The Royals followed form and selected right-handed pitcher Kyle Zimmer as their first-round selection in the First-Year Player Draft on Monday night.

The Twins placed right-hander Carl Pavano on the 15-day disabled list with a right shoulder strain and activated Nick Blackburn, who will start for the club on Wednesday.

The Orioles got their guy, selecting Louisiana State University right-handed pitcher Kevin Gausman with the fourth overall pick in Monday's First-Year Player Draft.

For the first time, the Yankees extended their HOPE Week initiative — through which the organization gives back to the community — to each of their Minor League affiliates.

Thanks in large part to his performance in Seattle's 21-run outburst against Texas on Wednesday, Mariners first baseman Justin Smoak earned American League Player of the Week honors.

The Angels did not have a pick on Monday, as the 2012 First-Year Player Draft commenced, because of their free-agent signings. Instead, they are gearing toward the later rounds, beginning on Tuesday.

First they went to the MLB Fan Cave on Monday afternoon and rode on a bus through Manhattan — five of Major League Baseball's newest prospects taping a music video meme of the Harvard baseball team's viral “Call Me Maybe” clip.

Chase Utley is back on the field, hitting home runs and running the bases. But don't get too excited.

Allen Craig's two-run blast in the eighth inning gave him three RBIs for the game and lifted the Cardinals to a 5-4 win over the Mets in Monday's series finale at Citi Field.

Former reliever Pedro Borbon, the Reds' all-time leader in appearances and a member of two World Series championship teams, died on Monday. Borbon was 65 years old.

On Monday, three days after making history by throwing the Mets' first no-hitter, Johan Santana was named the National League Player of the Week.

On a day when baseball celebrates the future of the sport, some of the game's greatest ambassadors from past eras gathered in New York to commemorate the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft.

The Dodgers arrived at Citizens Bank Park on Monday afternoon with a roster in a state of flux. In all, they had to make five roster moves, including placing right-handed reliever Javy Guerra on the 15-day disabled list after he got an MRI on his right knee, which revealed inflammation, after Sunday's game.

The Rangers and Nationals lead this week's MLB.com Power Rankings, but Angels, White Sox and Reds are charging hard and fast.

The Rockies are pursuing left-hander Jeff Francis, their ace during their National League championship season of 2007.

Ivan Rodriguez joined several MLB legends on a drizzly Monday morning in Times Square to ring the NASDAQ Opening Bell as part of the now-annual nod to the First-Year Player Draft.

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones reported via his Twitter account on Monday morning that he was “all good” and was on his way to Boston, where the Orioles open a series against the Red Sox on Tuesday.