It was announced Tuesday that former Major League star Manny Ramirez would be leaving his team, the EDA Rhinos of Taiwan. The club had been negotiating to keep Ramirez.

The Red Sox announced Wednesday that they have signed left-hander Trey Ball, the No. 7 overall pick in the 2013 First-Year Player Draft.

Blue Jays alumni and Jays Care Foundation came together Wednesday for the Roberto Alomar & Friends Charity Home Run Derby at Rogers Centre. From the eight teams and 32 participants, Jays Care was able to raise more than $137,000 for their initiatives that will be put back into communities across Toronto.

You can’t predict baseball to begin with, but relief pitching remains as confounding as any part of the game and is still seemingly governed by that mathematical overlord, the small sample size. Setup men and closers have to have short memories, and so do astute observers of the sport. Because things can change quickly.

Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts ran short, speedy bursts on the field prior to Tuesday’s game, the last remaining step as he progresses back from right hamstring surgery, with the goal of going out on rehab assignment next week.

The MLB owners panel — called “The Business of the Game” — was the first major event at the MLB Business Diversity Summit on Wednesday, and hundreds of job-seekers and potential vendors sat in rapt attention, soaking in every word from some of the industry’s leaders.

The Dodgers are looking at Ted Lilly’s most recent injury as one that he should be able to return from relatively soon, manager Don Mattingly said.

The Blue Jays learned early on in the season that simply adding a bunch of good players to a roster wasn’t enough to turn them into an elite team. It often takes time for players to adjust to their surroundings.

Alex Rodriguez allegedly reached out to Biogenesis founder Anthony Bosch for help while struggling in last year’s American League Championship Series, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Miami New Times.

Legendary Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully will reach the masses through a new medium — Twitter — when he takes over the team’s @Dodgers account for his first Tweetcast on Wednesday.

The Padres placed shortstop Everth Cabrera on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a mild strain of his left hamstring.

The Phillies announced Chase Utley will begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Reading on Wednesday night.

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado leads the big leagues with 33 doubles and 101 hits. He’s already tied the O’s team record for two-baggers before the All-Star break.

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

George Brett is the first to admit that he has a lot to learn about the high-tech aspects of hitting in the modern game, but the Hall of Famer is doing his best to help turn around the Royals’ struggling offense.

The Houston Astrodome, dubbed the “Eighth Wonder of the World” when it opened in 1965, has been listed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation as one of this year’s 11 most endangered places.

Jonny Gomes capped a long day and night of baseball at Fenway Park by smashing a towering two-run walk-off home run over the Green Monster to give the Red Sox a 3-1 victory over the Rays, completing a sweep in Tuesday’s day-night doubleheader.