Cashman Confirms Yankees Will Not Pay A-Rod Home Run Bonus  —  Yankees GM Brian Cashman confirmed long-standing reports that the club does not intend to pay Alex Rodriguez a $6MM “milestone” marketing bonus for his 660th home run, as Bob Nightengale of USA Today reports.

Blake Swihart must learn on the job now with Red Sox  —  Photo by:  —  Blake Swihart is coming to Fenway Park on Saturday.  —  By:  —  Scott Lauber  —  Ready or not, here comes Blake Swihart.  —  And don't kid yourselves: Swihart isn't ready.  Not for this.  Not yet.

Matt Harvey controls Nationals for seven innings as Mets win 4-0  —  METS 4, NATIONALS 0  —  Sandy Alderson shook the Mets up and Matt Harvey settled them down.  —  After the Mets general manager changed the look of his infield, Harvey put a halt to the team's three-game skid …

Price Throws 5-Hitter as Tigers Top Royals 2-1  —  KANSAS CITY, Mo. — David Price took a shutout into the ninth inning before finishing with a five-hitter as the Detroit Tigers beat the Kansas City Royals 2-1 Saturday night.  —  Price (3-1) limited the Royals to four singles until Lorenzo Cain homered …

Jimenez DFA'd as Gomez returns from DL  —  4/19/15: Luis Jimenez dives to his right to field Josh Harrison's grounder, then makes the long throw to first for the out  —  CHICAGO — His own poor start at the plate and the Brewers' poor position in the standings conspired to cost Luis Jimenez …

Braves GM Hart says no progress for lefty Minor (shoulder)  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  Mike Minor started the season on the disabled list with inflammation on his throwing shoulder  —  Mike Minor making no progress in his rehabilitation from shoulder issues

Balfour returns to Rays, will join Triple-A Durham  —  ST. PETERSBURG — RHP Grant Balfour may not be done pitching for the Rays, after all.  —  Released this week, Balfour passed on overtures from the Cubs, Red Sox and others to agree to a minor-league deal with the Rays …

Blue Jays Keep Kluber Winless After Beating Indians 11-4  —  CLEVELAND — Jose Bautista drove in four runs and the Toronto Blue Jays kept reigning AL Cy Young winner Corey Kluber winless on the season with an 11-4 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday.  —  Kluber (0-4) allowed five runs and eight hits in five-plus innings.

Cubs survive injury scare to Rizzo and Russell  —  For a few moments of Saturday's 6-1 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, the Cubs and their fans had a hard time breathing.  —  With two outs in the top of the second inning, Milwaukee's Carlos Gomez hit a blooper into short-right field between first and second base.

Rockies Designate Jorge Rondon For Assignment  —  The Rockies have selected the contract of lefty Kenny Roberts and designated righty Jorge Rondon for assignment, Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post tweets.  The Rockies claimed Rondon from the Cardinals last November, and he got good results …

Prado Homers, Drives in 4, Leads Haren, Marlins Past Phils  —  MIAMI — Martin Prado homered and drove in four runs, leading Dan Haren and the Miami Marlins over the Philadelphia Phillies 7-0 on Saturday.  —  The Marlins won for ninth time in 10 games.  —  Haren (3-1) gave up four hits in six innings.

Braves' Fredi G to stick with platoon at third base  —  Both Alberto Callaspo and Chris Johnson had good stretches at the plate during the first month of the season that, at one point or another, might have made them appear to be good options to play third base full time for the Braves.