Jonathan Sanchez is out of the Royals' rotation and may have pitched his last game for the team. Sanchez was designated for assignment on Tuesday, taking him off the active roster. The Royals have 10 days to finalize Sanchez's fate.

Joe Girardi and the Yankees are not changing their expectations for Mariano Rivera's return from surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee. A day after Rivera said in an interview with ESPN Radio's Michael Kay that his goal is to return this season, Girardi said that remains unlikely for the 42-year-old closer.

David Ortiz will be out at least one week with an injured right Achilles tendon, but the Red Sox have not yet decided to put the slugger on the disabled list.

Fergie Jenkins can't wait until Ron Santo is able to add “Hall of Fame” after his name. Unfortunately, as Cubs fans know, the honor came too late for Santo to do that himself.

Dillon Gee recalls sitting in a hospital bed, medicine dripping onto a blood clot in his shoulder. Gee asked one of his doctors if the clot could move in his bloodstream and kill him.

Barry Larkin is heading into the home stretch before he will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and his taking the time to reflect on his 19-year career with the Reds.

Reds slugger Joey Votto underwent arthroscopic surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee, and he is expected to miss three to four weeks.

The Blue Jays' summer-long injury woes continued on Tuesday when Jose Bautista, forced to leave Monday's game against the Yankees in the eighth inning because of a left wrist issue, was placed on the 15-day disabled list.

The Brewers bumped right-hander Zack Greinke from a scheduled start against the Cardinals on Wednesday, and he will not pitch in the club's subsequent series in Cincinnati, a club spokesperson said Monday. The move was intended to “recharge his batteries.”

When Anthony Rizzo was 3 years old, his father, John, used to practice his chip shots in the house. Anthony would try to catch the golf balls, and John would test his son by hitting them faster and faster.

The Cardinals will have another new face in the bullpen on Monday, as right-hander Trevor Rosenthal has joined the club in Milwaukee for the series opener.

This is the opportunity Terry Collins knew was not promised to him. And so, when it arrived that November day in 2010, he made a promise to himself to enjoy every moment of it — or, failing that, a reasonable percentage.

Justin Verlander's 0.931 WHIP is the lowest in the majors. If he's able to keep it below one Verlander will become only the seventh pitcher since 1920 to have back-to back seasons with a WHIP below one.

Initiation is often a part of the work environment. In baseball, veterans offer a welcome to those getting their feet wet in the big leagues with hazing rituals that frequently feature outrageous costumes and outfits.

The Phillies absolutely, positively have to do whatever it takes to re-sign ace left-hander Cole Hamels before he reaches the free-agent market at the end of the season. Unless, of course, they decide that they must use their biggest chip to begin looking toward the future before the Trade Deadline comes and goes.

For some teams that entered the Kansas City midsummer bonanza with cushy division leads and healthy rosters resting on the deserved laurels of first-half success, it was back to reality for the weekend's three-game return. It's even more real now as we lift the lid on our first full second-half week.

The Reds-Cardinals series drama spilled over into Sunday night's showdown, as some late-inning heroics gave the Reds a 4-2 win over their National League Central rivals at Great American Ball Park.