Padres Fans Are Filling Petco Park to Capacity; Padres Aren't Returning the Love  —  Home-field advantage has turned into home-field disadvantage for the San Diego Padres this season.  —  Padres fans have shown up for their team this season.  Through Wednesday, Petco Park averaged 40,024 fans per game …

Mock draft: College prospects stack up Top 10  —  You know it's really Draft season when the first mock draft is out.  —  Between now and July 14, when the 2024 Draft begins, Jim Callis and I will be providing prognostications of the first round on a fairly regular basis with the hope …

Ex-Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleads no contest to domestic battery charge  —  LOS ANGELES — Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge stemming from his arrest last September outside BMO Stadium in Exposition Park.

Early MLB takeaways: Best and worst teams, umpires, trends  —  This time last year, the pitch clock had fundamentally changed baseball, and its effects were wide-ranging.  This year, the game has fallen into relatively familiar patterns.  The teams that were supposed to be better than everyone …

Four suspended for roles in Brewers-Rays brawl  —  Three Milwaukee Brewers, including manager Pat Murphy, and Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Jose Siri received suspensions for their roles that led to a bench-clearing incident between the two teams in the eighth inning of their game Tuesday night.

Angels star Mike Trout needs knee surgery for torn meniscus  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — Angels superstar Mike Trout, hoping for a fully healthy season after being significantly limited by injury the past three years, needs knee surgery, general manager Perry Minasian said Tuesday.

Pest control hero saves Dodgers-D-backs game from bees  —  PHOENIX — A few hours before Christian Walker's second homer of the game gave the D-backs a 4-3 walk-off win over the Dodgers in the 10th inning, a crucial series of events was about to start unfolding at a different type of ballgame on the Westside of the Valley.

DJ Stewart hits a 3-run homer to lead the Mets past the Cubs 4-2  —  NEW YORK — DJ Stewart hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the sixth inning Tuesday night, lifting the New York Mets to a 4-2 win over the Chicago Cubs.  —  Stewart had just three hits in his previous 23 at-bats …

Tigers' Jack Flaherty strikes out first 7 batters, ties AL record  —  DETROIT — Detroit Tigers right-hander Jack Flaherty tied an American League record with seven straight strikeouts to open a game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday and finished with a career-high 14 in 6⅔ innings.

Buster Posey on the Giants' start, Logan Webb's leadership and Greg Johnson's commitment  —  The thought hit me early last week, stuck with me through the San Francisco Giants' solid homestand and remained present enough in my mind that I decided to go ahead and ask Buster Posey about it.

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration  —  What marijuana reclassification means for the United States  —  The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is moving toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug.  —  US poised to ease restrictions on marijuana in historic shift, but it'll remain controlled substance

Inside a Lakers season gone wrong and what's next for LeBron James, Darvin Ham  —  Midway through the fourth quarter of a “road” game against the rival LA Clippers on Feb. 28, with the Los Angeles Lakers having cut a lead that was once as much as 21 points in the fourth quarter down to five …

Astros to option Jose Abreu to spring training facility  —  HOUSTON — The Houston Astros will option slumping first baseman Jose Abreu to their spring training facility to try to get the 2020 American League MVP back on track.  —  General manager Dana Brown made the announcement Tuesday, saying that they'd make the move Wednesday.

Rangers overcome inconsistency, earn series win over Cincinnati  —  The Texas Rangers haven't yet hit their stride in the season's first month but they were able to even the current homestand by winning a series against Cincinnati.  —  ARLINGTON, Texas — In a battle between teams …