Padres outfielder and cleanup hitter Carlos Quentin has been slowed in his rehabilitation for his knee injury, manager Bud Black said. Quentin is not currently playing in rehab games and he received a cortisone shot for his right knee on Tuesday.

Grady Sizemore is continuing to make progress in his rehab from back surgery. While he has taken steps forward, the team thinks it is unlikely he will return on June 3, the day he is eligible to come off the 60-day disabled list.

Blue Jays third baseman Brett Lawrie was handed a four-game suspension and an undisclosed fine for his aggressive actions toward umpire Bill Miller during Tuesday night's game against the Rays.

While it has been speculated that the 2014 All-Star Game will be held at the Twins' new ballpark in Minneapolis, Commissioner Bud Selig on Wednesday said a decision has not been made.

While his home ballpark was being announced downtown Wednesday as the site of the 2013 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, Mets second baseman Daniel Murphy was visiting the MLB Fan Cave and being asked what it might mean to play in this summer's event in Kansas City.

Competitive fire at its ugliest was on display Tuesday night at Rogers Centre, where the only thing worse than home-plate umpire Bill Miller's ball-strike calls was Brett Lawrie's raging reaction to them.

A year after saying third baseman David Wright was a “good kid” but “not a superstar,” in a magazine article, Mets owner Fred Wilpon partially amended that statement Wednesday, saying Wright is “playing like a superstar right now.”

Vladimir Guerrero was at extended spring camp Wednesday, launching homers in batting practice and working his way back into baseball shape, and to the big leagues.

Through testimony that at times was testy and frustrating on both sides, Rusty Hardin, a lawyer for Roger Clemens, went after statements that Brian McNamee made before Congress and in his direct testimony earlier in the week, attempting to poke holes in the witness' credibility.

Major League Baseball and the City of New York announced Wednesday that the Mets will host the 2013 All-Star Game at Citi Field on July 16, 2013.

David Price's dominance at Rogers Centre continued and Tampa Bay's bats chipped in just enough to help complete the two-game sweep of Toronto, beating the Blue Jays, 4-3, on Tuesday.

Each day, MLB.com selects one player from each game whose performance stands out. Here are the May 15 Mane Men of the Day.

To date, the race in the National League West has been a one-team affair while the pursuing teams jockey for position. Two of those clubs — the D-backs and Rockies — will meet for the first time Wednesday as Arizona travels to Coors Field for a battle of generational southpaws when Patrick Corbin and Jamie Moyer square off.

Wade Miley tossed 6 2/3 quality innings to lead the D-backs past the Dodgers, 5-1, on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, snapping Arizona's three-game losing streak.

When the Padres and Dodgers open a brief two-game series Friday at Petco Park, the matchup will feature a clash of two left-handed starters headed in very different directions.

With his team in the midst of an early-season funk, veteran infielder Marco Scutaro hit a game-winning solo shot in the top of the ninth to give the Rockies a 5-4 win against the Giants on Tuesday night.

In the midst of some head-scratching offensive struggles, the Angels announced Tuesday that they have dismissed hitting coach Mickey Hatcher, replacing him with Triple-A Salt Lake hitting coach Jim Eppard.