New York Yankees place Aaron Judge back on IL, promote top prospect Estevan Florial  —  The New York Yankees placed right fielder Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list with a strained left calf, just days after the star slugger returned.  —  Judge was activated Wednesday but aggravated …

Five things MLB can do right now to confront systemic racism  —  Editor's note: This was originally published in July and has been updated to reflect recent events.  —  As Major League Baseball players join other professional sports leagues in protesting the shooting of Jacob Blake by police in Wisconsin …

Cardinals Make Several Roster Moves  —  The Cardinals have made four call-ups from their alternate training site, as left-hander Rob Kaminsky, first baseman John Nogowski, and right-handers Ryan Meisinger and Seth Elledge are all joining the active roster.  They will take the roster spots left open …

Red Sox host Nationals with their seasons slipping away  —  For all of their pronounced troubles this season, the Washington Nationals have reason to hold their heads up for their positive play on the road.  —  Washington looks to continue its modest success away from the nation's capital …

What MLB's data-sharing network might tell us about teams making trades  —  Are the teams that elected to opt-out of Major League Baseball's data-sharing network tipping their hand as to how they will approach the days leading up to Monday's trade deadline?  —  As teams “fly blind,” …

Blue Jays walk it off with two-run, two-out Grichuk blast in 10th inning  —  TRENDING  —  BUFFALO — The days are getting shorter and the starts could be getting longer.  —  Or so goes the theory, anyway.  —  On Friday night at Sahlen Field, the Blue Jays extended a major league record …

Game of the Day  —  A match-up of potential NL Cy Young winners takes place in Cincinnati where Yu Darvish leads the Cubs against Trevor Bauer and the Reds.  Tom Tango's Cy Young points, designed to predict who will win the award (rather than who deserves it), ranks Darvish third and Bauer fourth in the NL.

Steve Cohen In Exclusive Negotiations To Purchase Mets  —  The Mets appear to be close to finding a new owner.  Steve Cohen is now engaged in exclusive negotiations to buy the club, David Faber of CNBC reports.  Alex Rodriguez, who has also been vying for the team, issued a statement to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic conceding defeat.

Gyorko, Burnes come up big as Brewers trounce Pirates 9-1  —  By subscribing, you are agreeing to Yahoo's … Corbin Burnes struck out 10 in six innings, helping the  —  Pittsburgh Pirates 9-1 on Friday night.  —  Burnes (1-) gave up three hits and walked one as the Brewers bounced …

Athletics Acquire Tommy La Stella For Franklin Barreto  —  10:26pm: Both teams have announced the trade.  —  9:15pm: The Athletics have acquired infielder Tommy La Stella from the division-rival Angels, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.  Fellow infielder Franklin Barreto is headed to the Angels, per Rosenthal.