Ballbug: Braves' Foltynewicz hopes to bounce back vs. Cardinals (ESPN)

ESPN:

Boone: Andujar likely headed back to 10-day IL — New York Yankees third baseman Miguel Andujar is likely headed back to the 10-day injured list so that the team can “get a better handle” on his nagging right shoulder injury, according to manager Aaron Boone.

Discussion: MLB Trade Rumors

Associated Press:

RHP Loaisiga 17th Yankee to hit IL this year — NEW YORK — Right-hander Jonathan Loaisiga has a strained pitching shoulder and became the New York Yankees' 17th player to go on the injured list this season. — New York announced the roster move Monday before starting a homestand against Baltimore and made it retroactive to Friday.

Sarah Valenzuela / New York Daily News:

Yankees activate Aaron Hicks, option Mike Tauchman to Scranton-Wilkes Barre — Though the Yankees took two more blows to their list of healthy starters, at least one came back. On Monday, centerfielder Aaron Hicks was activated from the 10-day injured list, right in time for Yankees series against the Orioles.

ESPN:
Yankees' Hicks set for season debut as Orioles visit

Discussion: Pinstripe Alley and MLB Baseball News …

Tommy Birch / Des Moines Register:

'He's going to be a big-league player in Chicago for a long time': Why there are still high hopes for Ian Happ — The hope is that although Ian Happ is in the minors, he can get back on track at the plate and return to the major leagues. — He needs to become the player the Chicago Cubs have always hoped he could be.

Tommy Birch / Des Moines Register:
Winner, winner: The Iowa Cubs are in first place

Discussion: Bleed Cubbie Blue

Tommy Birch / Des Moines Register: Cubs catcher Victor Caratini recovers quickly from injury

Tommy Birch / Des Moines Register: Cubs pitching prospect Adbert Alzolay expected to join Iowa Cubs this week

Jesse Yomtov / Cincinnati.com:

MLB power rankings: Led by George Springer, red-hot Astros take back the No. 1 spot — Having won eight of their last nine games, the Houston Astros are firing on all cylinders and are primed to run away with the American League West again. — The Astros will be without Jose Altuve …

Discussion: MLB Baseball News … and USA Today

Jeff Wilson / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

Three areas the Rangers might be forced to address as they enter mid-May slumping — An off day Monday became a needed respite for the Texas Rangers after their lost weekend in Houston. — Emphasis on lost. — The Astros did everything better than that Rangers en route to a four-game sweep …

Jake Elman / UPI:
Astros' George Springer records five hits in win over Rangers

Discussion: MLB Baseball News … and ESPN

Phil Rosenthal / Baltimore Sun:

Hey, ESPN, ‘Sunday Night Baseball’ viewers actually want to watch the game — so focus on that — Photos from the Cubs' 4-1 win over the Brewers on May 12, 2019, at Wrigley Field. — Chicago Tribune — When baseball fans tune in to ESPN's “Sunday Night Baseball” coverage of the Cubs …

Discussion: Chicago Tribune

Teddy Greenstein / Chicago Tribune:

Since April 10, the Cubs are winning at a 77.8 percent rate. Here are 5 ways they're pulling it off. — Photos from the Cubs' 4-1 win over the Brewers on May 12, 2019, at Wrigley Field. — How hot are the Cubs running? — Forget for a second about Kris Bryant hitting five home runs …

ESPN:

Boston's Pedroia has setback during rehab stint — The road back for Boston's Dustin Pedroia hit another obstacle Monday, with the Red Sox announcing that the second baseman has returned from his rehab assignment because of left knee soreness. — The team had been hoping Pedroia …

Discussion: MLB Baseball News …

ESPN:

Resurgent Red Sox, Sale set to face Rockies — Chances are the Colorado Rockies aren't excited about their first trip to Fenway Park since 2016. — Not with the way the Boston Red Sox are playing. — The resurgent defending World Series champions, riding a season-best, five-game winning streak …

Associated Press: Blackmon homers twice, Rockies beat Padres 10-7

Mike DiGiovanna / Baltimore Sun:

Watch Cody Bellinger throw out Stephen Strasburg at first — The Dodgers' Cody Bellinger robbed Washington's Stephen Strasburg of a sixth-inning single Sunday at Dodger Stadium. (Getty Images) — When Gerardo Parra's eighth-inning drive one-hopped the wall in left-center field for a double …

Discussion: True Blue LA

ESPN:

Braves' Foltynewicz hopes to bounce back vs. Cardinals — The Atlanta Braves found their footing while winning the final three games of their four-game series against the Diamondbacks in Arizona over the weekend. Now the Braves are hopeful that No. 1 starter Mike Foltynewicz can do the same …

Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Shildt vows not to ‘overreact or underreact’ to Cardinals' sour stretch

Discussion: Talking Chop

Derrick Goold / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Cardinals notebook: Hurler Martinez could return next weekend

Discussion: Viva El Birdos

Buster Olney / ESPN:

Running in place, Giants need to start tearing down — If the San Francisco Giants had slogged along to the All-Star break with a record around .500, not really in contention but not really out of it, then Farhan Zaidi, the team's new head of baseball operations, would have faced difficult decisions.

Discussion: NBC Bay Area, MLB Baseball News … and NBCSports.com

Discussion: McCovey Chronicles, Chico Enterprise-Record, Mercury News and MLB Trade Rumors

Matthew Florjancic / WKYC-TV:

Indians minor-leaguer Bobby Bradley named to MLB Pipeline's Prospect Team of the Week — Cleveland Indians minor-league first baseman Bobby Bradley was named to MLB Pipeline's Prospect Team of the Week Monday. — CLEVELAND — Cleveland Indians minor-league first baseman Bobby Bradley …

Discussion: MLB Baseball News … and NESN.com

Nick Piecoro / Arizona Republic:

High fastballs haunting Diamondbacks' Christian Walker in latest slump — On multiple occasions on Sunday afternoon, the Atlanta Braves attacked an area of the strike zone that is becoming increasingly popular against Diamondbacks slugger Christian Walker. — Armed with fastballs in the mid-90s …

Richard Morin / Arizona Republic:

Torey Lovullo says he purposely kept Zack Godley in the dark about ‘opening’ start — Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said he deliberately did not tell right-hander Zack Godley that he would be making an abbreviated start on Sunday against the Atlanta Braves.

Bobby Nightengale / Cincinnati.com:

In season's first quarter, Cincinnati Reds unsatisfied with results but encouraged by play — SAN FRANCISCO - The Reds completed their first quarter of the season and they certainly feel like they've played better than their record has indicated. — They have a 6-13 record in one-run games …