CC Sabathia is a Hall of Famer  —  When CC Sabathia was a free agent in the fall of 2008 and deeply skeptical about the idea of signing to play in New York, Yankees general manager Brian Cashman recruited with the Steinbrenner family checkbook, but also with a personal appeal.

Moreland, Vázquez homer, Boston sweeps Oakland 7-3  —  Mitch Moreland homered and drove in another run on a sacrifice fly after a lucky hop off the second base bag moved the runners along and Boston beat Oakland 7-3 on Wednesday to complete a three-game sweep for the previously struggling World Series champions.

Giants Prospect Logan Webb Receives 80-Game PED Suspension  —  Giants pitching prospect Logan Webb has been hit with an 80-game suspension after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug.  He was found to have a substance known as dehydrochlormethyltestosterone in his system.

Despite rally in the 9th inning, Cincinnati Reds lose in extra innings to New York Mets  —  NEW YORK - Luis Castillo thought he had his best pure stuff of the season Tuesday and the Reds had a game-tying rally in the ninth inning, but it still wasn't enough to hold off the New York Mets in a 4-3 loss in 10 innings at Citi Field

Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s impact negligible in return to Angel Stadium  —  Vladimir Guerrero Jr. craned his neck over a crowd of reporters and gazed at the batter's box of Angel Stadium.  For six summers as a child, he tagged along with his father, Vladimir Sr. Now he had arrived in the visitors dugout …

Cleveland Indians SP Trevor Bauer after win over Miami Marlins: ‘I suck right now’  —  Despite advancing his record to 4-1 on the season, Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Trevor Bauer wasn't happy with his performance vs. the Miami Marlins on Tuesday.  —  Entering his start against the Miami Marlins …

Real or Not?  Pitchers clap back against early HR barrage  —  On Monday night, I wrote about all the home runs in April.  Well, the pitchers got a little revenge on Tuesday.  For one night at least, the best games revolved around good starting pitching instead of dingers.  A roll call of some of those performances:

Rangers Remove Jose Leclerc From Closer's Role  —  Rangers manager Chris Woodward announced today that he expects to remove righty Jose Leclerc from the team's closer role, as Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News was among those to report.  He'll instead be utilized in low-leverage spots for the time being.

Fantasy baseball daily notes: Pitcher and hitter rankings for Thursday  —  Another Thursday, another shortened slate.  You all should know the drill by now.  This Thursday gives us an eight-game slate with only two games being played at night, which isn't ideal for DFS.

Free Comic Book Day is May 4: Here are 57 comic shops in Southern California participating  —  The Avengers reached the Endgame on film, but comic book fans know there are always new stories hitting the stands.  —  And on one day each year, they're free.  Yes, it's time for Free Comic Book Day …

Max Scherzer, Washington Nationals … His hard-hit rate's up a little bit (40 percent), but outside of his unlucky batting average on balls in play and its intertwining squashing of his left-on-base percentage, Scherzer's performance looks normal.  Much of the damage done to the 34-year-old's numbers came …

MLB Network's Eric Byrnes predicts May breakout for Cincinnati Reds' Yasiel Puig  —  Cincinnati Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig's batting average dropped to .192 with Tuesday's 0-for-4 effort against the New York Mets.  —  But during an MLB Central segment Wednesday titled, “April Showers Bring May Flower …

Diamondbacks bump struggling Zack Godley from rotation  —  Unable to keep outings from spiraling out of control, right-hander Zack Godley was removed from the Diamondbacks' starting rotation and shifted to the bullpen, a move the team says it hopes is only temporary.