The Atlanta Braves have baseball's best record, and now they're getting their best pitcher back. Max Fried is set to rejoin the Braves' rotation on Friday when the team opens a weekend series at the Chicago Cubs, providing a huge boost to a team that already is a leading World Series contender.
Trevor Richards is resting before the Toronto Blue Jays begin their final post-season push. The reliable middle-innings reliever was put on Toronto's 15-day injured list with neck inflammation on Thursday.
Max Fried is set to rejoin the Braves' rotation on Friday when the team opens a weekend series in Chicago against the Cubs, providing a huge boost to a team that already is a leading World Series contender.
Rays ace Shane McClanahan will return to Tampa, Florida, on Thursday to have his arm checked by the team's doctor. His start Wednesday was cut short partly because the outside of his forearm tightened up while he was warming up for the fourth inning.
Chicago White Sox closer Liam Hendriks underwent successful Tommy John surgery Wednesday to repair a torn UCL in his right elbow and is expected to miss 12-14 months.
New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán has voluntarily entered inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse, the team announced Wednesday. Germán, who threw a perfect game June 28 at Oakland, was placed on the restricted list.
Jameson Taillon pitched five-plus innings for his fourth straight win, and the surging Chicago Cubs held on to beat Cincinnati 5-3 Thursday night, knocking the Reds out of first place in the NL Central.
Michael A. Taylor and Ryan Jeffers each hit a two-run homer, and the AL Central-leading Minnesota Twins beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-3 on Thursday night.
Rookies Brice Turang and Sal Frelick hit three-run homers in consecutive innings and the Milwaukee Brewers continued Mitch Keller’s second-half skid in a 14-1 blowout of the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night.
Max Scherzer struck out out nine over six innings in his Texas debut, settling in after throwing 37 pitches in a three-run first, and the Rangers rallied to beat the Chicago White Sox 5-3 on Thursday to complete a three-game series sweep.
Michael Lorenzen threw a season-high eight innings of two-run ball in his Phillies debut as Philadelphia beat the Miami Marlins 4-2 on Thursday.
Brady Singer is starting to look like the promising young pitcher that was at times dominant last season, and Bobby Witt Jr. is starting to make good on the expectations that many placed on him as one of baseball's top prospects.
TSN Blue Jays Reporter Scott Mitchell ranks the top 50 prospects in Toronto's organization.
TSN MLB insider Steve Phillips and TSN Blue Jays reporter Scott Mitchell put together the top 50 names available in free agency this off-season. In addition, Phillips and Mitchell provide their own individual rankings, contract predictions, potential landing spots, and a Blue Jays take for each player in the top 30.
Follow all of the off-season trades from around the baseball world right here with TSN.ca's MLB Trade Tracker.
It was one of the most memorable and significant seasons in the history of baseball. In the summer of 1998, the St. Louis Cardinals’ Mark McGwire and the Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa embarked on a chase of one of the game’s most hallowed records, igniting the passion and imagination of fans and non-fans everywhere. The drama, excitement, and results would be remembered for generations. If we only knew then just how complex our feelings about it all would eventually become.
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