1:48 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball says nine teams have had 85% of players, coaches and others with Tier 1 access receive their final dose of the coronavirus vaccine, allowing those clubs to ease some health and safety protocols. Four of those teams have already begun relaxing some protocols after

10:12 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Kole Calhoun, who playfully fist-bumped a teenaged fan after being outreached for a foul ball last weekend, is expected to miss six to eight weeks because of an injured left hamstring. Calhoun underwent a procedure Friday to remove a tendon in his hamstring, the team

12:41 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — One of the Arizona Diamondbacks‘ top prospects, Kristian Robinson, won’t begin this season in the minor leagues, more than one year after he was arrested for allegedly punching an Arizona Department of Public Safety officer in the face. Robinson, who was 19 at the time of the arrest,

5:26 PM ET One of the game’s hottest pitchers is going on the injured list, as Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Corbin Burnes won’t make his next start against the Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend. Manager Craig Counsell did not specify the reason for Burnes going on the IL and said he couldn’t comment on the situation

6:48 AM ET The Quirkjians are of my own making, an obsession for nearly 60 years. I’ve always loved arcane stats, odd connections of arbitrary names and numbers, amazing coincidences that baseball, more than any other sport, always provides. Every night that you go to a major league game, or watch one on TV, you

7:34 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Colorado Rockies selected the contract of veteran first baseman Matt Adams from the team’s alternate training site. The 32-year-old Adams was signed by Colorado in late March. He’s a career .259 hitter with 118 homers and 397 RBIs in stints with St. Louis, Washington and Atlanta. Adams

7:00 AM ET Believe it or not, we are already just about a month into the 2021 MLB season with the calendar set to flip to May this weekend. What does that mean for this week’s edition of our MLB Power Rankings? Well, yes, it is still early — but it also isn’t too early

10:44 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor‘s contract negotiations with the Mets seemed pretty smooth. His swing certainly has not. The $341 million star shortstop is batting .203 with three RBIs through 19 games with his new team and has started drawing boos at Citi Field. Honeymoon’s over. Welcome to New York.

12:41 PM ET Throughout its storied history, Fenway Park has hosted football games, an outdoor NHL game, soccer games, the Harlem Globetrotters, concerts, an elephant party (in 1914) and even Franklin Roosevelt’s final campaign speech in 1944. In recent months, it served as a vaccination site for COVID-19. Now it will host a series of

4:54 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Outfielder Luis Robert was placed on the injured list Tuesday by the White Sox as a precaution after he reported feeling flu-like symptoms. General manager Rick Hahn said in a statement that Robert informed the team’s medical staff of the symptoms Monday night. The team is awaiting further