Mets' Cano out of lineup day after tweaking quad  —  NEW YORK — Robinson Cano is out of the New York Mets' lineup against San Francisco, a day after tweaking his left quadriceps.  —  Mets manager Mickey Callaway said Cano was being evaluated and the team hoped he would be available off the bench Thursday afternoon to face the Giants.

Hudson makes first June start after a solid May for Cardinals  —  Following Wednesday's rainout, it'll be Dakota Hudson for the Cardinals against the Reds' Antony DeScalfani Thursday in the 12:15 p.m. game to wrap up the homestand at Busch Stadium.  —  Wednesday's makeup will be played on Saturday …

Cubs To Sign Craig Kimbrel  —  9:06PM: The deal pays Kimbrel $10MM this season, and $16MM in both 2020 and 2021, ESPN.com's Jeff Passan reports (Twitter link).  There is a vesting option for 2022 that pays Kimbrel $16MM if it vests, Heyman reports (via Twitter), while it becomes a club option if it doesn't vest.

Solid outing will keep Minor in rumor mill.  Here are his thoughts on a possible trade  —  Mike Minor knows he hasn't been as good of late as he was earlier this season for the Texas Rangers, but the stuff has still been there and opposing teams haven't been making much hard contact against him.

Detroit Tigers' gaps on defense, at the plate pop up again in loss to Rays  —  Yes, he wants to win.  Yes, errors and walks drive him crazy.  Yes, he'd love to score six, seven runs a game.  —  But those days are far off in the Detroit Tigers' painful rebuild, and despite continued mistakes …

Mariners bats erupt, Leake shuts down Astros in 14-1 romp  —  Mike Leake sauntered toward catcher Tom Murphy to shake his hand as those remaining in the announced crowd of 13,652 stood on their feet cheering to reward his work.  His face showed no emotion - no anger, no happiness …

Evaluating some of the Cincinnati Reds' picks in the 2019 MLB Draft  —  ST. LOUIS - After three days and 40 rounds, Reds scouting director Brad Meador completed his first Major League Baseball Draft in his new position.  —  They Reds leaned on experienced talent, selecting 28 collegiate players and 12 high schoolers.

Draft heist of the century?  How Mike Trout fell to the Angels  —  Mike Trout might be the best player in MLB history, but he wasn't even seen as the best player in his own draft class, or close to it.  Ten years ago, he lasted until the Los Angeles Angels' back-to-back picks at Nos. 24 and 25 …

Giants' chance to achieve rare road feat ruined by bullpen struggles  —  San Francisco Giants rookie Shaun Anderson recovered from a tough first inning, but took a no-decision against the Mets  —  NEW YORK — The Giants already celebrated one milestone victory on their three-city trip to the East Coast …

Garneau's double in 9th gives Angels 10-9 win over A's  —  Dustin Garneau's ground-rule double with two outs in the ninth inning scored  —  Brian Goodwin with the game-winning run and gave the Los Angeles  —  Oakland Athletics on Wednesday night.  —  Oakland left fielder

Bote's career-high 7 RBIs lead Cubs over Rockies 9-8  —  David Bote drove in a career-high seven runs to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 9-8 win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night.  —  Bote had four hits, including a three-run homer and bases-clearing double to hand the Rockies …

Rookie Jon Duplantier settling in nicely as Diamondbacks starter  —  The first two months of the season have been a little chaotic for Diamondbacks rookie pitcher Jon Duplantier.  He is on his fourth stint with the major league club, with three trips to Triple-A Reno in between.

How much more sense does the Miami Marlins' reshuffled defensive alignment make?  —  The first time JT Riddle played the outfield he was a freshman for the Kentucky Wildcats pressed into duty as a right fielder because of injuries.  An infielder by trade, Riddle didn't take long to be tested.

The snag that may prevent Dallas Keuchel from joining Yankees  —  TORONTO — Dallas Keuchel has teams willing to go more than one year.  The Yankees would like to add the free agent left-handed starter, but just for the remainder of what has a very good chance of being a special season.

Tyler Flowers explains the intricacies of catching  —  The Braves spent their first of two first-round picks on Baylor catcher Shea Langeliers earlier this week.  —  In the spirit of adding a young catcher to the system, Braves veteran backstop Tyler Flowers recently explained the art of catching with Atlanta media.

Toronto Blue Jays draft Roy Halladay's son in tribute to late pitcher  —  The Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday selected the son of the late pitcher Roy Halladay in the 32nd round of the MLB Draft - the round matching his father's number.  —  Braden Halladay, a Florida high school pitcher …

How Cubs pitching prospect Adbert Alzolay finally found consistency  —  A look at the Iowa Cubs' 2019 season  —  Part of Adbert Alzolay's routine leading up to starts had always been to watch video of opposing hitters.  Alzolay, like many pitchers, watched film to seek out tendencies of hitters to see how he could exploit them.

Aaron Judge's absence looms large — in the clubhouse  —  TORONTO — Inside the New York Yankees' home clubhouse, along a wall near the main entrance, are a pair of neighboring lockers.  One belongs to Aaron Judge, the other to Clint Frazier.  —  When the Yankees are on the road …

Five FIU players selected in MLB Draft.  Plus a recap of all South Florida players picked  —  FIU had five players selected in this week's MLB Draft, which concluded Wednesday.  —  The selections were: third baseman Austin Shenton (fourth round, Mariners); catcher Javier Valdes (21st round …