Royals' Salvador Perez calls disagreement with Matt Quatraro a misunderstanding  —  AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.  — Salvador Perez disputed Quatraro on X, Instagram, then walked back those comments Sunday.  — Quatraro said Perez's benching was to reduce preparation load, not suggest struggle.

Guardians catcher Austin Hedges gets engaged on the field following game  —  Austin Hedges scored the first run of the game for the Guardians but had a bigger moment after the final out.  Hedges proposed to his girlfriend, Lexi Dickinson, on the field Sunday following Cleveland's 8-4 victory over the Baltimore Orioles.

Angels great Garret Anderson passes away at 53  —  Garret Anderson, a World Series hero and one of the great Angels players of all-time, passed away suddenly at the age of 53, the club announced on Friday.  —  “The Angels organization is mourning the loss of one of our franchise's most beloved icons …

Rangers Notes: Josh Jung's Red-Hot Bat, Brandon Nimmo's Career Milestone  —  The Texas Rangers fell to the Seattle Mariners on Saturday, so now Texas must try and win the series on Sunday.  —  The Texas Rangers saw their recent domination of the Seattle Mariners come to an end with a 7-3 loss on Saturday.

Early Phillies struggles deepen after ugly loss to Braves  —  PHILADELPHIA - Mid-April is certainly too early in the baseball season to fret.  —  The Phillies do have 143 games and 5½ more months to play.  —  But they've done little of late to fuel faith in the likelihood …

San Diego Padres Nearing Deal to be Sold for an MLB-Record $3.9 Billion  —  Private-equity billionaire José E. Feliciano and his wife, Kwanza Jones, would acquire the team for nearly $1.5 billion more than Steve Cohen paid for the New York Mets in 2020.

Rays' win streak ends vs. Pirates as Griffin Jax fails them once again  —  PITTSBURGH — The Rays had done so much good in winning six straight games and nine of their previous 11 while surging to the top of the American League.But with Friday's game in the balance in the sixth inning, they turned to unsteady reliever Griffin Jax.

Soroka, Arenado lead Arizona Diamondbacks past Toronto Blue Jays  —  Nick Piecoro José M. RomeroArizona Republic  —  The two defining moments of the Diamondbacks' 6-3 series-opening win over the American League champion Toronto Blue Jays on Friday, April 17, came at crucial times in the game.

How Royals dropped 5th consecutive game in Friday's series opener vs. Yankees  —  AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom.  — Royals lost their fifth consecutive game after a 4-2 defeat at Yankee Stadium.  — Pasquantino tied the game in the eighth with a solo homer off Camilo Doval.

Exclusive photos of Luka Doncic returning to LA after two weeks in Europe  —  After nearly two weeks in Europe, the prodigal son has returned.  —  Luka Doncic returned to Los Angeles on Friday on the eve of the Lakers' first-round playoff series against the Rockets.

Cubs put closer Daniel Palencia on IL with oblique strain  —  CHICAGO — Cubs closer Daniel Palencia has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a left oblique strain, the team announced Friday.  —  Palencia, 26, was off to a good start to his season after helping Venezuela to the WBC championship last month.