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Of the top 30 players in baseball, five have signed extensions this week alone. But a few factors help make Chris Sale's deal unique.

UCSF scientists are testing how brief periods of controlled stress could protect the body from long-term stress.

There is no timetable for Athletics first baseman Matt Olson's return following hand surgery.

Reds All-Star second baseman Scooter Gennett injured a leg while fielding a grounder against Milwaukee and was helped off the field.

Jack McKeon, serving as a special adviser to Nationals GM Mike Rizzo, will spend the season in Washington. He'll help minor league managers and coaches, and he'll evaluate prospects.

Seattle outfielder Eric Filia, the Mariners' No. 22 prospect, has been suspended 100 games following a third positive drug test. Kansas City pitcher Jon Perrin and Boston pitcher Chase Shugart were suspended 50 games for positive drug tests.

Four-time All-Star Matt Wieters has made the Cardinals' major league roster, earning the backup job behind catcher Yadier Molina.

Several Yankees hitters say the biggest difference they see with MLB's factory-rubbed baseball prototypes is that the new balls are darker in color.

Left-hander Chris Sale and the Boston Red Sox have agreed to a contract extension, pending a physical next week, league sources confirmed to ESPN's Jeff Passan.

The Reds sent Nick Senzel, their top prospect, to the minor leagues on Friday -- and the decision did not sit well with Joel Wolfe, Senzel's agent. "This is a shortsighted move that may be frugal now but could cost them dearly later," Wolfe said.

Cleveland manager Terry Francona took his first plunge from 2 miles up last week, and liked it so much he took an Indians crew with him for another skydive on Thursday.

Luis Patino is only 19, but the righty could be pushing for a spot in the majors sooner than expected. Which other prospects impressed during a recent scouting trip to Arizona?

The wave of recent extensions has put millions of dollars in players' pockets. But the teams wouldn't be doling out these deals unless they are great business decisions.

TB remains the leading infectious killer of our time, responsible for 1.6 million deaths worldwide in 2017, with drug-resistant forms of TB threatening control efforts in many parts of the world.

Are flamethrowers flaming out? Fastballs got faster and faster and faster every year -- until they didn't anymore.

We dig into the numbers to see what the Angel with the richest contract ever would have to do to go down as the top player in MLB history.

Last year, the A's blew by low preseason expectations to win 97 games. We look at this season's teams with sneaky upside.

Fantasy baseball is a game about ceilings and floors, which means sometimes you have to take a chance and make a bold prediction. Here are Tristan H. Cockcroft's biggest calls for the season ahead.

Angels manager Brad Ausmus likes to have his regulars play nine innings at least once in a spring training game and on Thursday, it was Mike Trout's turn against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Veteran outfielder Hunter Pence, who went to spring training with the Rangers on a minor league contract, will be on the 25-man roster as the team's fourth outfielder on Opening Day.