page out of the book of another L.A. baseball star.During 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Sunday, the Los Angeles Dodgers slugger hit an RBI double in the sixth inn...

Cody Bellinger

• Yanks' bats erupt behind Tanaka to rout Twins
• Sabathia tabbed to take mound vs. Twins
Left-hander CC Sabathia (0-0, 2.70 ERA) draws the start in Tuesday's 6:35 p.m. ET contest as the Yankees continue their four-game series against the Twins. It will be Sabathia's second start since com...

Blue Jays
• Hall of Fame opens new ALS exhibit
National Baseball Hall
• Andujar lifts Yanks to series win over Jays
Luis Severino allowed just one run on three hits in seven innings to win for the fourth time in five starts. Didi Gregorius hit a first-inning home run and drove in another run with a sacrifice fly in...
• Yanks host Twins for AL WC rematch
The Yankees and Twins, who met in the American League Wild Card Game last October, will be back at Yankee Stadium for a four-game series beginning with a 7:05 p.m. ET game Monday night. Right-hander M...
• Gleyber 'surprised and excited' about callup
Gleyber Torres has spent most of his life as a shortstop and played mostly at third base in the early weeks of this season in the Minor Leagues. But the Yankees' top prospect will begin his Major Leag...

Minor Leagues
• Big frame boosts Yanks, Montgomery over Jays
Aaron Judge hit a towering homer and the Yankees sent 12 men to the plate in their biggest inning of the season, supporting Jordan Montgomery's solid outing in a 9-1 victory over the Blue Jays on Satu...
• Severino takes on Jays in finale
Luis Severino takes the ball on Sunday as the Yankees and Blue Jays complete their four-game series at 1:05 p.m. ET. Severino defeated the Jays on Opening Day at Rogers Centre, hurling 5 2/3 scoreless...

Luis Severino
• Gray's early-season struggles continue in loss
Sonny Gray was certain that he had identified the mechanical flaw that was holding back his top-level performance, and so the right-hander voiced a plan to simplify that approach and unveil those adju...
• Montgomery aiming for second straight win
Jordan Montgomery will look to string together consecutive victories on Saturday as he takes on the Blue Jays at 1:05 p.m. ET. Montgomery picked up his first win on April 13 at Detroit, tossing a seas...

Jordan Montgomery

• Smith nearing return from Tommy John surgery
The Giants hope that their bullpen will become a little more whole next week when left-hander Will Smith makes his anticipated return from Tommy John elbow surgery....

Tommy John
• Cueto lowers ERA to 0.35 as Giants top Halos
Johnny Cueto held the Angels to no runs on two hits after carrying a no-hitter into the sixth inning and lowered his ERA to 0.35 in the Giants' 4-2 win....
• Stratton on mound in opener vs. Nationals
The Giants will try to carry some momentum into the upcoming homestand, facing the Nationals on Monday. Chris Stratton (1-1, 2.22 ERA) will take the mound with some momentum of his own as the Giants h...
• Giants doomed by Halos' three homers in loss
One last time through the heart of an Angels order that Derek Holland knows well proved to be a bit much Saturday night. The Giants' starter gave up a two-run home run to Albert Pujols in the sixth in...

Derek Holland
• Lefty reliever Smith close to making return
Will Smith pitched one inning in relief for Triple-A Sacramento on Friday and could be a little more than a week away from his long-awaited return to the San Francisco Giants....

Will Smith
• Red-hot Cueto faces Angels to finish series
The Giants will send Johnny Cueto (1-0, 0.45 ERA) to the mound Sunday in the series finale at Anaheim. The right-hander will be making his second start since coming off the DL because of a left ankle ...
• Williamson brings rebuilt swing to Giants
Mac Williamson was called up to take Hunter Pence's place on the roster and provide some offensive pop....
• Holland takes on Angels seeking first win
Giants left-hander Derek Holland will take the mound Saturday evening against the Angels still in search of his first victory as a member of the Giants. After nine seasons in the American League, Holl...

Derek Holland
• Giants bats go cold in narrow loss to D-backs
The Giants received a worthy pitching performance Thursday night from left-hander Ty Blach but generated little else as they dropped a 3-1 decision to the Arizona Diamondbacks....

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