Cards notebook: Ponce de Leon goes tonight, Wacha expected back for next Tuesday's start  —  Cardinals pitcher Michael Wacha was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday because of a left knee patellar tendinitis condition surfacing from a between-starts workout.

MRI on deGrom's elbow comes back clean  —  NEW YORK — New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom remains on track to start Friday night after an MRI on his right elbow showed no damage.  —  New York general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said the NL Cy Young Award winner had a test Monday morning that came back clean.

Mum's the word on Aaron Judge's return from ‘significant injury’  —  Last year, Brian Cashman admitted the Yankees made a mistake announcing an expected timeline for Aaron Judge's recovery from a broken right wrist.  The Yankee GM learned his lesson.  —  Monday, speaking on WFAN …

Brewers interested in Gio Gonzalez, will be competition for Mets: sources  —  Gonzalez was released by Yankees on Monday  —  The market for Gio Gonzalez will be more robust than it was in the winter, with the Milwaukee Brewers now interested in bringing the lefty back, according to major league sources.

MLB Headlines  —  OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) The Athletics found their winning formula again: Grab an early lead, the starters keep them in the game, and then allow the deep bullpen to handle the rest.  —  Stephen Piscotty homered and drove in three runs to back Chris Bassitt's winning season debut …

Nicholas Castellanos has a new agent.  How that impacts his future in Detroit  —  BOSTON — It wasn't a decision Nicholas Castellanos made lightly, ranking as one of the toughest two of his life.  But after making decisions in the best interests of others for who knows how long, this decision was going to be his.

Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr. and the rise of a Padres powerhouse  —  SAN DIEGO — A quarter-mile north of center field, in a 19th-century building adorned by a faded green awning and two wooden wagon wheels, sits a charmingly antiquated bar named Tivoli.

Real or not?  The costly luxury of Bryce Harper's antics  —  NEW YORK — Let's put it this way: Nobody looks better when he's getting ejected from a game than Bryce Harper: … Harper was ejected for the 12th time in his career in the Phillies' 5-1 loss to the Mets on Monday …

One trade idea that would fix Cubs' bullpen problem  —  CHICAGO — Weekend news of Chicago Cubs closer Brandon Morrow's setback in his recovery from offseason minor elbow surgery can't come as a surprise to anyone who has followed the right-hander's career.  —  In fact, there aren't any injuries …

Lofty comparisons for Fried: Kershaw, Hamels, Snell  —  Max Fried is creating quite the buzz around Major League Baseball these days.  —  The Braves' 25-year-old left-hander is 3-0 with a second-best-in-MLB 1.38 ERA after four starts this season and is drawing some lofty, albeit hasty, comparisons.

Angels forced to play Bourjos at second vs. Yanks  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — For the first time in his professional career, Los Angeles Angels outfielder Peter Bourjos played the infield.  —  It didn't take long for him to look like he had already been there before.

Mountain Pointe product Cole Tucker taking Pittsburgh by storm with Pirates  —  PITTSBURGH - It was a scene right out “The Natural” as Phoenix's Cole Tucker came to the plate in the bottom the fifth for the Pittsburgh Pirates in a tie game Saturday.  —  As storm clouds gathered, a lightning bolt lit up the sky.