Yankees Notebook: Aaron Boone sees Giancarlo Stanton ‘getting there’ at the plate  —  DENVER — It's taken some time, but Giancarlo Stanton is starting to look like the hitter he and the Yankees expect him to be.  —  While the team's offense is struggling mightily, Stanton crushed …

Mets 1-hit by Julio Urias, Dodgers, drop first game out of All-Star break  —  The Mets promised better times ahead, but Friday night at Citi Field, the second-half Mets looked a lot like the first-half Mets.  —  The Los Angeles Dodgers took the first game of a three-game series with a 6-0 win.

Nightengale's Notebook: End of the road?  Clayton Kershaw, Craig Counsell face a big choice  —  We have watched their brilliant performances, earning baseball's most prestigious awards and winning World Series titles, but now could be watching them for the last time in a uniform.

The clock is ticking on the Chicago Cubs as Jed Hoyer remains in wait-and-see mode: ‘Ultimately you are what your record is’  —  At some point in the next 2 1/2 weeks before the Aug. 1 trade deadline, the Chicago Cubs will commit to a buyer or seller direction with their roster.

A short night for Michael Kopech and a long night for the Chicago White Sox, who are now a season-high 17 games under .500  —  ATLANTA — Friday was not the return Michael Kopech had in mind.  —  The Chicago White Sox reinstated the right-hander from the injured list ahead of Friday's game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park.

His Sexuality Doesn't Define Him, but It Can Set Him Apart  —  Eric Bach is an openly gay broadcaster for the Fredericksburg Nationals.  He has major league aspirations, but his path has been much lonelier than he would prefer.  —  The hateful email was a surprise, but for Eric Bach, it was not entirely unexpected.

‘Not an ordinary kid’: What top MLB stars see next for Cincinnati Reds' Elly De La Cruz  —  SEATTLE — San Diego Padres superstar Juan Soto has known Elly De La Cruz since before the Cincinnati Reds rookie became an overnight baseball phenomenon last month.  —  When the Padres recently …

Another ugly finish as Mets lose to Dodgers, skid hits 4  —  Picking out the problem in the Mets' 5-1 loss to the Dodgers on Saturday night presents the same conundrum as picking out the problem in their season: There is no one simple answer.  —  On the year, the hitting, starting pitching and relief pitching have underwhelmed.