7:20 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Suspended Cincinnati Reds manager David Bell planned to watch Friday’s game in privacy after his wayward experience the night before. Bell, who is serving a six-game suspension for his role in a benches-clearing brawl this week, tried to observe his team from the stands Thursday at SunTrust Park,

11:54 AM ET No, the Los Angeles Dodgers didn’t make a big splash at the deadline — but pitching help is still on the way for the team that owns MLB’s best record. On Friday night, L.A.’s top pitching prospect, Dustin May, will make his major league debut on the mound against the San Diego

9:33 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Joc Pederson Experiment is essentially over. The Los Angeles Dodgers will no longer deploy Pederson as a regular option at first base, a move initially intended to get him into the same lineup with Max Muncy and Alex Verdugo. Instead, Cody Bellinger, who has played Gold Glove-caliber defense

8:14 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon isn’t fooling around. And neither are the trade deadline additions to his club. While the fifth-year skipper integrates four new players into his clubhouse, he doesn’t sound too worried about the playing time ramifications for those already here. “We just have to put out

11:29 AM ET ESPN News Services The San Francisco Giants have placed outfielder Alex Dickerson on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. The Giants announced the move before Thursday afternoon’s game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Dickerson, 29, missed two straight seasons in 2017 and 2018 because of back and elbow injuries. The

1:03 PM ET This season, the major leagues have one and only one trade deadline, as all of those August waiver shenanigans are now a thing of the past. As a result, July 31 is the last opportunity for teams to swap players before the end of the 2019 season. If you’re curious as to

7:55 PM ET CHICAGO — Perhaps no team generated as much mystery in the days leading up to Wednesday’s trade deadline as the New York Mets. Would they buy? Would they sell? What did the acquisition of Marcus Stroman signify? After Wednesday’s deadline passed without another splash from the Mets, the answer seems clear enough.

11:09 AM ET New York Yankees first baseman Luke Voit is headed back to the injured list with a sports hernia and could be sidelined well into September if he needs surgery, manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday. Boone said the Yankees will evaluate Voit over the next few days to determine a course of action.

6:23 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Blue Jays closer Ken Giles, who has been the subject of trade speculation, got a cortisone shot in his right elbow Tuesday to treat what the club called mild inflammation. Toronto head athletic trainer Nikki Huffman said an MRI showed no structural problems, and that the

9:33 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Troy Tulowitzki was frustrated his body kept letting him down. “There came a point in time this year after I strained my calf that it just wasn’t as enjoyable as it once was because I couldn’t do some of the things work wise that I had had