7:39 PM ET Their relationship was anything but a bromance during Fay Vincent’s three years as the commissioner of baseball and there hasn’t been a rapprochement since. But Wednesday, when asked by ESPN’s Outside the Lines about the Chicago White Sox plan to extend safety netting to the foul poles, Vincent expressed unqualified support for

11:12 AM ET The Tampa Bay Rays placed infielder Yandy Diaz on the 10-day injured list with an injury to his right hamstring. Infielder Daniel Robertson was recalled from Triple-A Durham in a corresponding move. Diaz is hitting .286 with 11 home runs and 31 RBIs in 56 games this season, making 31 starts at

3:01 AM ET LOS ANGELES — It was five years ago Tuesday that Clayton Kershaw‘s greatness reached its pinnacle. He twirled nine masterful, no-hit innings against the Colorado Rockies that night. Fifteen batters struck out and only one of them reached base, on a Hanley Ramirez error that prevented a perfect game. At season’s end,

6:54 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer took a ball off the face during a bunting drill on Tuesday. Manager Dave Martinez said before the Nationals faced the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday that he still expected Scherzer to start one of the games in Wednesday’s doubleheader with the Phillies.

12:44 AM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Five years ago, veteran big leaguer Nick Hundley visited Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin and met a boy named Zach Sprader. Hundley, then with the San Diego Padres, sought to give the young baseball fan a lift during his fight against leukemia. Little did Hundley know a lasting

1:16 AM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Angels outfielder Justin Upton came out swinging in his first game back from injury. Upton homered on the first pitch he saw in his return from the injured list, Mike Trout had a solo homer among his four hits and Los Angeles used a seven-run second inning to

7:19 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers have placed outfielder Hunter Pence on the 10-day injured list with a right groin strain. Texas made the move before its series opener at home against Cleveland on Monday night, a day after Pence got hurt. He joined slugging outfielder Joey Gallo on the

7:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Andrew Friedman had high hopes for his Tampa Bay Rays bullpen in 2014, but it struggled. He worried about the group of Los Angeles Dodgers relievers he took into 2017, but they were a revelation. In five years as the Dodgers’ president of baseball operations, Friedman has experienced a

11:09 PM ET CHICAGO — A new day is dawning on the New York Yankees‘ season. Compared to every other day in an injury-ravaged spring that was dominated by a bevy of little-known backups, this new day will look and feel vastly different. With two of the biggest tests the Yankees will face this year