9:31 PM ET TORONTO — Apparently even silence can have its consequences. New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner learned that the hard way Friday night, when he was ejected from the visitors dugout in the fourth inning of the Yankees’ game at Rogers Centre against the Toronto Blue Jays. The rare scenario fully enraged Gardner
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7:34 PM ET TORONTO — New York Yankees starter Luis Severino took a massive step forward Friday in his return from the shoulder and back troubles that have sidelined him since spring training. For the first time since he was a surprise pregame scratch in an early-March Grapefruit League outing, Severino threw off a pitcher’s
5:26 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers have again optioned struggling third baseman Travis Shaw to Triple-A San Antonio. Shaw, 29, is hitting just .162 with six home runs and 13 RBIs in 65 games this season. Because of Shaw’s struggles, Mike Moustakas has been the Brewers’ starting third baseman after starting the season at second
4:38 PM ET BALTIMORE — Chris Davis’ frustrations had finally boiled over. “That was really kind of the breaking point,” said Davis of what led to his public disagreement with Orioles manager Brandon Hyde, which was caught on camera during Baltimore’s 14-2 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday. “I think it’s pretty obvious
2:51 PM ET A Texas Rangers fan who directed racist comments and derogatory gestures at a Hispanic family during a game Saturday has been indefinitely banned from the team’s games at Globe Life Park. The Rangers said in a statement on Friday that after reviewing information about the incident, “we are notifying the individual that
1:32 PM ET Second baseman Joe Panik, released by the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, has agreed to a free-agent deal with the New York Mets, the team announced Friday. It’s a homecoming for Panik, who attended high school in Hopewell Junction, New York, and attended St. John’s University. He cleared waivers on Friday. “I
12:48 PM ET The Detroit Tigers reinstated veteran infielder Josh Harrison from the 60-day injured list and released him on Friday. Harrison, 32, played in just 36 games in his first season with the Tigers because of a hamstring injury. He hit .176 with a home run and 8 RBIs and made 34 starts at
12:45 PM ET A catchy nickname and an uncanny resemblance to chef Guy Fieri have made Toasty — an anthropomorphized s’more and the new mascot of the Rocky Mountain Vibes, a Milwaukee Brewers farm team based in Colorado Springs — the toast of baseball this season. We grilled Ryan Rhodes, owner of Custom Characters and
12:27 AM ET So this is a good record, one that would have appeared in the old The Sporting News Complete Baseball Record Book: Bo Bichette has doubled in nine games in a row. Legitimate stuff here, not mere trivia — not that there’s anything wrong with trivia — and thank the baseball gods it
10:45 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Designated hitter Nelson Cruz has a strained left wrist that forced him out of Minnesota’s game in the fourth inning, after a swing and a miss at a pitch from Cleveland’s Mike Clevinger in the opener of a key series between the AL Central front-runners. Cruz grimaced immediately