MLB Issues Suspensions For Rangers-Blue Jays Brawl  —  3:37pm: Bautista will be suspended for one game, tweets SB Nation's Chris Cotillo.  —  3:20pm: Right-hander Jesse Chavez, who hit Prince Fielder in the thigh with a pitch following the initial skirmish, will receive a three-game suspension …

Braves Fire Fredi Gonzalez; Brian Snitker Named Interim Manager  —  6:23pm: O'Brien adds further details in a full column on the situation, most notably that Gonzalez's dismissal took an awkward turn on Monday evening.  O'Brien reports that Gonzalez actually learned of his firing last night …

Nationals 2B Murphy Returns to Citi Field to Face Mets  —  By THE ASSOCIATED PRESSMAY 17, 2016, 7:01 P.M. E.D.T.  —  NEW YORK — Back at Citi Field for the first time as an opponent, Daniel Murphy walked into the visiting clubhouse and knew his way around.  —  Sort of.

Pirates Extend Francisco Cervelli  —  The Pirates have announced a three-year extension with catcher Francisco Cervelli that will pay him $31MM, per Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports (via Twitter).  Cervelli is represented by Beverly Hills Sports Council, which also recently negotiated an extension between the team and Gregory Polanco.

Rangers' Yu Darvish notches 6 K's in 4th rehab start  —  MIDLAND, Texas — Yu Darvish struck out six while throwing 68 pitches in his fourth rehab start, and could be back in the Texas Rangers' rotation by the end of the month.  —  Darvish pitched his scheduled five innings Tuesday for Double …

Astros To Promote Colin Moran  —  The Astros will promote third base prospect Colin Moran to join the team for tonight's game, according to Peter Gammons of GammonsDaily.com (via Twitter).  It's not yet clear what the club will do to make space on its active and 40-man rosters.

Kemp follows Altuve's 5-foot-6 footsteps to Astros  —  BOSTON — Tony Kemp's Nashville, Tenn., homecoming turned out to be more memorable than even he could have imagined.  —  Kemp, who was raised outside Music City and attended college at Vanderbilt, was with dozens of family members …

Steven Adams apologizes for ‘quick little monkeys’ comment after Thunder beat Warriors  —  OAKLAND — Oklahoma City Thunder center Steven Adams apologized for his postgame comment that so many found offensive in the wake of a Game 1 win in the Western Conference Finals.

Arizona Diamondbacks pay tribute to Joe Garagiola … The Diamondbacks recognized the late Joe Garagiola during a ceremony before Monday's game against the New York Yankees, recounting his decorated career in baseball and television before unveiling a “Joe” emblem in left field.

The Need for Adjusted Exit Velocity  —  Last year, the folks at MLB Advanced Media started publishing what is commonly described as “exit velocity”: the pace at which the baseball is traveling off the bat of the hitter, as measured by the new Statcast system.  —  As a statistic, exit velocity is attractive for several reasons.