Yankees place Domingo Germán on restricted list for alcohol abuse  —  Domingo Germán has been placed on the restricted list for the second time in his career.  —  The right-hander agreed Wednesday to voluntarily submit to inpatient treatment for alcohol abuse.

With 36 runs total in consecutive games, it's beginning to look like 1897 all over again for the Chicago Cubs offense  —  These are not your father's Chicago Cubs or even your grandfather's or great-grandfather's Cubs.  —  But in scoring 36 runs in back-to-back wins over the Cincinnati Reds …

Swifties are beyond excited as Taylor Swift kicks off her six nights at SoFi Stadium  —  But for bad luck, Debbie Wacks and her daughter Bella Spencer would have seen Taylor Swift in concert twice by now.  —  Wacks tried to score tickets for the Reputation Stadium Tour at the Rose Bowl in 2018 but struck out.

Attention shifts to opt-out clause after Detroit Tigers' Eduardo Rodriguez blocks LA trade  —  PITTSBURGH — Eduardo Rodriguez, still a member of the Detroit Tigers, sat on the floor in the visitor's clubhouse at PNC Park, home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, before Wednesday's start.

The Red Sox considered trading this veteran to the Marlins  —  This is a digital version of The Windup newsletter.  Sign up here to receive this content directly in your inbox every morning.  —  The trade deadline party is over, we slept it off, and now it's time to go back through the photos to figure out what exactly happened.

Yankees Place Anthony Rizzo On IL With Post-Concussion Syndrome  —  The Yankees are placing first baseman Anthony Rizzo on the injured list today, with Aaron Boone telling reporters that Rizzo has a “likely” concussion.  He says the club has traced this to a collision he had with Fernando Tatis Jr …

Ottavino wants to be in with Mets for the long haul  —  KANSAS CITY — The Mets' Trade Deadline decision to begin focusing their energies on a longer-term future has left some players in an awkward position.  Several prominent Mets, most notably Pete Alonso, aren't guaranteed to be here in two years.

Mets trade OF Tommy Pham to Diamondbacks, send reliever Dominic Leone to Angels  —  The Mets' fire sale continued right up to the end of Tuesday's trade deadline.  —  Outfielder Tommy Pham was dealt to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for shortstop prospect Jeremy Rodriguez, the team announced Tuesday.

MLB's top prospect Jackson Holliday is putting on a show - and is hyped for Orioles' future  —  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Most gamedays seem similar for Jackson Holliday.  —  After awing scouts, fans and his Bowie Baysox coaches and teammates with his precocious on-field skills …

For better or worse, the Yankees (mostly) stick with what they have  —  As reporters awaited the trade deadline on the field at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, Harrison Bader walked by.  —  The centerfielder, an impending free agent and rumored trade chip held out of the evening's lineup, smiled and said hello.

Yankees' homers, Gerrit Cole fight off Rays sweep  —  The Yankees found themselves in an early hole on Wednesday, but they managed to avoid getting swept by the Rays with a 7-2 win at Yankee Stadium.  —  Tampa Bay's Wander Franco started the scoring with a two-run homer off Gerrit Cole in the first inning …

2023 MLB trade deadline grades: Marks for all 30 teams as Angels and Rangers receive an ‘A’, Yankees fail  —  Another trade deadline has passed — who came out ahead, and who didn't?  —  Major League Baseball's trade deadline officially passed on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET.

Max Scherzer details talks with Mets brass: Team taking step back to build for 2025-26  —  Max Scherzer did not think he would be traded.  He was not, in his words, “itching to jump ship.”  But he said he agreed to waive his no-trade clause when Mets owner Steve Cohen and general manager …