Why the Red Sox are the best team in baseball - and may retain that status  —  OAKLAND - It took more than three weeks and a masterful performance by one of the game's up-and-coming pitchers for the Red Sox to come to grips with a baseball reality: You don't play .900 baseball and average 6.5 runs …

Dodgers come from behind against Nationals to get back to .500  —  LOS ANGELES  —  The Los Angeles Dodgers slumbered through half the game, awakening with a bolt of energy that revitalized the fans and players within the grand old ballpark.  —  The Dodgers were three outs from winning …

Red Sox lose consecutive games for 1st time this year  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Khris Davis hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer off David Price with two outs in the eighth inning and the Oakland Athletics beat Boston 4-1 on Sunday, to deal the Red Sox consecutive losses for the first time under new manager Alex Cora.

Yankees' youth movement in full swing as Gleyber Torres finally arrives  —  On a day when the 23-year-old third baseman stole the spotlight from the 21-year-old second baseman making his major league debut, catcher Austin Romine noticed a semi-related text a friend sent him an hour or so before game time.

Alex Cobb and Logan Morrison have ex-Ray vision.  Here's what they see.  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Absolutely, Alex Cobb was saying over the phone, it's going to be weird pitching Tuesday against the Rays.  —  The organization that he owes so much for rearing him since high school …

Motivated, refined Indians' Mike Clevinger holding his own in starting rotation  —  BALTIMORE  —  When Mike Clevinger was awarded the No. 4 spot in the Indians starting rotation this spring, he knew he'd have his work cut out for him to carry his weight in one of the best rotations in baseball.

Baseball roundup: Cubs win after Bryant is injured  —  Nolan Arenado was thrown out at the plate when he tried to score on a bases-loaded pitch that bounced to the backstop, allowing visiting Chicago to beat Colorado 9-7 Sunday.  He initially was called safe but then was ruled out on a video review of the play.

Cubs' return to Cleveland brings back fond memories of 2016 World Series win  —  Photos from Game 7 of the World Series at Progressive Field in Cleveland on Nov. 2, 2016.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Mike Montgomery uses the same glove he wore two years ago when he induced Michael Martinez …

Brewers television analyst Davey Nelson dies at age 73  —  Davey Nelson, a former All-Star infielder for the Rangers and television analyst with the Brewers, has died at the age of 73.  —  The Brewers announced that Nelson, who was a coach in the organization for five years before moving …

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Diego Padres … Follow our updates as the Diamondbacks take on the Phillies in the first game of a three-game series in Philadelphia on Tuesday.Tuesday's game  —  Diamondbacks at Phillies  —  Where: Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia.

Power Rankings: Blue Jays crowd into more than just the AL East picture  —  Just three weeks into the season, there's some consensus among our voters for the Power Rankings: The Red Sox and Astros are the two best teams in baseball.  And the Reds and Marlins are the two worst.  But everything in between?

No-hitters like Sean Manaea's will become rarer and rarer  —  When Oakland Athletics left-hander Sean Manaea completed a no-hitter against the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night, you might have thought, “About time!”  This has been the April of the no-hit bid, as Buster Olney relayed this weekend:

Giants' Brandon Belt works a record-breaking 21-pitch at-bat against Angels  —  An irresistible force met an immovable object Sunday in Angel Stadium, where Angels starter Jaime Barria refused to give in to Brandon Belt, and the San Francisco first baseman refused to yield to the 21-year-old right-hander.

Who's signed to baseball's worst contracts?  —  If you're one of the remaining fans wondering why analytics-friendly teams — now nearly every team in baseball — are stingy in the free-agent market, this is the list for you.  Drop an easy popup?  Leave a hanging curve in the strike zone?

Cardinals' Holland shows lots of progress  —  It's the situation that closers, and the managers of closers, hope for: taking the mound in the ninth inning and getting a 1-2-3 inning.  A minimal amount of drama, a maximum amount of satisfaction.  —  That's what the Cardinals got from Greg Holland …

Top 10 Prospects: April 23  —  Follow @Rotoworld_BB and @Crawford_Milb on Twitter.  —  A reminder that this is strictly a list for 2018.  Several of these prospects are among the best in baseball, but for the purpose of this series, it's just measuring potential impact for the coming season.