5:03 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates ace Jameson Taillon will be shut down for at least a month because of a strained right elbow. The team placed Taillon on the 10-day injured list Saturday after he complained of lingering pain following a victory over Texas on Wednesday. Taillon is 2-3 with a
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4:21 PM ET The Cincinnati Reds have released Matt Kemp, the team announced Saturday. Kemp had been on the 10-day IL with a broken rib suffered after crashing into the outfield wall in San Diego last month. Kemp was slashing .200/.210/.283 with a .493 OPS, all career lows. His dip in productivity comes after a
6:08 PM ET NEW YORK — On a day when the New York Yankees reinstated one player off their injured list, another went right on it. About an hour before the Yankees faced the Minnesota Twins on Saturday (in a game the Bronx Bombers ultimately lost 7-3), the team announced that starter James Paxton was
11:42 AM ET ESPN News Services St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Luke Gregerson is rejoining the major league roster as he looks to pitch for the first time since July after being diagnosed with a right shoulder impingement. The Cardinals activated Gregerson off the 10-day injured list ahead of Saturday’s game against the Chicago Cubs. Gregerson
12:39 AM ET CHICAGO — Desperate to get back in the win column, Red Sox ace Chris Sale finally found a victory in the place where he’s won the most. Sale threw six scoreless innings in his sharpest outing of the season, picking up the decision in Boston’s 6-1 win over the Chicago White Sox
1:26 AM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — The crowd was energized for Nick Senzel‘s debut. A pair of three-run homers by Derek Dietrich helped the Reds surge ahead by eight runs. It looked as though the San Francisco Giants were headed for yet another horrid outcome at Great American Ball Park. Instead, the Giants pulled
9:47 PM ET New York Yankees left-hander James Paxton left Friday night’s start against the Minnesota Twins with soreness in his left knee, the team announced. Paxton will undergo an MRI on Saturday. After getting the final out of the third inning, Paxton left the Yankees’ dugout with a trainer and did not return to
12:28 AM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Kevin Gausman was ejected for trying to settle a score with Jose Urena, so a couple of home run swings did the job instead for the Atlanta Braves. Freddie Freeman and Brian McCann went deep off Urena, who was at the center of a melee last season
12:06 AM ET CHICAGO — Coming off a seven run, 10-hit outing against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks vowed a better mental approach and more “conviction” to his pitches. He doubted himself on the mound seven days ago but quickly flipped the script with a dominating performance against the St. Louis Cardinals
6:51 PM ET CHICAGO — Coming off a seven run, 10-hit outing against the Arizona Diamondbacks, Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks vowed a better mental approach and more “conviction” to his pitches. He doubted himself on the mound seven days ago but quickly flipped the script with a dominating and historic performance against the St.