Taijuan Walker rebounds with seven shutout innings, Mets beat Nationals for another series win  —  WASHINGTON — Now that's what you call a rebound.  —  Taijuan Walker bounced back from the disappointing results in his previous outing to shut out the Nationals over seven innings in the Mets' 4-1 win on Thursday at Nationals Park.

Yankees break out big bats for season-high 15 runs against White Sox  —  CHICAGO — Giancarlo Stanton thinks it's fun to watch.  In the hole behind Anthony Rizzo on deck, the slugger watches as opposing pitchers have to face Aaron Judge.  —  “It's awesome to watch.  I get the second best view of it, Rizzo gets the best.

Red Sox pitching prospect Noah Song completes Naval flight training, applies for waiver to resume career  —  Noah Song, once a top pitching prospect whose Red Sox career was put on pause while he completed flight school for the Navy, has completed his aviation training and applied to the Secretary …

Verhaeghe the hero again, scoring in overtime as Panthers oust Capitals for first playoff series win in 26 years  —  Jonathan Huberdeau couldn't remember what it was like to be on the smiling side of a handshake line.  —  The feelings were so strong after he and the Florida Panthers beat …

Being Gabe Kapler: Inside the mind of the San Francisco Giants' nonconformist manager  —  THE WATCH ON Gabe Kapler's left wrist started as a curiosity and traveled a smooth path to obsession.  Big, chunky and obviously expensive, it was both striking and vexing.

PitchCom — aimed at foiling MLB's would-be sign-stealers — is (mostly) winning over the skeptics  —  Texas Rangers closer Joe Barlow was skeptical about PitchCom at first.  —  The electronic device, used to transmit pitch signals from the catcher to the pitcher in an effort to curb sign stealing …

Benintendi wins arbitration case against Kansas City Royals, set to make $8.5 million  —  Andrew Benintendi accomplished what no other player has done during Dayton Moore's tenure as the head of the Kansas City Royals' baseball operations department.  —  On Friday, Benintendi became …

Philadelphia Phillies' Bryce Harper has small tear in UCL, can't throw for four weeks  —  Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper, limited to designated hitter duty of late, has a small tear in his right UCL, will get a PRP injection and will not throw a baseball for four weeks, manager Joe Girardi told reporters Thursday.

Gerry Dulac's Steelers chat transcript: 05.11.22  —  Gerry Dulac: OK kids, we will be starting out chat shortly go get ready...  Gerry Dulac: OK, here we go...Fire away  —  Salvador: Hello Gerry!  Thanks for all of your chats and great work!  Is there any chance of acquiring a Vet DL before training camp?

2022 mock draft: Position players pack Top 10  —  With a little more than two months before the Draft starts on July 17, it's still early to be making strong connections between teams and targets.  In my first full first-round projection of 2022, I'll try to place players in the area …

Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich becomes sixth player in MLB history to hit for three cycles in career  —  The Milwaukee Brewers' Christian Yelich joined an exclusive club Wednesday, hitting for the third cycle of his career during a 14-11 loss to the Cincinnati Reds.