Following a pain-free session of batting practice and other baseball drills Monday, Jason Kipnis said it was up to the coaches and trainers to activate him from the disabled list. The club granted the rookie second baseman his wish on Tuesday, when the Indians activated Kipnis from the 15-day DL prior to their game against the division-leading Tigers.

In the running for the Major League home run crown, Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson on Tuesday was named the American league Player of the Month for August, while Braves second baseman Dan Uggla earned the honor in the Senior Circuit.

The Twins designated left-handed reliever Chuck James for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Tuesday starter Liam Hendriks, who was officially recalled from Triple-A Rochester to make his Major League debut against the White Sox.

Labor Day is traditionally the final post of the baseball season as teams look head to October or next year.

The immediate impact players are making at a young age is a credit to the long-established centrifugal effect of the Minor Leagues, and it's also credit to the sharp emphasis on homegrown talent that's spread the past decade.

When Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg makes his season debut on Tuesday against the Dodgers, nobody on the Washington's roster will know what Strasburg is going through better than teammate Jordan Zimmermann.

Paul Konerko has been an invaluable piece during a disappointing season in Chicago.

Jorge Posada and Joe Girardi have seen nearly all of Mariano Rivera's career up close. They both were impressed from the start, and remain impressed so many years later as the Yankees closer approaches 600 career saves.

On the morning of July 19, the world was a different place. Steven Summer had a BTS streak of zero.

Since being acquired from Toronto in July, Zach Stewart has shown the ability, composure and attitude to develop into a solid big league contributor for the White Sox.

Cliff Lee recorded his first 200-strikeout season when he struck out Braves first baseman Freddie Freeman for the first out of the second inning of the Phillies' 9-0 win on Monday.

In his first appearance since undergoing surgery in May to repair a herniated disc, Peter Moylan threw a perfect inning in the Braves' loss to the Phillies.

After a Labor Day of business as usual in most of what at this point have become division and Wild Card likelihoods more than races, the one competition for a title that was anywhere near close just got a little bit closer.

Hitters from both clubs were frustrated on Monday by the hitting conditions at Busch Stadium, thanks to a 3:15 p.m. CT start on the Labor Day holiday.

Outfielders Franklin Gutierrez and Casper Wells remained with the Mariners on Monday, but neither was available for duty. Gutierrez is likely done for the season.

Though the Mets have not unequivocally ruled it out, surgery has suddenly become a remote possibility for first baseman Ike Davis.

Because of what he means to his team for both the short and long term, the Red Sox will take no chances with Josh Beckett, who had to leave Monday's game with two outs in the bottom of the fourth inning with an ailing right ankle.