Red Sox Activate Brock Holt, Move Dustin Pedroia To 60-Day IL  —  The Red Sox have activated infielder Brock Holt from the 10-day injured list and transferred second baseman Dustin Pedroia to the 60-day IL, per a club announcement.  The team also optioned left-hander Darwinzon Hernandez to Double-A Portland.

Cardinals' May malaise drags on with 10-inning loss that ‘stings a little more than most’  —  The Cardinals already were mired in a May malaise of historic proportions.  It had been precisely 100 years, since 1919, that the Cardinals had waited this deep into the month of May before winning two successive games.

On Memorial Day, Marlins' Adam Conley remembers his favorite game he ever pitched  —  Adam Conley is almost certainly not going to be in the Hall of Fame.  He might never even be an All-Star or start another game.  He does, however, have a unique place in MLB history because of a midsummer win in 2016.

Yankees' Paxton expected to return Wednesday  —  NEW YORK — Left-hander James Paxton is likely to rejoin the New York Yankees' rotation Wednesday against San Diego, followed by CC Sabathia this weekend against Boston.  —  On a day of updates for many of the Yankees' 15 players on the injured list …

Detroit Tigers sluggish, sloppy on Memorial Day in loss to Orioles, 5-3  —  BALTIMORE — The Detroit Tigers should've showed themselves better than this.  —  After losing a weekend series against the Mets, they arrived in Baltimore on Sunday evening, many hours before the Orioles returned home from a trip to Colorado, past 2 a.m.

For a day, Rays' Yonny Chirinos quiets talk of adding a starter  —  The Tampa Bay righthander delivers five innings of no-hit ball to down the Blue Jays  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Yonny Chirinos, clean shaven and 25, looks nothing like Dallas Keuchel, the bearded 31-year-old free agent pitcher …

D-backs SP Weaver exits with forearm tightness  —  Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Luke Weaver exited Sunday's 6-2 win over the San Francisco Giants because of forearm tightness after pitching five innings of six-hit ball.  —  Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said the severity of Weaver's injury wasn't immediately known.

Rockies Place Charlie Blackmon On Injured List  —  The Rockies have placed outfielder Charlie Blackmon on the 10-day injured list, Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post reports.  Blackmon hasn't played since May 23 because of a right calf problem.  His roster spot is going to outfielder Yonathan Daza …

Pirates Acquire Yefry Ramirez, Designate Jesus Liranzo  —  The Pirates have acquired right-hander Yefry Ramirez from the Orioles for a player to be named later or cash considerations, per announcements from both teams.  To make room for Ramirez on its 40-man roster, Pittsburgh designated righty Jesus Liranzo for assignment.

Giants, Buster Posey have felt pain of concussions.  What is MLB doing?  —  More than once in recent years, athletic trainers and team doctors sat in a conference room at Major League Baseball's winter meetings and tossed around a blasphemous idea.  —  They debated whether to let catchers …

Injured Cincinnati Reds pitcher Alex Wood hopes to begin rehab assignment in next 3 weeks  —  Alex Wood was placing clothes inside of his locker at Great American Ball Park on Monday morning, the first time he's sat in the home clubhouse since he took a visit to meet front office staff in January.

Braves at the one-third mark: 'We've progressed.  We're a good club.'  —  The Braves are feeling good about themselves at the one-third mark of the season.  —  The first 54 of their 162 regular-season games ended with the Braves six games over .500, 1-1/2 games out of first place …

Changes to Rangers' bullpen might not make much difference, but it might be time to try  —  The road goes on for the Texas Rangers, who stubbed their toes the past two games at Angel Stadium.  Anyone who has followed them this season doesn't need to be reminded about their troubles away from Globe Life Park.