CHICAGO -- Kris Bryant met with team doctor Stephen Adams before taking batting practice Thursday as the Cubs await the third baseman's return.

"I don't anticipate anything awful or bad," manager Joe Maddon said once again. "We're just waiting for everyone to be on board. Once we do that, he'll be out there playing."

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PHILADELPHIA -- The phone buzzed in the Phillies bullpen on Thursday afternoon, and Drew Hutchison sprung from the bench. Starter Ben Lively was in trouble, and it was time for the long reliever to get loose. But before Hutchison could even throw a warm-up pitch, Lively's trouble -- and the Phillies' afternoon -- turned ugly.

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CINCINNATI -- Ronald Acuna and Ozzie Albies might be tormenting the National League together for a long time. Braves fans saw that dream realized Thursday.

Acuna delivered a go-ahead bloop-double in the eighth inning, while Albies launched a two-run blast in the fifth, helping the team to a 7-4 win that salvaged a series split against the Reds ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The White Sox took the field for batting practice Friday at Kauffman Stadium wearing a shirt that reflects the wishes of the players.

White lettering on the black T-shirt reads "PRAY FOR 43" with "FOR DANNY" on the left sleeve.

One week ago, reliever Danny Farquhar collapsed in the Sox's dugout due to a ruptured aneurysm.

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ARLINGTON, Texas -- The A's finally saw what they wanted to see out of No. 1 starter Kendall Graveman, but the end result still left them disappointed.

Graveman grinded out his first quality start of the season, allowing three runs on six hits with four walks and seven strikeouts over six innings of work in a 4-2 loss to the Rangers, snapping ...Read more

CLEVELAND -- Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant did not start Wednesday night for the second consecutive game as he recovers from a beaning Sunday.

The decision to rest Bryant was made Tuesday night, but the Cubs couldn't recover in a 4-1 loss at Cleveland.

"(Bryant) is not bad," manager Joe Maddon said. "He's fine. It's just one of those things. ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- This was seemingly the night that Alex Cobb had finally found his footing, keeping the ball on the ground against his former team and holding the Tampa Bay Rays to one run through his first four innings Wednesday at Camden Yards.

As rain intensified while Cobb took the mound for the top of the fifth, the sky fell on Cobb's outing. ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Aaron Altherr raised his right arm and pointed a finger to the sky. He had come through -- again -- against one of baseball's best pitchers. Altherr touched first base and watched his three-run land over the center field wall in a 5-3 win over Arizona. Altherr's resurgence continued.

The outfielder struggled through the first ...Read more

For the Cubs fan who seemingly has everything, here's a gift for Mother's Day or Father's Day to consider if price is no issue:

A telegram in which White Sox owner Charles Comiskey rejects the opportunity to acquire Babe Ruth in 1914 for what today would be roughly $400,000 is up for sale with a New Jersey-based auction house.

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DENVER -- Tyson Ross fell back to the pack, and Padres hitters continued to walk back to the dugout with bat in hand in a 5-2 loss Wednesday to the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field.

Ross, coming off his flirtation with a no-hitter last Friday and having lasted at least six innings in each of his previous four starts this season, was gone after ...Read more

CINCINNATI -- The time has come: Braves super prospect Ronald Acuna will make his MLB debut Wednesday night in Cincinnati, according to a person familiar with the situation.

Acuna, 20, is the near-consensus No. 1 prospect in the sport. Some project him as a generational five-tool talent. He'll take over in left field for Preston Tucker, ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO -- Before clobbering the two longest home runs by a San Francisco Giants player this season in a span of four days, before making a joke of Pacific Coast League pitching, Mac Williamson first had to decide a change was needed.

"I knew what I was doing wasn't working," Williamson said.

What he is doing now is striking fear in ...Read more

Even if he wasn't the anomaly in the Marlins' franchise-tying worst start, Jarlin Garcia's early efforts as a starting pitcher would stand out as something special.

The Dominican left-hander's 0.53 ERA in three career starts is among the best in baseball. Of pitchers with more than one start this season, only San Francisco's Johnny Cueto ranks ...Read more