Masahiro Tanaka echoed the thoughts of Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, saying that he was not at all concerned about the right forearm strain or tendinitis in his right wrist that currently have him on the disabled list.

Right-handed reliever Tom Wilhelmsen was activated from the 15-day disabled list by the Mariners and was expected to be available for Friday night’s series opener against the A’s. Dominic Leone, who gave up walk-off hits in his last two outings, was optioned to Triple-A Tacoma.

As expected, the Orioles added infielder Ryan Flaherty to the active roster and starting lineup on Friday, optioning Rey Navarro to clear a roster spot.

Rays right-hander Alex Cobb will be sidelined for the season after electing to undergo Tommy John surgery on his right elbow.

Josh Hamilton hit a home run in Arizona on Friday. Mitch Moreland hit one into a tankful of aquatic creatures. Their reward is to be reunited as teammates at Triple-A Round Rock.

Welcome to DraftKings fantasy baseball, the Official Daily Fantasy Game of Major League Baseball. The players listed below could provide difference-making stats for DraftKings participants on Friday.

The first month of the season is behind us already, and while it’s a little too early to make a trade if you’re a general manager, it’s certainly the time that you start to see a pattern (good or bad) regarding your team’s season, and you have to decide if you are going to be a buyer or seller leading up to the non-waiver Trade Deadline on July 31. Let’s take a look at some top teams that will likely be buyers.

As voting for the Franchise Four enters its final phase, we asked some of our columnists who they picked as the four greatest living players.

Sometimes it’s pretty obvious who the All-Star should be at a given position. Talking about the center fielders in the American League is not one of those times. Two AL East center fielders in Baltimore’s Adam Jones and Jacoby Ellsbury of the Yankees are off to a terrific start.

When Carlos Rodon makes his first Major League start on Saturday, the White Sox would do well to make his spot in the rotation permanent.

Every week, the MLBPipeline.com crew will rank the top 10 fantasy baseball prospects in the Minor Leagues. These rankings are based solely on expected 2015 fantasy production in the Major Leagues, in contrast to the MLBPipeline Top 100 Prospects list, which reflects long-term value in all phases of the game.

One big swing had altered the record books on Thursday, as Alex Rodriguez pushed ahead of Willie Mays on baseball’s all-time home run list, and now the slugger found himself bounding up the dugout steps for what he recently thought would be an even more improbable achievement: a Yankee Stadium curtain call.

To most people, Brendan Rodgers is known as the best high school prospect in the 2015 Draft class. That also means, of course, he’s a senior in high school. For all of the talk about his skills on the field, he gets high marks for his work in the classroom as well.

The Red Sox thought Edward Mujica could be a big addition to their bullpen when they signed him as a free agent, but he never got into a sustained groove. The club designated the righty for assignment on Thursday, a source has confirmed.

No Padres outfielder has started for the National League in an All-Star Game since Tony Gwynn in 1998, but Matt Kemp, Wil Myers and Justin Upton are each making a case to end that drought.

You may not recognize Rodney McCray by name alone, but surely you’ve seen his blooper-reel highlight. It’s basically the Grand Poobah of bloopers, unforgettable for several reasons: it was daring, it was dangerous and it looked really, really painful.

There are big nights at the plate, and then there was A.J. Reed’s slugging clinic for Class A Advanced Lancaster on Wednesday. The Astros No. 12 prospect went 3-for-4 with three home runs and nine RBIs.