New York Yankees vs. NY Mets Subway Series opener postponed due to Mets COVID cases  —  NEW YORK - This year's initial Subway Series won't be starting Friday night as scheduled at Citi Field.  —  MLB postponed the opener of a three-game set between the Mets and Yankees following positive COVID-19 tests among …

Yankees' James Paxton, Gleyber Torres Placed on Injured List  —  NEW YORK — Both Yankees' shortstop Gleyber Torres and left-hander James Paxton are headed to the injured list, the team announced Friday evening.  —  Torres has Grade 1 strains in both his left hamstring and quad while Paxton …

Clayton Kershaw passes Don Drysdale on Dodgers' all-time strikeout list in win  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's  —  The 2,487th strikeout of Clayton Kershaw's career, the one that moved him into second place on the Dodgers' all-time strikeout list, was aptly completed, with a biting slider that darted off the plate.

Yankees, Phillies Swap David Hale For Addison Russ  —  2:03pm: The Phillies have formally announced the trade.  —  12:30pm: The Yankees are sending right-hander David Hale to the Phillies, per Ken Rosenthal and Matt Gelb of The Athletic (Twitter link).  Hale was designated for assignment earlier …

Mariners Select Aaron Fletcher, Activate Yoshihisa Hirano  —  The Mariners on Friday announced a trio of moves involving pitchers.  The club selected southpaw Aaron Fletcher from its alternate training site, reinstated right-hander Yoshihisa Hirano from the injured list and placed lefty Taylor Guilbeau …

Twins down Brewers, claim another series  —  Jose Berrios finds his form, Twins take rubber match  —  Jose Berrios found his form, and Nelson Cruz found his home run stroke as the Twins beat the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, 7-1, at Target Field to take two of three from their cross-state rival.

Angels' Joe Maddon says ‘enough is enough’ as Shaun Anderson nearly hits Mike Trout again  —  San Francisco Giants reliever Shaun Anderson threw another fastball near Mike Trout's head on Thursday, two days after throwing two fastballs near Trout's head.  —  The latest incident drew a warning …

Rays To Select Josh Fleming  —  The Rays will select the contract of lefty Josh Fleming from their alternate training site this weekend, manager Kevin Cash announced to reporters (Twitter link via Rays pregame/postgame host Neil Solondz).  He'll start Sunday's game for Tampa Bay.

Blue Jays tell their players not to wear homeless T-shirts … BUFFALO — When injured Blue Jays reliever Ken Giles went to the trouble of ordering T-shirts for his teammates poking fun at the “homeless Jays,” he certainly wasn't intending to bring the heat to his team.

Red Sox hand Orioles 5th straight loss 7-1 behind Eovaldi  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Nathan Eovaldi allowed five hits over seven innings,  —  Red Sox beat Baltimore 7-1 Thursday to extend the Orioles' losing streak to a season-high five games.

Marlins To Promote Sixto Sanchez, Jesus Sanchez  —  1:18pm: Miami is also promoting top outfield prospect Jesus Sanchez, Heyman tweets.  —  1:02pm: The Marlins are calling up top pitching prospect Sixto Sanchez, per MLB Network's Jon Heyman (Twitter link).  The flamethrowing righty will likely step into Miami's rotation.