Source: Angels ace Garrett Richards expected to undergo Tommy John surgery  —  Los Angeles Angels ace Garrett Richards has a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and is expected to need Tommy John surgery, a source with knowledge of the situation told Yahoo Sports.

Rea takes no-hit bid into 7th; Padres beat Mets 5-3 … SAN DIEGO — The shift helped keep Colin Rea's no-hit bid going into the seventh inning, and then a shift cost the right-hander a chance at the San Diego Padres' ever-elusive gem.  —  Rea lost his no-hit bid with two outs in the seventh inning …

Despite team's ‘total system failure’ Twins owner Pohlad gives support to Ryan, Molitor  —  At 8-20, the Twins have the worst record in the American League and the second-worst record in Major League Baseball.  But owner Jim Pohlad isn't about to lay solo blame on those at the top.

Twins place Tommy Milone, Casey Fien on waivers  —  CHICAGO — Off to a highly disappointing start, the last-place Twins have placed pitchers Tommy Milone and Casey Fien on waivers, according to two sources with direct knowledge.  —  Milone, 29, was recently dropped from the Twins' rotation after a slow start.

Mock Draft 2.0  —  So what would you do?  —  Two of the top talents in the 2016 draft class are high school pitchers, New Jersey lefty Jason Groome and Kansas righty Riley Pint.  Groome offers physicality and a potentially premium breaking ball, is just 17 and already is a beast at a listed 6-foot-5, 230 pounds.

Kang traveling with Pirates; Rogers sent to Indy  —  ST. LOUIS — Jung Ho Kang is back.  —  The Pirates on Thursday optioned third baseman Jason Rogers to Triple-A Indianapolis and are expected to activate Kang off the disabled list Friday.  —  Kang traveled with the team to St. Louis …

Commissioner: Decision imminent on MLB games in Puerto Rico  —  CHICAGO (AP) — The Miami Marlins and Pittsburgh Pirates will find out within the next few days if they will play in Puerto Rico this month.  —  Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday that the announcement on whether …

Brewers Claim Michael Kirkman From Padres  —  The Brewers announced today that they have claimed left-hander Michael Kirkman off waivers from the Padres.  San Diego had designated Kirkman for assignment earlier in the week after just one appearance.  Kirkman, 29, allowed four runs …

Game Report: Cody Reed  —  GENEVA, Ill.—He's struck out 29 batters and walked none now through 17 2/3 innings.  But don't expect Cody Reed to be satisfied.  —  “Everything always needs work,” the 19-year-old lefthander said following Thursday's 6-2 win for low Class A Kane County (Diamondbacks) over Fort Wayne (Padres).

Aroldis Chapman willing to play for Team USA at WBC  —  TAMPA, Fla. - Aroldis Chapman has no concerns about being banned from the Cuban National Team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.  —  And that's because the embattled Yankees closer has another uniform in mind, that of Team USA.

Yankees place Alex Rodriguez on the 15-day DL with strained right hamstring  —  BALTIMORE - What's worse than the Yankees' struggling offense?  That same lineup without Alex Rodriguez.  —  That's what the Yankees will face for at least the next two weeks, as the 40-year-old designated hitter …

Braves are going to fire Fredi Gonzalez soon, but then what?  —  MORE FROM:  —  The Braves have an off-day Thursday.  That normally would not be the first sentence of a column.  But they have an off-day coinciding with a major league-worst 7-20 start, manager Fredi Gonzalez being on the hot seat …