KC Royals had two big positives in win vs. Orioles.  Vinnie Pasquantino was one  —  The Kansas City Royals took their lumps against the Milwaukee Brewers earlier this week.  —  The offense was inconsistent, evident by KC scoring just two runs in its final 20 innings against the Brew Crew.

Nolan Gorman's strong, but limited start halted by ‘super-mild’ muscle strain: Cardinals Extra  —  BOSTON — A lot of the consternation and calculus about playing time coming out of spring training has obvious solutions, one is production and the other all teams want to avoid.  —  With injury can come clarity.

What's with all the MLB extensions and why did Cincinnati Reds' Matt McLain turn one down?  —  MILWAUKEE - When word got out this spring that Cincinnati Reds second baseman Matt McLain had switched agents from Scott Boras, the first question was so obvious McLain knew what it was before it was asked.

Pete Alonso, Tylor Megill power Mets to 5-0 home-opening win over Blue Jays  —  There was a festive atmosphere all morning at Citi Field on Friday.  Crowds and vendors were lurking outside by the 7 train as early as 10 am.  Pyrotechnics were being set up for player introductions …

Inside the 48 hours when torpedo bats took over MLB  —  At 1:54 ET on Saturday afternoon, New York Yankees play-by-play man Michael Kay lit the fuse on what will be remembered as either one of the most metamorphic conversations in baseball history or one of its strangest.

Michael Soroka goes on the 15-day IL after injuring his pitching arm in his Nationals debut  —  WASHINGTON — Washington Nationals right-hander Michael Soroka went on the 15-day injured list with a strained biceps in his pitching arm after hurting himself in his first start with the club.

The Reds have lost 1-0 in each of their last three games.  No team had done that since 1960  —  MILWAUKEE — The Cincinnati Reds' re-creation of the dead-ball era has them doing something that hadn't happened in the major leagues in 65 years.  —  Cincinnati has lost 1-0 in each of its last three games.

Dodgers' Freddie Freeman lands on injured list following fall in his shower at home  —  Freddie Freeman's fall landed him on the injured list.  The Los Angeles Dodgers placed their star slugger on the 10-day IL on Thursday after the World Series MVP sprained his surgically repaired right ankle …

Judge gets 500th extra-base hit, 3rd-fastest Yankee to reach mark behind DiMaggio, Gehrig  —  Aaron Judge became the third-fastest New York Yankees player to reach 500 extra-base hits with a three-run homer in the first inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night, trailing only Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig.