The Dodgers placed starting pitcher Josh Beckett on the 15-day disabled list with a left hip impingement on Tuesday and recalled right-handed reliever Pedro Baez from Triple-A Albuquerque.

The Indians are giving sinkerballer Justin Masterson time to rest his sore right knee and sort through his persistent struggles by placing him on the 15-day disabled list with inflammation in his knee.

The Reds placed first baseman Joey Votto on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with an injury to his left quadriceps muscle, and they returned catcher Brayan Pena from the paternity leave list.

Major League Baseball, Target and People magazine on Tuesday announced the winners after hundreds of thousands of votes in the “Target Presents People All-Star Teachers” campaign, which celebrates remarkable current and retired teachers who make an impact on the lives of their students and communities.

Anthony Rizzo is in second place behind the Rockies’ Justin Morneau in the tightly contested 2014 All-Star Game MLB.com Final Vote Sponsored by Experian, according to Tuesday’s results. More than 15 million votes have been cast so far on MLB.com.

Hall of Famers Juan Marichal and Dave Winfield, along with former Twins Scott Erickson and Doug Mientkiewicz, will be in attendance along with an expected field of thousands of runners at The Color Run MLB All-Star 5K presented by Nike on Sunday at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.

Rockies first baseman Justin Morneau and White Sox pitcher Chris Sale, two veterans who played key roles in past All-Star victories, were each leading tight races after the first 36 hours of balloting in the All-Star Game Final Vote Sponsored by Experian.

Every lineup, every day, as they are made public by the clubs.

There are some familiar names on the list of authors of one-hitters since 1920 — including the duo at the top — along with some names that might surprise you.

The All-Star Game features Major League Baseball’s biggest stars and is without question the featured event of an action-packed week. But the pageantry that surrounds the actual game is something pretty special, too, and judging from this year’s All-Star musical lineup, fans are in for a treat when festivities get underway next week in Minneapolis.

MLBPipeline.com has put together a First-Half All-Prospect team, featuring the prospects who performed the best during the first few months of the 2014 season. The list includes Cubs 2013 first-round Draft pick Kris Bryant and a trio of Red Sox, led by Mookie Betts.

The Atlanta Braves should be toast by now. That they’re still atop the National League East speaks volumes about this franchise, not just the manager or the players or the farm system, but the larger thing, the franchise.

The starting-pitching market for the 2014 non-waiver Trade Deadline saw a big piece move, but that was just a precursor to the drama that will be on full display between next week’s All-Star break and the July 31 Deadline.

Hours after Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Matt Shoemaker would remain in the rotation, the 27-year-old rookie was called on for an emergency bullpen performance when Jered Weaver left with a stiff lower back and helped the Angels to a 5-2 win over the Blue Jays.

Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma continued his dominance of the Twins with seven scoreless innings on Monday as Seattle rolled to a 2-0 victory at Safeco Field.

Matt Adams sent the second pitch he saw in the bottom of the ninth inning of a scoreless game on Monday night 398 feet over the right-field fence, one of only three hits for the team, lifting the Cardinals to a 2-0 win over the Pirates to begin a four-game series at Busch Stadium.

All-Star second baseman Jose Altuve broke Bob Watson’s Astros record for hits prior to the All-Star break with 124 in Monday night’s game against the Rangers, but not without a little help from instant replay.