Andrew Benintendi leaves game with right wrist injury  —  As if things weren't bad enough for the spiraling Yankees, they lost one of their few productive hitters Friday night.  After taking a swing at a pitch in the third inning of the Yankees' game against the Rays at Tropicana Field …

Bears president and CEO Ted Phillips to retire after the 2022 season, ending a 23-year run  —  After 23 years as president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Bears and 39 years as a member of the team's front office, Ted Phillips is retiring at the end of the 2022 season …

Mets Notebook: Buck Showalter misses hanging out at batting practice  —  The home team taking batting practice on the field has become increasingly rare.  That's one of the main things Buck Showalter has noticed since coming back to a managerial role after three years away.

Hold the Heat angst, Donovan Mitchell price tag was absurd  —  This is what the Miami Heat attempted to pre-empt in July, when the franchise that rarely, even surreptitiously, alludes to personnel deliberations did just that.  —  “We have enough,” an Erik Spoelstra favorite …

Cleveland Guardians place Zach Plesac, Aaron Civale on injured list  —  CLEVELAND — Trying to hang on to their slim lead in the American League Central, the Cleveland Guardians lost two starting pitchers to injury on Friday.  —  Both Zach Plesac (broken hand) and Aaron Civale …

White Sox manager Tony La Russa will see heart specialists, out indefinitely  —  Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa will be out indefinitely while undergoing tests on his heart, according to a person with direct knowledge of the situation.  —  The person spoke to USA TODAY on the condition …

A month since the MLB trade deadline, these acquisitions have paid off — and these haven't  —  For the intrepid general manager, winning the MLB trade deadline is a relatively straightforward proposition.  There are exceptions, but generally aggressiveness is hailed, while passivity is panned.

Cubs prospect notes: Cade Horton, Pete Crow-Armstrong and Moisés Ballesteros  —  After seeing a University of Oklahoma game this spring, Cubs area scout Ty Nichols sent a text message to vice president of scouting Dan Kantrovitz on March 30 that read: The one inning line doesn't show it, but that Cade Horton is a Bad Man!

Orioles prospect Grayson Rodriguez savors return to pitching: ‘I was gonna let it eat’  —  The last time a manager visited him on the mound in the middle of a start, Grayson Rodriguez exited with an injury.  On Thursday, Aberdeen's Roberto Mercado came out to issue an apology.

Atlanta Braves' Spencer Strider strikes out 16 for team record in win  —  ATLANTA — Rookie Spencer Strider had 16 strikeouts to set a Braves record for a nine-inning game and allowed just two hits in eight innings to lead Atlanta to a 3-0 win over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night.