Kansas City Royals acquire veteran reliever in two-player trade with Blue Jays  —  AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.  — Royals acquired right-hander Connor Seabold from the Blue Jays for Denis Samudio and cash.  — Seabold has a 4.26 ERA in 16 relief appearances and appeared in five games with Toronto.

First All-Star Ballot update: Ohtani, Yordan cruising; both 1B fields loaded  —  Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters.  —  The Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani and the Astros' Yordan Alvarez are the leading vote-getters …

Mets' rotation takes another hit with Christian Scott headed to IL: Sources  —  The New York Mets' vulnerable rotation is losing a key member for at least the short term with right-hander Christian Scott headed for the injured list, league sources told The Athletic on Monday.

MLB warns 3 San Francisco Giants players who scrawled a Bible verse on Pride hats  —  Major League Baseball issued a response to three San Francisco Giants pitchers who wrote Biblical inscriptions on the team's Pride caps: You've been warned.  —  “The writing on the cap violates our rules …

Fantasy baseball streaming starting pitchers: Griffin Jax rebounds, Anthony Kay surging, more  —  Welcome to your fantasy baseball starting pitcher happy place.  This is a new column for me this year that will combine a few things I've done in the past.  In this article, every Monday …

Will Athletics actually bring stars to Las Vegas?  'We won't have trouble recruiting'  —  LAS VEGAS — I'm walking around in the desert heat with a hard hat on my head, boots on my feet, gloves on my hands, sunglasses on my face, looking out at 600 construction workers roaming nine acres …

There's No Reason Diamondbacks' Manuel Pena Should Still Be in AA  —  This is simply getting ridiculous.  —  There is simply nothing left to prove for Arizona Diamondbacks infield prospect Manuel Pena at the Double-A level.  —  The 22-year-old Pena has been turning some heads with his power surge …

Detroit Tigers scratch Troy Melton from Monday's start with injury  —  HOUSTON - It's never nothing.  —  The Detroit Tigers were surprised with more injury news Monday, June 15, before the opener of a three-game series against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park, scratching right-hander Troy Melton …

Spencer Strider is shut down from throwing for a month  —  It would seem the Braves have avoided a crisis on the Spencer Strider front.  —  According to a report from Mark Bowman of MLB.com, an MRI of Strider's right elbow after his early exit in Friday's 7-5 loss to the Mets showed no ligament damage.

Suárez homers twice and drives in 6 to back Burns as Reds rout Mets 12-0  —  CINCINNATI — Eugenio Suárez homered twice and drove in a career-high six runs, including a grand slam in the second inning as the Cincinnati Reds rolled to a 12-0 victory over the New York Mets on Monday night.

Rockies set club record for runs with 23-9 victory over A's in Las Vegas heat  —  LAS VEGAS — Willi Castro had seven RBI, Hunter Goodman got five hits and the Colorado Rockies set a franchise record for runs Sunday in a 23-9 victory over the Athletics on a 101-degree afternoon at Las Vegas Ballpark.