Detroit Tigers' Jose Iglesias expected to return Thursday  —  Jose Iglesias had one last test to pass.  —  He had passed all of his baseball activity tests with flying colors but before batting practice began, the Tigers shortstop took turns chasing pop-ups down the third base line with his back to the ball.

Teheran solid, Gsellman stumbles and Mets lose 5th straight … NEW YORK — Julio Teheran hasn't lost to the Mets in nearly two years, and New York manager Terry Collins wasn't shocked by his team's reaction when Atlanta tagged Robert Gsellman for five runs in the first inning.

Heyman |  Marlins sale to Jeter-Bush far from over  —  Insiders who have been following the Marlins sale were stunned the Derek Jeter-Jeb Bush group was reported to have an agreement for $1.3 billion (the figure may actually be slightly higher than that, if there really is an agreement) …

Pirates rookie Gift Ngoepe on historic night: ‘It was just awesome’  —  PITTSBURGH — He had to tell himself not to cry, and that was before South Africa native Gift Ngoepe became the first player from that country — and the African continent as a whole — to play in a major league game.

Cardinals keep drilling on defense  —  If Mike Shildt is making a list of fundamentals the club needs to address, and checking it twice, then the Cardinals' new quality control coach should add an asterisk by the errant pickoff in Tuesday's ninth inning.  —  That was the pregame focus just hours before it happened.

Meet the cast of the Chris Coghlan slide  —  Everybody plays a part.  —  Matthew Bowman throws the pitch, which was supposed to be low and away and was neither.  As soon as Kevin Pillar hits it, Bowman does a precious little hop and spin, and then his shoulders slump into a frown.

Michael Morse is a Giant again, Denard Span heads to DL  —  SAN FRANCISCO - Michael Morse is a Giant again.  —  The hulking, 2014 postseason hero didn't let a strained hamstring send him home, and he showed enough at Triple-A Sacramento to win a place on the roster.

How bad game made Mets think Jose Reyes is turning corner … As we've seen with Curtis Granderson and now Michael Conforto, other players can hit leadoff for the Mets, but none of them can do it like Jose Reyes.  None of them can bring the speed, steal the bases and create havoc like him.