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 …

Danny Farquhar ‘progressing well’ after brain surgery  —  Chicago White Sox pitcher Danny Farquhar showed signs of improvement Monday after suffering a brain hemorrhage and undergoing surgery this past weekend.  —  The White Sox announced that Farquhar remains in critical …

Yankees add talent and depth to lower part of lineup with Gleyber Torres debut and ‘real deal’ Miguel Andujar  —  Just as Tim Naehring was headed to see Gleyber Torres — a prized Cubs prospect the Yankees were thinking of acquiring as the centerpiece of a blockbuster deal for Aroldis Chapman …

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 …

Cubs' Jason Heyward on his World Series Game 7 speech: ‘We just needed to be together’  —  Photos of Cubs outfielder Jason Heyward.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  Stranded at third base in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the 2016 World Series, Jason Heyward had lots of information to process.

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.

Arizona Diamondbacks vs. San Diego Padres … Trust.  —  It's a one-syllable word with one of the longer definitions you will find in the dictionary.  That's because it's complicated and it can take as much time to explain as it often does to earn it.  —  It's a word Diamondbacks manager …

Jake Arrieta drawing inspiration from young Phillies starters  —  Jake Arrieta oozed potential.  It came through his every pore.  He was 25, talented, and part of what then-Baltimore Orioles manager Dave Tremblay referred to as his “cavalry,” a group of young pitchers who would lead …

Reds' interim manager Jim Riggleman: ‘We gotta go play better’  —  Reds interim manager Jim Riggleman reclined uneasily in a padded office chair for his first-ever media session as interim manager at Great American Ball Park on Monday afternoon.  —  Behind Riggleman were shelves left barren …

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 …

Sports Day Tampa Bay podcast: Rays win on Carlos Gomez's walkoff home run  —  Carlos Gomez, who had been struggling, delivers a two-run, walkoff home run as the Rays sweep the Twins for the first time at Tropicana Field.  Rick Stroud discusses the moment and the celebration tha

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:

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?

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.

Brewers Outright Alec Asher  —  Right-hander Alec Asher has cleared waivers and been assigned outright to Triple-A Colorado Springs after being designated for assignment last week, as first reflected on the MLB.com Transactions page.  He'll remain with the organization and hope to pitch …

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?