Hershey's sends Nats 108 more bottles of chocolate sauce to mark wins  —  1h - MLB MAX SCHERZER WASHINGTON NATIONALS + more  —  ESPN sports business reporter Darren Rovell discusses Hershey's shipment of chocolate syrup to the Nationals.

Keith Law's first 2015 mock draft  —  Vanderbilt shortstop Dansby Swanson is projected to be the No. 1 overall pick  —  Source: … I say it every year, but it's more true this year than most: Three weeks from Draft Day is still a long way off for a prediction.

Once beaten down by years of losing, Cubs' Castro is a star reborn  —  FOX Sports  —  Starlin Castro is rejuvenated in 2015 after doing a lot of losing in his first five MLB seasons.  —  The Chicago Cubs' two new veteran catchers, Miguel Montero and David Ross, weren't impressed by shortstop Starlin Castro in spring training.

Brent Strom, second man to have Tommy John surgery, now makes pitch to Astros aces  —  Brent Strom has a good memory.  Strom, the former Met lefty who is now the Astros pitching coach, is detailing his first game in the majors, a start at Shea against the Expos and he can still see Tommie Agee racing …

Why Children Are Abandoning Baseball  —  Major League Baseball is strong, but the casual young player is vanishing, threatening the sport's future  —  The local Little League in the City of Newburgh, N.Y., has been desperately trying to attract enough kids to stay afloat.

Hal Steinbrenner says Yankees will pay Alex Rodriguez's HR bonus if that's how arbitrator rules  —  The Yankees have made it clear they don't want to pay Alex Rodriguez a $6 million bonus for tying Willie Mays with his 660th career home run, but they will if an arbitrator decides they must …

Mauer's Homer Lifts Twins to 4-3 Win Over Pirates in 13  —  PITTSBURGH — Joe Mauer hit his first home run of the season, a solo shot off Antonio Bastardo in the 13th inning to help the Minnesota Twins to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.