Shintaro Fujinami joins first-place Orioles after trade: 'I'll do my best here'  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Orioles' attendance at Camden Yards this season has improved, but it's far from one of the best in the major leagues.  —  To Shintaro Fujinami, though, the home crowds he'll pitch …

Yankees Notebook: Jose Trevino to undergo season-ending wrist surgery, Aaron Judge continues progress  —  Yankees catcher Jose Trevino is set to undergo season-ending surgery on a tear in his right wrist that's ailed him all season, he revealed Friday.  —  Trevino says the injury stems …

Shohei Ohtani focused on Angels' playoff run, blocking out talk of future  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani stepped outside the Los Angeles Angels' clubhouse and stood against a concrete wall to face a horde of English- and Japanese-speaking media members Friday night …

Bryce Harper starts at 1B, makes catch tumbling into photo pit  —  CLEVELAND — Bryce Harper enjoyed feeling the soft infield dirt under his cleats.  —  The floor of the camera well wasn't as welcomed.  —  Harper made a stunning catch in foul territory in his first career start at first base …

Top 60 MLB prospects 2023: Keith Law's rankings has Jackson Holliday vs. Jackson Chourio  —  This is my midpoint check-in on the best baseball prospects still in the minor leagues, including players drafted two weeks ago who have signed by now but have not debuted in pro ball.

Why Cincinnati Reds say adding starter at deadline may not be ‘necessity’ (even if it is)  —  What if the Cincinnati Reds don't trade for starting pitching help at the deadline?  —  General manager Nick Krall has been working the phones, and the mission for the Aug. 1 deadline is clear …

Contenders watch Cubs closely as they inch closer to selling yet again  —  CHICAGO — The moment Nolan Arenado's two-RBI double bounced off the ivy Thursday night, it seemed like all hope for a Cubs miracle turnaround prior to the trade deadline was over.  Down 5-0 in the fourth inning …

Yankees Reportedly Could Deal All-Star Ahead Of Trade Deadline If Struggles Continue  —  Should the Yankees trade one of their All-Stars ahead of the trade deadline?  —  The New York Yankees aren't in a great place right now.  —  New York has lost eight of its last 10 games and currently …

Could This Philadelphia Phillies Blockbuster Trade Package Get it Done for Ohtani?  —  A trade package that the Philadelphia Phillies could put together for Shohei Ohtani  —  Ahead of the 2023 MLB Trade Deadline, the Philadelphia Phillies sit firmly as buyers who are looking to improve their roster.

A boy was dying.  Hall of Fame inductee Scott Rolen quietly became his best friend  —  At Tyler Frenzel's funeral mass, after his frail, worn out, cancer-ridden body had endured all it could, Scott Rolen stood up inside St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church in Carmel to eulogize the 9-year-old athlete …

Cincinnati Reds go streaking again with 2nd straight win behind Andrew Abbott, big hitting  —  The Cincinnati Reds are back.  —  Those pesky-hitting, walk-drawing, base-stealing, outs-on-the-bases-making, Andrew Abbott-baffling, Elly De La Cruz-pea-throwing Reds were at it again …

USC football team picked to win Pac-12 title in preseason poll  —  The Trojans receive 25 of 36 first-place votes, with Washington, Utah and Oregon projected to finish second through fourth; UCLA is sixth  —  The USC football team has been picked as the preseason favorite to win the Pac-12 title in its final season in the conference.