Rehabbing knee 1st choice for Crew’s Smith

Brewers reliever Will Smith will try rehabbing his injured right knee before turning to surgery. Smith tore the lateral collateral ligament in his right knee while pulling off his shoe following an outing last week. After consulting Tuesday morning with Dr. William Raasch, Smith said he would rest for another three weeks, then try playing catch. One to three weeks after that, if the knee still feels stable, he would attempt to ramp up in an effort to return to active duty.

Top 10 performers from 2016 NHSI

The 2016 National High School Invitational is in the books. For the fourth time in the five years of the USA Baseball-run event, a California school took home the trophy. Congrats to Huntington Beach for bringing the hardware back to the West Coast again.

Why does Keuchel wear No. 60?

Dallas Keuchel doesn’t have any particular emotional attachment to No. 60, which was issued to him by the Astros’ clubhouse staff when he was called up to the big leagues in 2012. But there is a cool story behind the No. 57 he wore in the Minor Leagues, and why he’s not wearing it in the Majors.