The Yankees announced a setback on Wednesday for Giancarlo Stanton, who is experiencing left calf tightness and will pause his rehab assignment until he's ready to resume. Stanton, who hasn't played since March 31 due to a left biceps strain and a left shoulder strain, was scratched from what would

BALTIMORE -- After playing for a month without a true center fielder in the fold, the Orioles plugged that hole in their roster Wednesday by acquiring Keon Broxton from the Mets. Baltimore sent international bonus slot money to New York in exchange for Broxton, who was designated for assignment last

NEW YORK -- Some years, it’s with champagne, straight out of the bottle. Other years call for cocktails. One way or another, Mets catcher Wilson Ramos makes it a point to celebrate every 11th of November “like a birthday.” That was the day, in 2011, when Venezuelan police commandos freed

CLEVELAND -- Frankie Montas established himself as the top pitcher in the A’s rotation earlier in the season. Now he’s starting to pitch like one of the best in the entire league. The Indians were the latest club to be stymied by the right-hander. Montas kept Cleveland scoreless over six

When a player begins a season on a hot streak, it’s obvious. When that streak comes later, perhaps on the heels of a season-opening slump, it can get a bit lost. First impressions are hard to shake. That’s the situation facing these five prominent hitters. Each started slowly, falling below

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Cubs today placed left-handed pitcher Xavier Cedeño on the 10-day injured list with left wrist inflammation and recalled right-handed pitcher Rowan Wick from Triple-A Iowa. Wick will be available for the Cubs tonight when they continue their four-game series against the Philadelphia Phillies at Wrigley Field.

MILWAUKEE -- You can cross another item off top Brewers prospect Keston Hiura’s to-do list: His first home run at Miller Park. The 22-year-old took Reds right-hander Luis Castillo deep leading off the second inning of Wednesday’s series finale at Miller Park, an answer to Cincinnati’s five-run outburst against usually

CHICAGO -- Much like Phillies right-hander Jake Arrieta in Monday’s matchup at Wrigley Field, Cubs lefty Cole Hamels will face off against his former team for the first time in his career at 8:05 p.m. ET on Wednesday night. The game can be seen live on MLB.TV. The southpaw was

Bobby Witt Jr. is following in his father's footsteps. The 18-year-old out of Colleyville (Texas) Heritage High School is all but a lock to join his father, former MLB pitcher Bobby Witt, as a first-round Draft pick on June 3.

ST. LOUIS -- Royals right-hander Brad Keller turned in his best outing in more than a month on Wednesday, as he went seven-plus innings and gave up just two runs and two hits in the Royals’ 8-2 win over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium in the first game of a

CLEVELAND -- From encouraging news about the condition of catcher Roberto Perez to a difficult conversation with outfielder Carlos Gonzalez, Indians manager Terry Francona had a rollercoaster of a morning prior to Wednesday’s contest against Oakland. After getting pulled from Tuesday’s game with a mild concussion, Perez came in to

SAN DIEGO – The sagging D-backs offense won’t be able to add Jake Lamb as a reinforcement in the immediate future. Lamb’s progress from a left quadriceps strain shifted into neutral during the team’s visit to San Diego. He put an end to running drills on Tuesday when the leg

It can feel like a bit of a dubious achievement to win a Comeback Player of the Year Award. After all, to come back from some setback, you have to have fallen back in the first place. Mike Trout isn’t winning any Comeback of the Year Awards because he’s the

PITTSBURGH -- The Rockies selected the contract of right-handed relief pitcher Jairo Diaz, who is back in the Majors for the first time since 2017, and placed closer Wade Davis on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain before Wednesday night’s game against the Pirates. To make room

ARLINGTON -- Catcher Omar Narvaez, who has been the Mariners’ hottest hitter the past few weeks, took a foul tip off his left knee in the third inning of Wednesday’s game against the Rangers and was pinch-hit for by backup catcher Tom Murphy in the top of the fourth. The

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres head to Toronto this weekend, and it remains unclear whether Fernando Tatis Jr. will be deemed healthy and able to return from the left hamstring strain that sidelined him late last month. If he is, it would enable a matchup between the sport's No. 1

CLEVELAND -- The A’s aren’t ready to put Khris Davis on the injured list just yet. Davis was out of the lineup for Wednesday’s series finale against the Indians after departing Tuesday’s 5-3 win in the third inning with lingering effects from the left hip contusion he suffered on May

ARLINGTON -- Rangers outfielder Willie Calhoun was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a strained left quad muscle. The Rangers have called up outfielder Delino DeShields from Triple-A Nashville to replace him on the active roster. Calhoun injured his leg trying to beat out a ground ball in

The new president of Mexico has made one thing very clear in his first six months in office: He wants to see more baseball played south of the U.S. border. On Wednesday, Major League Baseball and USA Baseball announced plans to assist with that effort. On a sunny morning in

MILWAUKEE -- Christian Yelich cited improvement before missing a second straight game Wednesday because of back spasms, and a hope that he will be back in action Friday when the Brewers open a weekend series against the Phillies at Miller Park. Yelich wasn’t sure what caused his flare-up Tuesday afternoon

ARLINGTON -- A Mariners roster that has undergone considerable turnover in the past week will see more change this weekend as third baseman Kyle Seager is ready to come off the 60-day injured list Saturday in Oakland. Seager has been sidelined since surgery to repair a tendon he tore in

Giancarlo Stanton, Aaron Judge, Masahiro Tanaka, Didi Gregorius, James Paxton, Dellin Betances and Troy Tulowitzki, Yankees Stanton's rehab assignment has been put on hold due to left calf tightness, the Yankees announced Wednesday, one day after the slugger was scratched from Class A Advanced Tampa's lineup. Stanton was initially placed

NEW YORK -- A day after offering tight-lipped silence in response to his tiff with Nationals outfielder Adam Eaton, the Mets’ Todd Frazier fired back, alluding to an incident between the two while they were White Sox teammates in 2016. Frazier offered no details about the incident, chalking Eaton’s behavior

ST. PETERSBURG -- Sometime shortly after his second strikeout of the game, Clayton Kershaw was faced with a decision. He was either going to be in for a rough ride Tuesday night, or the Rays were. The decision was an easy one for the Dodgers’ ace, who went on to