Angels catcher Geovany Soto has been activated from the disabled list and is expected to start the Angels’ final game before the All-Star break Sunday against the Orioles.

In a much closer contest, Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira said he would have stayed in the game.

The Angels selected the contract of Ji-Man Choi from Triple-A Salt Lake City on Saturday and placed first baseman C.J. Cron on the 15-day disabled list.

With the trade of Brad Ziegler to the Red Sox late Friday night, right-handers Tyler Clippard and Daniel Hudson will take over the D-backs’ closer duties.

A fractured hand often puts a player on the disabled list, or at least out of action for a few days. But less than 24 hours after his left hand was fractured by an errant Jose Fernandez pitch, Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips was able to play vs. the Marlins on Saturday.

Two days before the Major League All-Stars take their hacks in the T-Mobile Home Run Derby on Monday, 16 kids launched some big flies at Petco Park. As part of All-Star Week activities, the T-Mobile Jr. Home Run Derby national finals took place Saturday, featuring eight kids in both a 12u and 14u age division.

Welcome to All-Star Week, San Diego-style. Soul Pose MLB All-Star Yoga was a “spark of light’ that drew 1,500 people from all walks of life on Saturday in San Diego.

“Glove, what glove?”

We know a present from Big Papi would make our lives, after all.

Several hours after Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel revealed discomfort in his left knee, president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski made a significant move to fortify the bullpen, adding righty reliever Brad Ziegler in a trade with the D-backs.

The White Sox placed left-hander Carlos Rodon on the 15-day disabled list on Saturday with a sprained left wrist.

National League All-Star manager Terry Collins of the New York Mets announced today his selections of San Diego Padres pitcher Drew Pomeranz, Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder Starling Marté and Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce to the active NL All-Star roster as injury replacements for Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard, Mets outfielder Yoenis Céspedes and Chicago Cubs outfielder Dexter Fowler.

Nine of the 17 players elected by fans to start the All-Star Game are Epstein’s players. That’s a sentence that belongs near the top of the remarkable personal biography he is writing.

There will be dingers.

Don’t you rob Barry Bonds of his home runs.

The quarterfinals are heavy on original franchises and classic logos.

The White Sox turned their third triple play of the season Friday night, adding to the ones already produced on April 22 against the Rangers and May 18 against the Astros.