White Sox left-hander Chris Sale struck out 14 over eight innings of one-run ball to earn his 50th career victory in a 3-1 White Sox win over the Astros on Monday night at U.S. Cellular Field.

Four aspiring big leaguers attended Monday’s MLB Draft with the hopes of taking the next step toward accomplishing their dream — and all four heard their respective names called in the first round.

MLB.com Draft and prospect expert Jim Callis analyzes every pick from the first round.

The Indians did not let last summer’s drama surrounding left-hander Brady Aiken deter them from taking a chance on the promising pitcher.

Carlos Correa showed Monday, in his Major League debut, why the Astros think so highly of him. Correa, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2012 Draft, went 1-for-4 and drove in Houston’s lone run in the Astros’ 3-1 loss to the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field, flashing leather and showing poise beyond his years.

Dansby Swanson and Carson Fulmer of Vanderbilt and Tyler Jay of the University of Illinois woke up on Monday with a good feeling that they would be selected in the first round of the MLB Draft that evening. But first, they had a game to play. That game was the NCAA Super Regional.

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As Dansby Swanson and his Vanderbilt teammates were celebrating their return to the College World Series with an Omaha-bound dogpile, he was joined by his family on the field and they found out he was selected No. 1 overall by the D-backs by watching the MLB Draft live on the At Bat app on his mom’s iPhone.

Kyle Tucker — a lanky outfielder from Plant High School in Tampa, Fla., who’s the brother of Astros left fielder Preston Tucker — was taken by the club with the No. 5 overall pick in Monday’s Draft.

On the day shortstop Carlos Correa was set to make his Major League debut for the Astros, the club drafted another shortstop, LSU’s Alex Bregman, with the No. 2 overall pick in Monday’s Draft. Houston then took Florida prep outfielder Kyle Tucker three picks later at No. 5.

The Rangers selected Dillon Tate, a right-handed pitcher from UC Santa Barbara, with the fourth overall pick in the 2015 Draft on Monday.

Seven Royals are in position to start for the American League in next month’s All-Star Game, according to the latest update of 2015 Esurance All-Star Game Ballot voting.

The Royals are in an even better place than they were last week in the 2015 Esurance All-Star Game Ballot voting for the American League’s starting position players in next month’s All-Star Game in Cincinnati. Still, there’s more than enough time for players from other teams to move up the charts.

The new week begins on Monday, and so do the careers of future big leaguers. Some might become All-Stars, and who knows? Maybe there will be a Hall of Famer or two in the mix.

Two days after manufacturing an eighth-inning rally with sacrifices and infield hits, the Cardinals struck in the same inning Sunday, but with a little more oomph this time around.

It’s more happy coincidence than anything else, but the symmetry is sweet all the same. Carlos Correa joins the Astros on the very same day that Major League clubs look to land the next great batch of prospects in the first round of the MLB Draft, and the game’s youth movement pushes onward.

Major League Baseball will mark the 50th anniversary of the MLB Draft today through Wednesday, with Rob Manfred announcing first-round picks for the first time as Commissioner and the D-backs on the clock with the No. 1 overall pick to start what could be an unprecedented opening of three consecutive shortstops selections.