Scooter Gennett: When Reds played Dodgers in Los Angeles, Nick Lachey won  —  Nick and Vanessa Lachey have been married since 2011 and share three small kids.  They say they try to split parenting duties and find a strict bedtime routine gives them time to connect.  (Feb. 5) AP  —  CONNECT

Cardinals' Voit can handle the role of pinch hitter  —  Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com  —  St. Louis Cardinals' Luke Voit is greeted by teammates, including Marcell Ozuna (23) and Yairo Muñoz, after he hit a solo home run to lead off the seventh inning during a game between …

Phillies' difficult road trip proves offense could use a boost  —  CHICAGO — Asked why he decided to elevate Scott Kingery to the No. 3 spot in the batting order for the last three games, Phillies manager Gabe Kapler explained that the rookie infielder has swung the bat better lately …

Jake Bauers' promotion to majors continues Rays' youth movement  —  ST. PETERSBURG — The promotion of Jake Bauers is just one more part of the Rays' youth movement this season.  The 22-year-old made his major-league debut Thursday night, starting at first base and batting sixth in the order against the Mariners.

Rockies' first-round pick regrets 2012 tweet calling for Obama assassination  —  Was it a character flaw or just high school immaturity?  —  Either way, University of Mississippi pitcher Ryan Rolison addressed the issue of his controversial tweet from 2012 when he was introduced to the media …

Top prospect Adbert Alzolay out with injury but promotion to Cubs is ‘close’  —  Cubs' senior vice president of player development/scouting Jason McLeod on the Cubs' draft.  (Mark Gonzales/Chicago Tribune)  —  Chicago Tribune  —  The Cubs hope Adbert Alzolay will be wiser once he returns …

Gibbons' job becoming a hot topic around Blue Jays  —  Prior to Thursday's game against the visiting Baltimore Orioles, Blue Jays manager John Gibbons read part of a text he received from his friend, former O's pitching great Jim Palmer, now a noted broadcaster.

Rangers, Jon Daniels agree to multiyear contract extension  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers have given general manager Jon Daniels a multiyear contract extension at a time when the team is focused on developing young players at the big league level.

Fans share their stories of encounters with Red Schoendienst  —  St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Famers Red Schoendienst (left) and Bob Gibson return to the dugout after pregame festivities before a game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers on Monday, April 13, 2015, at Busch Stadium in St. Louis.

Thor, deGrom to Bronx?  Yankees' hunt for arms just got real  —  NEW YORK — The New York Yankees' hunt for starting pitching just got more intense.  —  When the organization learned this week that left-hander Jordan Montgomery would undergo Tommy John surgery, ending his 2018 season …

Past and present collide as Oakland A's host Kansas City Royals  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — Two pitchers representing the good and bad of recent Oakland Athletics trades go head-to-head Thursday night when the A's open a four-game home series against the Kansas City Royals.

Cubs-Pirates a baseball rivalry worth watching: 'I don't care what they think'  —  It's hardly Yankees-Red Sox, or Dodgers-Giants, or even Cardinals-Cubs.  —  But suddenly, we have a blossoming rivalry in baseball, and it's starting to attract a whole lot of attention.

Mets will listen to Jacob deGrom, Noah Syndergaard offers if team doesn't turn things around: source  —  The Mets are not listening to offers for Jacob deGrom or Noah Syndergaard — but that doesn't mean they wouldn't.  —  Despite GM Sandy Alderson's recent comments that he is not thinking about a rebuild …

Red Sox hope to keep flow going vs. Tigers  —  BOSTON — Jalen Beeks was not the first member of his family to learn the young left-hander was going to the major leagues to start for the Boston Red Sox against the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.  —  And you can thank social media for that.

Miguel Andujar has been a hitting machine since his childhood days, but Yankees believe young slugger has even more potential  —  It all started with a uniform.  —  Long before he become an extra-base hit machine for the Bombers as a 23-year-old rookie at the hot corner …

Arizona Diamondbacks at San Francisco Giants … SAN FRANCISCO - Paul Goldschmidt stood near his locker deep in the visitors' clubhouse at AT&T Park, a strong series against the San Francisco Giants still large in the rearview mirror.  Asked to reflect on whether the past three games constituted a breakout …