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The St. Louis Cardinals have completed their deal with free-agent closer Greg Holland and put left-handed reliever Brett Cecil on the 10-day disabled list with a strained pitching shoulder.

Shohei Ohtani is about to make his first major league start, three days after playing as a major league DH, and -- whatever happens while he's on the mound -- the magnitude of this moment should not be minimized.

Joe Panik followed up his Opening Day game-winning solo shot with another in the Giants' win over the Dodgers on Friday -- the first player ever to homer for his team in back-to-back 1-0 victories.

David Price led the Red Sox to their first win, but even more important, he moved to reclaim his co-ace cred with Chris Sale atop Boston's rotation.

In Friday's win, the Bombers didn't need production from names like Stanton or Judge. Instead, their less famous bottom of the order sent a message.

A 17-second moment of silence was held ahead of the Cubs-Marlins game Friday night, as the teams honored the victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting.

Blue Jays shortstop Troy Tulowitzki will have surgery Monday to remove bone spurs from both heels and is expected to miss eight weeks, general manager Ross Atkins said Friday.

Braves manager Brian Snitker said Friday that catcher Tyler Flowers felt a pop and that the oblique strain was diagnosed as being of midlevel severity.

The Yankees placed center fielder Aaron Hicks on the 10-day DL on Friday, which could lead to Aaron Judge manning center and Giancarlo Stanton in right or left field.

Pat Neshek was placed on the disabled list Friday with a right shoulder strain, a blow to an already weakened Phillies bullpen.

MLB started the season with its most players born in Puerto Rico since 2011. The overall percentage of players born outside the United States was 29 percent, down from last year's record 29.8 percent.

The Bombers blasted 241 homers last season. The major league record is 264. After adding Giancarlo Stanton, do they smash that mark into oblivion?

Injuries. Anger. Clashes with reporters. The Sox lefty stopped having fun in '17. But Price and those who know him best say he's back to his old self.

Between bullpen blowups and huge homers, 2018 started with a bang, though none bigger than new Yankee Giancarlo Stanton's two titanic home runs.

The new Red Sox skipper rolled the dice rather than go to his closer and got introduced to his new reality: A postgame grilling after a tough loss.

On Opening Day, Justin Verlander showed why he's the top dog in a "rotation full of aces" as Houston reminded us all just how loaded the champs are.

Chicago White Sox designated hitter Matt Davidson became just the fourth player in major league history to hit three home runs on Opening Day as he went deep in the fourth, fifth and eighth innings against the Kansas City Royals on Thursday.

In his first at-bat for the Yankees, Giancarlo Stanton crushed an offering from Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ for a 426-foot home run to right field.

Astros World Series MVP George Springer hit a leadoff home run on Opening Day for the second straight season. He's the only player to ever do that.

The Marlins and Cubs are wearing patches with the initials "MSD" and 17 stars, and they will host victims' families and survivors of the Parkland shooting on Friday.