Behind Thornton's stellar performance, Blue Jays head into break with win  —  Trent Thornton wasn't giving away anything on Sunday afternoon.  —  In the Blue Jays' final game before the all-star break, Thornton tossed a gem for Toronto, pitching six innings of shutout baseball as the Jays routed …

Brodie Van Wagenen throws chair in heated meeting with Mets coaches  —  Tempers are flaring at Citi Field.  —  A tumultuous Mets season took another strange twist, with general manager Brodie Van Wagenen punctuating a heated meeting with the team's coaching staff by throwing a chair, according to club sources.

Price, Vazquez, Bogaerts lead Red Sox over Tigers for sweep  —  David Price pitched one-run ball over five innings,  —  Xander Bogaerts each drove in two runs, and the  —  Detroit Tigers 6-3 on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.  —  Boston has won four straight and 15 of 22 entering the All-Star break.

Adbert Alzolay says the Chicago Cubs have ‘some plans for me in the second half’  —  Iowa Cubs pitcher Adbert Alzolay won't pitch in the Futures Game.  But he's still excited about attending it.  —  CONNECT  —  When the Chicago Cubs sent Adbert Alzolay back to Iowa …

Angels C Lucroy carted off after collision at plate  —  HOUSTON (AP) — Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy was carted off the field in the eighth inning after a collision at the plate with Houston's Jake Marisnick.  —  The bases were loaded with the game tied at 10 when Marisnick attempted …

Top Giants prospects Joey Bart, Heliot Ramos to play in MLB Futures Game  —  Top Giants prospects Joey Bart, Heliot Ramos to play in MLB Futures Game originally appeared on  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Major League Baseball's Futures Game will be played in a different format this year, but it also might be time for a new name.

Source: Boras, Lerner meeting to discuss Rendon contract  —  It appears the Nationals and Anthony Rendon are attempting to ramp up contract negotiations again as the season's first half comes to a close.  —  Scott Boras, Rendon's agent, was at Nationals Park today and was seen coming …

Gio Gonzalez Nearing Rehab Assignment  —  Brewers left-hander Gio Gonzalez, out since June 1 with a dead arm, is finally progressing toward a return.  He'll start a rehab assignment at the High-A level on Wednesday, Sophia Minnaert of Fox Sports Wisconsin reports.

Exclusive: Cervelli decides he's done catching  —  “I'm a catcher.  It's what I do.  I catch.”  —  The Pirates' starting catcher spoke those words back in Bradenton, when I asked for maybe the billionth time about his concern over concussions.  And the response was no different than the billion times before.

$wing away: All-Star Home Run Derby offers $1 million prize  —  All Star Home Run Derby Baseball  —  CLEVELAND (AP) — Jim Thome holds the record for the longest home run in Progressive Field history, a 511-foot shot against Kansas City in 1999.  Two years earlier, the Hall of Fame slugger recorded …

Jake Arrieta has bone spur in elbow that likely will require surgery, source says  —  NEW YORK — The pitch was an 0-1 changeup, a harmless pitch that enraged Todd Frazier and later prompted Jake Arrieta to threaten to dent the man's skull.  But it was a pitch that carried greater consequence than that for the Phillies.