Winderman's view: Every last breath required against the Pistons, really?  —  DETROIT — Observations and other notes of interest from Tuesday night's 118-105 victory over the Detroit Pistons:  — A week from now the Miami Heat will be in the NBA play-in round.

Dolphins NFL draft options: Running backs  —  South Florida Sun Sentinel's Chris Perkins & David Furones take a look at the Miami Dolphins projected starting roster and where rookies may find starting jobs. (, , /South Florida Sun Sentinel)  —  The South Florida Sun Sentinel opens …

Bryan De La Cruz's single, Jesús Luzardo's 10 Ks lift Marlins over Twins  —  Bryan De La Cruz hit a go-ahead single in the eighth, Jorge Soler homered twice and Jesús Luzardo fanned 10 to lift the Miami Marlins over the Minnesota Twins 5-2 Wednesday afternoon.

Orioles reportedly set to promote Grayson Rodriguez, club's top pitching prospect, to make major league debut Wednesday  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — Grayson Rodriguez is reportedly on his way home.  —  Baltimore's top pitching prospect is being promoted to the Orioles and is expected …

Domingo German allows two home runs as Phillies beat Yankees to pick up first victory of season  —  Domingo German pitched better than his stat line indicated Tuesday night, but the Phillies nonetheless left Yankee Stadium with their first win of the season.

Babe Ruth bat sells for record $1.85 million  —  Babe Ruth became Babe Ruth — the Sultan of Swat, the Great Bambino — in 1920 and '21.  While he was a star before then, Ruth's 54 home runs in 1920 smashed his own MLB record of 29 that he set the year before.

‘Batboys are going to be a big deal:’ MLB's new rules put pressure on baseball's quiet helpers  —  While players, coaches and umpires adapt to MLB's pitch clock, there's some others in uniform entering the spotlight.  —  The first week of the MLB season produced more jitters than usual around numbers …

Chicago Bulls clinch a spot in the NBA play-in tournament — and can try to improve their seeding down the stretch  —  The Chicago Bulls clinched a spot in the NBA postseason Tuesday night — and they didn't even have to do the heavy lifting.  —  The Orlando Magic provided the Bulls with a gift …

3 takeaways from the Chicago Cubs' 7-6 loss to the Cincinnati Reds, including a rally cut short in a 7th-inning sequence  —  CINCINNATI — Twice the Chicago Cubs lineup gave Drew Smyly a multirun lead.  —  Twice the veteran left-hander squandered it in the bottom half of the inning.

Mets Notebook: Reliever Tommy Hunter hits IL with back spasms  —  MILWAUKEE — The injuries are starting to pile up for the Mets only five games into the 2023 season.  Right-handed reliever Tommy Hunter was placed on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with back spasms and third base prospect Brett Baty …