Cardinals sign All-Star infielder Carpenter to two-year extension  —  ST. LOUIS  • The Cardinals and All-Star leadoff hitter Matt Carpenter have agreed upon an extension that will likely allow him to finish his career with the team, as first reported by The Post-Dispatch.

First strike: Sharks earn series-opening win over Golden Knights  —  (CLICK HERE, if you unable to view this photo gallery on your mobile device.)  —  SAN JOSE — Forget about the troubles they had near the end of the regular season.  The Sharks got the start and the end result …

Yankees' Miguel Andujar reports progress with right shoulder injury  —  Yankees' Miguel Andujar (small tear, right labrum) plays catch for the first time since being diagnosed, at Houston on Wednesday  —  HOUSTON - Miguel Andujar merely played catch on Wednesday, making 25 soft tosses at a distance of 60 feet.

The White Sox are struggling.  Rick Renteria says the younger players are trying to ‘eliminate some of the emotion’ to get back on track.  —  Photos from the White Sox-Rays game at Guaranteed Rate Field on Wednesday, April 10, 2019.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The White Sox entered Wednesday's …

Baseball Team Values 2019: Yankees Lead League At $4.6 Billion  —  aseball is more lucrative than it has ever been because of the continued escalation in the value of the sport's media rights and higher profits.  —  In November, Fox signed a new seven-year media rights deal with MLB beginning …

Warriors get their wish, will face Clippers in first round  —  Klay Thompson subscribes.  You can too for just 11 cents a day for 11 months + receive a free Warriors Championship book.  Sign me up!  —  MEMPHIS, TENN. - Klay Thompson spoke his wish into existence.

MLB Headlines  —  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Manny Machado came through with the type of performance the San Diego Padres hoped for.  —  Machado put the Padres ahead with his third home run of the season and made some sparkling defensive plays in a 3-1 win over the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday.

Atlantic League delays robot umps experiment  —  NEW YORK — Robot umpires will get some more warm-up time.  —  Major League Baseball and the Atlantic League said Wednesday the experiment with radar-tracking technology to call balls and strikes will not be used when the independent minor league starts play on April 25.

Marlins hope day off for Brian Anderson could snap third baseman's career-worst slump  —  The follow up to his impressive rookie season hasn't gone the way Brian Anderson hoped.  After leading all National League rookies in hits and doubles in 2018, Anderson is off to a brutal start to 2019.

Luis Severino's injury leaves a huge hole in the Yankees rotation ... here's the plan for fixing the pitching  —  This wasn't the plan.  —  A Yankee season without Luis Severino was unimaginable one short month ago, and yet that is looking more and more inevitable after the MRI …