Top News:
Carrie Muskat / MLB.com:
Top prospect Bryant to have MRI on foot — NEW YORK — Cubs top prospect Kris Bryant had to leave Saturday's game with Triple-A Iowa before the third inning after apparently aggravating a minor foot injury. — In a game at Principal Park in Des Moines, the 22-year-old third baseman drew …
Discussion:
CBSSports.com
RELATED:
Tommy Birch / Des Moines Register:
Cubs prospect Kris Bryant leaves Iowa game with toe injury — Hold your breaths, Cub fans. — Iowa Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant, one of the most prized prospects in minor-league baseball, left Saturday night's 5-3 loss to Salt Lake at Principal Park early after suffering an injury to his left big toe.
Discussion:
HardballTalk
Gordon Wittenmyer / Chicago Sun Times:
Cubs content to keep their coveted middle infielders — NEW YORK — Six weeks to the day, the Cubs returned for the first time to the East Coast, where they saw reminders of last month's process-rattling trade everywhere they looked. — Or at least heard reminders of it from New York reporters every …
Discussion:
Chicago Tribune, Voices, MLB Daily Dish and MLB Trade Rumors
RELATED:
Caitlin Swieca / MLB.com:
Hip trouble forces Morton to DL; Bucs call up Morel — The Pirates placed right-handed pitcher Charlie Morton on the 15-day disabled list on Sunday with right hip inflammation. — The move, retroactive to Saturday, comes two days after Morton lasted only three innings while allowing five earned runs against Washington.
Discussion:
Bucs Dugout
Tom Timmermann / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Carpenter gives Cards some insurace — Matt Carpenter gave Adam Wainwright and the Cardinals some badly needed breathing from with a two-run double in the sixth that put the Cardinals ahead 7-4. — With one out, Peter Bourjos singled and Tony Cruz walked.
Discussion:
HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Ortiz's 2 HRs, 6 RBIs Power Red Sox Over Astros — BOSTON — David Ortiz hit a pair of two-run homers, including his 400th in a Red Sox uniform, and drove in a career high-tying six runs to power Boston past the Houston Astros 10-7 Saturday night. — Big Papi joined Hall of Famers Ted Williams …
Discussion:
MLB Daily Dish, The Crawfish Boxes, Over the Monster, Surviving Grady, Canadian Press and ESPN
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cards notes: Wacha feels ‘great’ after throwing off mound — • By Rick Hummel rhummel@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8196 — Michael Wacha won four postseason games last year as a rookie, including one in the World Series, but when he talks of plateaus now, he speaks in less gaudy terms.
Discussion:
CBSSports.com and HardballTalk
Toronto Sun:
SPORTS BLUE JAYS — Alex Anthopoulos, the much-maligned general manager of the Blue Jays, will return for his sixth season running the club, a bevy of major-league sources have confirmed. — Apparently, there is no temperature at all to remove Anthopoulos from his job — in fact …
Discussion:
CBSSports.com, Sportsnet.ca, Bluebird Banter and HardballTalk
Chris Vivlamore / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Braves sign Donnie Murphy — Sponsored Links — The Braves signed free agent Donnie Murphy and assigned the infielder to Triple-A Gwinnett Saturday. — Murphy, 31, appeared in 45 games for the Rangers earlier this season and hit .196 with four home runs and 14 RBIs. He was released by the Rangers on July 9.
Discussion:
HardballTalk
Associated Press:
Alvarez Makes Successful Return in Marlins' Win — MIAMI — Henderson Alvarez made a successful return to the mound after missing two starts, pitching seven strong innings and leading the Miami Marlins to a 2-1 win over the sloppy Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday. — Alvarez (9-5) allowed one run and five hits.
Discussion:
Fish Stripes
Canadian Press:
Carrasco shuts out Orioles for seven innings in Indians win — CLEVELAND - Carlos Carrasco shut out AL East-leading Baltimore on three hits over seven innings, lifting the Cleveland Indians to a 6-0 win over the Orioles on Saturday night. — Carlos Santana hit a three-run homer …
Discussion:
Camden Chat
Nick Cafardo / The Boston Globe:
Werner has good idea of how baseball can be improved — So, what did Red Sox chairman Tom Werner advocate during his presentation to major league owners on Wednesday and Thursday? — Werner, who finished runner-up to Rob Manfred in voting to be the next commissioner of baseball …
Discussion:
MLB Trade Rumors and NESN.com
Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Garza improves; Brewers to skip Lohse's turn — LOS ANGELES — On the same day Matt Garza played catch for the first time since suffering a rib cage strain, the Brewers announced they would skip Kyle Lohse's next start to allow the right-hander time to heal a sprained right ankle.
Discussion:
HardballTalk and CBSSports.com