Pirates Claim George Kontos From Giants  —  The Giants have announced that the Pirates have been awarded Giants reliever George Kontos on a waiver claim.  The Giants evidently placed Kontos on revocable waivers, as Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle tweets, then gave him up without receiving anything in return.

Giants' Brandon Belt has concussion symptoms after curveball to head  —  San Francisco Giants first baseman Brandon Belt was suffering from concussion symptoms after he was hit in the head by a 78 mph curveball Friday night.  —  The incident came in the sixth inning of the Giants' 2-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Yankees' woes continue as Jaime Garcia disappoints in loss to Indians  —  CLEVELAND — They've become the Bad News Bombers.  —  Gary Sanchez moved into the MLB lead with his 12th passed ball, Aaron Judge committed a throwing error and the Yankees suffered their fourth straight loss,7-2 …

Mets series against scorching Dodgers shows just how far team has fallen since 2015  —  T he Mets and the Dodgers squared off in a memorable National League division series not even two years ago, with the upstart young guns from New York mostly outpitching Clayton Kershaw and Zack Greinke …

Yu Darvish deal makes historically-hot Dodgers overwhelming World Series favorites  —  The Dodgers already were shaping up to be the heaviest October favorite since the 1998 Yankees, based on their scintillating play over the last several weeks.  And then, much like the Cubs last year …

Though happy in Boston, Chris Sale upbeat about White Sox rebuild  —  Photos of five-time All-Star Chris Sale.  —  Chicago Tribune  —  It's nearing eight months since the White Sox traded Chris Sale to the Red Sox, and as far as breakups go, all parties seem to have emerged comfortable with their new realities.

Tigers vie to extend win streak against Orioles (Aug 05, 2017)  —  BALTIMORE — The Detroit Tigers will try to stretch their winning streak to five games on Saturday when they take on the Baltimore Orioles in the third contest of a weekend series at Camden Yards.

Orioles Acquire Brallan Perez From Rangers For Int'l Bonus Spending Rights  —  2:04pm: The Rangers will receive $500K in international spending rights, Jeff Wilson of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram tweets.  —  11:25am: The Orioles have acquired minor-league infielder Brallan Perez from the Rangers …

Braves likely to bring back Snitker; Freeman praises him to front office  —  With the Braves looking to the future and Freddie Freeman feeling the need to do the same, the team's best player and longest tenured veteran did something unusual recently.  He left the confines of the clubhouse …

Rangers, Twins still looking to make run (Aug 05, 2017)  —  MINNEAPOLIS — Following Minnesota's stirring win against Texas on Friday as 44-year-old Bartolo Colon became the oldest pitcher to throw a complete game since 2010, the Twins also closed the gap on the Kansas City Royals for an American League wild-card spot to 3.5 games.

Is this the best Dodgers team ever?  —  On the 2017 Los Angeles Dodgers, even the anonymous get to spend a day in the sun.  —  One day in July, in the midst of an 11-game winning streak, the team called up a slender, 30-year-old reliever who had spent a dozen seasons in the minor leagues with four organizations.