The Padres and Dodgers are both eagerly awaiting the returns of their sidelined stars, as Chase Headley and Hanley Ramirez continue to work their way back from thumb injuries.

Josh Reddick felt no pain in his sprained wrist after hitting off a tee before Wednesday’s game, and A’s manager Bob Melvin said the outfielder could return as soon as Thursday.

Evan Gattis and Juan Francisco had monstrous home runs during a six-run fifth inning that helped the Braves complete a three-game sweep with Wednesday night’s 8-0 win over the Marlins at Marlins Park.

Billy Butler and Jeff Francoeur hit long home runs while starter Wade Davis went five scoreless innings with six strikeouts for the win, as the Royals completed a sweep of the Twins with Wednesday night’s 3-0 victory at The K.

Jordan Sheffield, one of the top high school arms in the Draft class of 2013, will undergo Tommy John surgery on Thursday morning, MLB.com has learned.

Erick Aybar’s left heel isn’t feeling any better. In fact, it’s feeling worse.

Right-hander Jered Weaver is no longer wearing a sling on his left arm and could start playing catch within the next few days.

Red Sox broadcaster Jerry Remy revealed in an interview Wednesday night on NESN that he had a cancer relapse during the offseason, but he is confident that he will be fine.

J.P. Arencibia had a bases-clearing double in the top of the seventh, while Mark DeRosa added a key pinch-hit double one inning earlier to lead the Blue Jays to an 8-6 victory over the Tigers at Comerica Park.

Buster Posey went 3-for-5 with three RBIs and fell a homer shy of the cycle as the Giants swept the Rockies with a 10-0 victory on Wednesday. Barry Zito struck out four batters in seven scoreless innings, and extended the team’s winning streak to 16 in games started by the lefty.

Two days after tests on his injured left thumb showed it’s healing, Padres third baseman Chase Headley was on the field before Wednesday’s game taking batting practice.

The D-backs got a pair of home runs from rookie A.J. Pollock as they avoided a sweep by beating the Pirates, 10-2, on Wednesday afternoon at Chase Field.

Matt Moore yielded just one hit over five-plus frames, and the ‘pen did the rest as the Rays topped Texas, 2-0, on Wednesday afternoon in the finale of a three game set.

After a couple of days of deliberation, the Red Sox decided that the best course of action was to place righty John Lackey on the disabled list, retroactive to Sunday.

Red Sox slugger David Ortiz will be back in New England on Thursday, when he starts a Minor League rehab assignment for Triple-A Pawtucket.

The Indians understand that it looked bad, and might have been viewed as intentional by many viewers, but Cleveland manager Terry Francona insists that he believes that Carlos Carrasco did not hit Yankees third baseman Kevin Youkilis with a pitch on purpose Tuesday night.

Jon Jay, Carlos Beltran, Matt Adams and Matt Carpenter all went deep to back a shutout gem by Jake Westbrook in the rubber game, leading to a 10-0 Cardinals victory.