The Astros and Mark Appel, the No. 1 overall pick in this year's First-Year Player Draft, have reached agreement on a contract, which the team said will be signed Wednesday afternoon. A news conference will be held at Minute Maid Park at 3 p.m. CT.More»Luhnow, Elias on No. 1 pick Appel
Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully will reach the masses through a new medium -- Twitter -- when he takes over the team's @Dodgers account for his first Tweetcast on Wednesday.More» At Scully's request, Ellis trends on Twitter
George Brett is the first to admit that he has a lot to learn about the high-tech aspects of hitting in the modern game, but the Hall of Famer is doing his best to help turn around the Royals' struggling offense.More»Brett shares excitement of being Royals hitting coach
Alex Rodriguez allegedly reached out to Biogenesis founder Anthony Bosch for help while struggling in last year's American League Championship Series, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Miami New Times.More»
Orioles third baseman Manny Machado leads the big leagues with 33 doubles and 101 hits. He's already tied the O's team record for two-baggers before the All-Star break.More» Machado's 33rd double is 100th hit of 2013
Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts ran short, speedy bursts on the field prior to Tuesday's game, the last remaining step as he progresses back from right hamstring surgery, with the goal of going out on rehab assignment next week.More» Roberts injures leg while sliding
The Dodgers are looking at Ted Lilly's most recent injury as one that he should be able to return from relatively soon, manager Don Mattingly said.More» Lilly strikes out seven over five innings
Jonny Gomes capped a long day and night of baseball at Fenway Park by smashing a towering two-run walk-off home run over the Green Monster to give the Red Sox a 3-1 victory over the Rays, completing a sweep in Tuesday's day-night doubleheader.More» Sox walk off on Gomes' two-run homer
Buoyed by a solid start from lefty Zach Britton -- who was recalled from Triple-A prior to the game-and some dazzling defense, the O's scored five runs off Justin Verlander en route to a 5-2 series-evening victory in front of 34,796 at Comerica Park.More» Hardy's two-run shot shatters scoreless tie
As Matt Harvey completed his final work assignment of the day, debriefing around two dozen media members -- a larger-than-normal contingent -- following his afternoon start, Zack Wheeler sat quietly five locker stalls away. If the crush of clubhouse visitors bothered him, he did not show it, leaning back in his chair and thumbing through a cell phone.More» Wheeler's parents talk about son's debut
Jarrod Parker fired seven stellar innings, holding the Rangers hitless after the third, while Brandon Moss and John Jaso went deep to lead the A's over the Rangers, 6-2, on Tuesday in Texas.More» Parker earns sixth win with seven strong
The Houston Astrodome, dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World" when it opened in 1965, has been listed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of this year's 11 most endangered places.More» Astros clinch divison in last Astrodome game
When he hit the ball, first baseman Paul Goldschmidt had a pretty good idea he had just won the game for his team. The ball struck the batter's eye in center field, well over the yellow line, as the D-backs walked off with a 3-2 win over the Marlins on Tuesday night at Chase Field.More» D-backs walk off on Goldschmidt's homer
Esmil Rogers took a no-hitter into the sixth inning as the Blue Jays extended their winning streak to seven games with an 8-3 victory over the Rockies on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre.More» Encarnacion lines a two-run shot to left
in a 2013 season when Major League teams have gone into extra innings at a surprisingly frequent rate -- at possibly a record pace -- there have been more than a dozen opportunities for a second seventh-inning stretch of the game.More»Three teams show their stamina in extra-long games
Juan Perez's two-out, tiebreaking RBI single capped a two-run uprising in the eighth inning that erased a one-run deficit and lifted the Giants to a 5-4 victory over the Padres, whose seven-game winning streak dissolved.More» Perez gets it done with his arm and his bat
Business interests and career advancement were on the minds of most in attendance at an energetic cocktail hour Tuesday night, an A-list event that marked the official start of the second annual MLB Diversity Business Summit.More»Reid Ryan, Houston mayor at Diversity Business Summit
With Zack Wheeler set to make his debut in the nightcap, Matt Harvey responded with one of the better performances of his already-sublime young career in Game 1, holding the Braves to one hit over the first seven innings of a 4-3 Mets win, before things grew hairy for him in the eighth on Tuesday.More» Harvey stifles Braves, strikes out 13 in win
Jeff Samardzija allowed two runs in 8 1/3 innings, and four first-inning runs helped sink the Cardinals in a 4-2 win on Tuesday. Ryan Sweeney and Cody Ransom hit back-to-back homers.More» Samardzija fans six in 8 1/3 dominant frames
Jeremy Bonderman turned in a gem only to see the bullpen blow another lead, but the Mariners recovered to claim a victory when Kendrys Morales drove in Kyle Seager with two outs in the 10th inning on Tuesday night at Angel Stadium.More» Morales' single puts Mariners on top in 10th
Pirates manger Clint Hurdle had a feeling Reds starter Mat Latos was due for a loss. A dominant performance from Charlie Morton and a big first inning from the Pirates' offense turned Hurdle's feeling into reality, as Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati, 4-0, on Tuesday at Great American Ball Park.More» Morton holds Reds scoreless for 5 1/3 frames
Like a wise veteran, Mets starter Zack Wheeler cleaned up his own mess on multiple occasions to turn in six shutout innings in his Major League debut, but it was batterymate Anthony Recker who helped spark the rest of the New York offense in securing the top pitching prospect's first big league win, a 6-1 victory over the Braves to complete a doubleheader sweep Tuesday.More» Wheeler throws six scoreless, earns win
Most children involved in the game of baseball dream for a chance to meet, and possibly learn from, an active or retired professional, and the Major League Baseball Players Alumni Association made that happen for a group of kids on Tuesday night.More»
Five days after he declined to say he wanted to remain in Philadelphia if the Phillies did not turn around their season, Lee pitched splendidly in a 4-2 victory over the Nationals at Citizens Bank Park, improving the Phillies to 35-37.More» Lee hurls a dominant eight frames
Jordan Lyles held the Brewers to seven hits and one run in seven innings, Carlos Pena blasted a three-run homer and Matt Dominguez added his first career grand slam to lead the Astros to a 10-1 win over their former National League Central rivals on Tuesday.More» Dominguez clobbers a grand slam to left
Brian Holberton and Colin Moran kept the Tar Heels alive in the College World Series on Tuesday afternoon in an elimination game no one expected. Holberton homered in the first inning and Moran went 3-for-5 to lead No. 1 UNC to a 4-2 win over No. 4 LSU at TD Ameritrade Park. UCLA remained undefeated in Omaha by getting another solid pitching performance and more timely offensive execution.More»
