The D-backs wrapped up interviews for their general manager’s position Friday, and chief baseball officer Tony La Russa and team president and CEO Derrick Hall will talk things over this weekend as the club nears a decision.

Anibal Sanchez is now potentially one step away from rejoining the Tigers’ pitching staff for the final week of the regular season. The right-hander, out since early August with a right pectoral muscle strain, is scheduled to throw a simulated game on Sunday.

Ryan Zimmerman has made enough strides in his rehab program to not need any more work at the Nationals’ Spring Training Complex in Viera, Fla., where he was rehabbing from a Grade 3 hamstring strain since Tuesday. Zimmerman rejoined the Nationals at Marlins Park on Friday, and he has the potential to be activated from the disabled list by the end of this series.

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw picked up win No. 20 on Friday, but he had to wade through five innings that weren’t up to his Cy Young standards. At this time of year, though, the beauty is, a win is still a win.

The Bucs set up their biggest series of the season by completing a sweep of Boston with Thursday night’s 3-2 victory behind Gerrit Cole.

Chase Headley hit a grounder that rolled under first baseman Adam Lind’s glove in the bottom of the ninth inning, scoring Antoan Richardson from third base to give the Yankees a 3-2 walk-off victory over the Blue Jays on Thursday night at Yankee Stadium.

Brewers catcher Jonathan Lucroy’s fourth-inning double on Thursday gave the Brewers their first hit while also tying a Major League record.

One night after clinching the American League West title, the Angels scratched Jered Weaver from his Thursday start against Mariners ace Felix Hernandez, opting to go with left-hander Wade LeBlanc, instead.

Josh Hamilton is shut down again, this time with what the Angels outfielder described as “a sharp, stabbing pain” around the area of his chest and right rib cage, underneath his armpits.

The A’s couldn’t turn it around in Thursday’s series finale at O.co Coliseum, losing, 7-2, and enduring a three-game sweep at the hands of last-place Texas. They handed the Royals a half-game lead for the top American League Wild Card spot.

Giancarlo Stanton’s season may be over, but the National League Most Valuable Player Award candidate remains upbeat and optimistic about a full recovery from facial fractures he suffered a week ago at Milwaukee.

Texas scored four in the first to help complete a three-game sweep with a 7-2 victory over the A’s on Thursday afternoon at O.co Coliseum. Jake Smolinski went 4-for-5 with an RBI in the Rangers’ sixth straight win.

The Nationals have been moving steadily in the right direction, especially since Mike Rizzo took over the entire baseball operation in 2009. He was given his current title — president of baseball operations and general manager — last year.

Ryan Zimmerman said he’s getting closer to being 100 percent healthy, but there’s still no timetable on when the injured veteran third baseman will return to Washington’s lineup.

Months of being on no-throw status could be coming to an end for Marlins ace Jose Fernandez. The 22-year-old spent Thursday in Los Angeles being examined by Dr. Neal ElAttrache to see if he will be cleared to begin his throwing program on Oct. 1.

Yasmany Tomas, a 6-foot-4, 240-pound outfielder who is expected to command a contract that rivals fellow Cuban countrymen Rusney Castillo, Jose Abreu and Yasiel Puig, will showcase his talents in front representatives from all 30 MLB teams in the Dominican Republic on Sunday.

Twenty years ago, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns changed the way fans of all ages view and appreciate the game when one of his finest works, “Baseball,” first aired. Burns sat down with MLB Publishing inside MLB’s Headquarters to discuss the film and the sport he so dearly loves.