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In the second half of Atlantic League play, the pitching rubber will go back to 61 feet, 6 inches, giving hitters more time to react. The league will also implement the "double-hook" rule, where a team loses its DH when it removes its starting pitcher.

The Toronto Blue Jays have placed closer Julian Merryweather on the 10-day injured list with a strained left oblique.

Bernie Madoff, whose Ponzi scheme defrauded thousands and affected the finances of the New York Mets, has died in prison.

Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a strained left quad and Christian Yelich is out for the third straight game with back tightness.

Qualifying for the Olympic baseball tournament will take place in West Palm Beach and Port Lucie, FL beginning May 31.

Tuesday night saw 11 legitimate preseason Cy Young candidates all starting. Their results varied.

Cubs catcher Willson Contreras let his bat do the talking on Tuesday night after getting hit by a Brewers pitcher for the seventh time over the past two seasons.

Cubs infielder Matt Duffy has been placed on the COVID-19-related injured list, joining relievers Brandon Workman, Jason Adam and Dan Winkler. None of the players tested positive, but the team is being cautious given their close contacts or symptoms.

Cubs infielder Matt Duffy has been placed on the COVID-19-related injured list, joining relievers Brandon Workman, Jason Adam and Dan Winkler. None of the players tested positive, but the team is being cautious given their close contacts or symptoms.

After pitching the first no-hitter in the San Diego Padres' 52-year history, Joe Musgrove's family coffee shop in California has seen an uptick in popularity and business.

Mariners lefty James Paxton will have surgery on his elbow, manager Scott Servais said Tuesday, ending Paxton's return to Seattle after one start.

Qualifying for the Olympic baseball tournament will take place in West Palm Beach and Port Lucie, FL beginning May 31.

Behind the former Phillie Phanatic's quest to harness the power of fun -- and why he thinks it has found a new purpose in a post-pandemic world.

Indians infielder Yu Chang shared that he received racist messages on social media after his decisive throwing error in Cleveland's loss Monday to the White Sox.

The Wolves will host the Nets on Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET without fans after Monday's game was postponed following the police shooting of Daunte Wright. The Twins and Red Sox will play Tuesday at 2:10 p.m.

While the rest of the division's on-the-field additions were the talk of the offseason, what Philly did behind the scenes could shake up the NL East.

Gerrit Cole looks every bit like one of the top three starting pitchers in the game. The rest of the Yankees' rotation, however, remains a question mark.

Aaron Hicks took himself out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Blue Jays in the wake of the police shooting of Daunte Wright. "I think it's just been a hard day for him, understandably, and emotional," Aaron Boone said.

Major league umpire Joe West was awarded $500,000 in damages plus interest dating to July 8 in a defamation suit against former All-Star catcher Paul Lo Duca.

Back in Houston for the first time since the sign-stealing scandal that rocked baseball and cost him his job as Astros manager, AJ Hinch, now with the Tigers, says he has to "focus on the good things that happened here."