Royals put together late-game rally again, beat Twins  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Nori Aoki drove in the go-ahead run during a six-run eighth inning Wednesday night, sending the Kansas City Royals to a 6-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins.  —  Billy Butler and Salvador Perez each drove in a pair …

Blue Jays recall Jenkins; designate Santos for assignment  —  The Toronto Blue Jays have recalled right-handed pitcher Chad Jenkins from Buffalo Bisons of the International League and have designated fellow right-hander Sergio Santos for assignment.  —  Jenkins, 26, has split …

LUXURY TAX LIMITS ANGELS' OPTIONS TO FIX DEPLETED ROTATION  —  Want to know why the Angels seemingly want no part of Mets right-hander Bartolo Colon?  —  Colon's $11 million salary at age 42 next season is part of it.  The $189 million luxury-tax threshold in 2015 might be an even bigger part.

Yankees To Sign Chris Young  —  The Yankees have agreed to terms with outfielder Chris Young on a minor league contract, reports Jon Heyman of CBS Sports (on Twitter).  —  Young, a client of Reynolds Sports Management, began the season with New York's other team after signing a one-year, $7.25MM contract in the offseason.

Prospects Will Break Your Heart  —  Pain Don't Hurt  —  As is often the case, internet-specific farewell addresses come off like award show acceptance speeches, complete with the sandpaper tongue stroking of all intimate associations of note, a solipsistic sandwich of fake meat, imitation cheese …

Odor slam, Telis double leads last-place Rangers over Mariners  —  SEATTLE — Rougned Odor hit a third-inning grand slam to back Colby Lewis, and the last-place Texas Rangers beat Seattle 12-4 Wednesday to take two of three from the Mariners.  —  Erasmo Ramirez (1-6), recalled from Triple …

Anibal's pectoral injury confirmed by Andrews  —  DETROIT — On Wednesday, Dr. James Andrews confirmed the initial diagnosis of Anibal Sanchez's right pectoral strain, according to Tigers manager Brad Ausmus.  —  Ausmus reiterated Wednesday that he hopes to have his starting pitcher back before the end of the season.

New ‘Survivor’ cast boasts MLB pitcher John Rocker, Spider-Man actor, and ‘Amazing Race’ twins  —  Entertainment Weekly has your the first look at six of the contestants that will be competing on the next season of Survivor: San Juan del Sur — Blood vs. Water.

Napoli joins elite company with massive blast  —  Slugger becomes just 17th player to hit homer to Rogers Centre's fifth deck  —  TORONTO — Mike Napoli's mammoth home run in the 11th inning marked the 17th time in Rogers Centre history that a player has gone deep to the fifth deck.

White Sox AFL players officially assigned  —  CHICAGO — The White Sox will be represented by seven players as part of the Glendale Desert Dogs during the 2014 Arizona Fall League season.  Those players are infielder Tim Anderson (No. 2 White Sox prospect per MLB.com), infielder Rangel Ravelo …