It was the morning after the night before for some of us who had inhabited the Hawkeye Room downstairs at the Otesaga Resort Hotel on Thursday night into Friday. Nature couldn’t have provided a more comfortable setting.

This Sunday’s National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony is dominated by three of the greatest pitchers of their era, plus a versatile position player who ended his 20-year career with the Astros with 3,060 hits.

Ervin Santana dominated against his former team on Thursday afternoon, shutting out the red-hot Angels through eight innings and leading the Twins to a 3-0 victory in Southern California.

With the July 31 Trade Deadline eight days away and the market suddenly starting to shape, Mets general manager Sandy Alderson made two declarative statements Thursday in reference to his strategy and goals for improving his team.

If Thursday was indeed David Price’s final start as a Tiger at Comerica Park, the ace exited on a frustrating note. Though Price was “outstanding,” in the words of manager Brad Ausmus, the left-hander — who could be dealt before the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline — surrendered the tying run in the seventh inning.

R.A. Dickey began turning his season around nearly two months ago, but he finally has a win to show for his efforts after getting some run support in a 5-2 victory over the A’s Thursday afternoon.

Mike Zunino could have been kicking himself for not getting the sacrifice bunt down twice in the 12th inning of Thursday’s battle with the Tigers, but instead the Mariners catcher wound up celebrating a game-winning RBI double in the Mariners’ 3-2 victory.

Under the watchful eye of his physical therapist in California, David Wright began what Mets general manager Sandy Alderson called “limited baseball activities” this week, and is scheduled to rejoin the team early next week in New York.

After losing four straight games with the offense struggling to score runs, the Twins on Thursday were in desperate need of a strong start from right-hander Ervin Santana, whom they’re counting on for a big second half. Santana did just that in his first start at Angel Stadium since being traded by the Angels after the 2012 season, tossing eight brilliant innings to lift the Twins to a much-needed 3-0 win.

Jordy Mercer could miss up to six weeks with a sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee. But in the hours after Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez took a hard slide directly into Mercer, he didn’t think he’d be walking with only a slight limp less than a week later.

The Trade Deadline dominoes have started to fall, with Scott Kazmir going to the Astros and Aramis Ramirez headed back to Pittsburgh. Those deals have only served to ignite the rest of the rumor mill.

Jose Reyes is expected to be available for this weekend’s series against the Mariners despite being struck by a ball during the eighth inning of Thursday afternoon’s 5-2 win over the A’s.

A stiff neck kept top prospect Stephen Piscotty from making his much anticipated home debut on Thursday night, and it also delayed the Cardinals from being able to get their first look at him as a first baseman.

All-Star starter Zack Greinke returned to Los Angeles on Thursday to be with his expectant wife, leaving the Dodgers uncertain about their next three starting pitchers.

Just days after learning they’d be without Jesse Hahn for much of the second half because of a forearm injury, the A’s decided to trade Scott Kazmir for a pair of Astros prospects Thursday, leaving yet another hole in their rotation.

Ailing Mets left fielder Michael Cuddyer spent Thursday afternoon consulting a doctor at the Hospital of Special Surgery about the bone bruise in his left knee. If he needs to go on the disabled list, GM Sandy Alderson indicated No. 3 prospect Michael Conforto is a possibility to be promoted.

The Twins have had trouble scoring runs since the All-Star break, but Trevor Plouffe’s power proved to be key for the second time on their West Coast road trip on Thursday against the Angels.