BOSTON — Hours after homering in the team’s 2-0 win over the New York Yankees, Rafael Devers addressed the media. The last question he was asked before departing the Red Sox clubhouse: Do you feel like all the drama and distractions, all that stuff, is behind you and behind the team?

“Yes, it’s passed us,” Devers said, via interpreter...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Buster Posey has taken his first major trade swing as the Giants’ president of baseball operations by acquiring three-time All-Star third baseman and designated hitter Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox in a stunning deal.

The return for Devers includes left-hander Kyle Harrison and right-hander Jordan Hicks, as well as ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The long-anticipated wait is over — Shohei Ohtani is ready to pitch.

The Dodgers announced after Sunday’s 5-4 win over the Giants that Ohtani will make his Dodgers pitching debut Monday against the San Diego Padres. He will start, but there’s a chance he will be an opener, only pitching one inning.

For Ohtani, it’s been...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Fifteen minutes before first pitch on Sunday, Giants catcher Logan Porter trotted in from the visitor’s bullpen. He’d usually be accompanied by the starting pitcher, which was set to be left-hander Kyle Harrison.

Instead, Porter stood on the first base line for the national anthem, turned to his left and whispered to his ...Read more

PHOENIX — The Padres walked away from what was arguably their worst loss of the season on Saturday night with their shoulders slumped.

And then they shrugged.

“We lost,” Manny Machado said after that game. “It’s all good. We’ll be back. Turn the page. … I wouldn’t change anything today. We just lost. It is what it is. But I ...Read more

BOSTON — Hours after homering in the team’s 2-0 win over the New York Yankees, Rafael Devers addressed the media. The last question he was asked before departing the Red Sox clubhouse: Do you feel like all the drama and distractions, all that stuff, is behind you and behind the team?

“Yes, it’s passed us,” Devers said, via interpreter...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Buster Posey has taken his first major swing as president of baseball operations by trading for three-time All-Star third baseman and designated hitter Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox in an absolutely stunning deal, according to multiple reports.

The return for Devers includes left-hander Kyle Harrison and right-hander ...Read more

BOSTON — Hours after homering in the team’s 2-0 win over the New York Yankees, Rafael Devers’ days with the Red Sox appear to be over.

In one of the most shocking moves in club history, the Red Sox have reportedly traded the star slugger to the San Francisco Giants, according to multiple reports.

According to FanSided’s Robert Murray, ...Read more

SEATTLE — J.P. Crawford is on some kind of a heater at the plate. At this point, it’s best for opposing pitchers to just assume he’s going to do some damage.

One night after reaching base five times and slugging three hits in Seattle’s walk-off win over the Cleveland Guardians, the Mariners hot-hitting shortstop followed that up in ...Read more

For one inning, the Rockies looked unstoppable.

A six-run seventh inning propelled Colorado to a 10-1 victory on Sunday to avoid a sweep at Truist Park in Atlanta. The largest margin of victory this season improved Colorado to 14-57 — still on pace to be the worst team in the modern era — and made another dubious distinction for the Rockies...Read more

HOUSTON – The American League’s pitcher of the month for May is having a rough June.

Jhoan Duran, who gave up only one run the previous month, has put runners on base in five consecutive appearances in June, and it has cost him and the Twins. A day after giving up a walk-off winner, Duran blew a save for the second time this season, and the...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A week after punctuating a miserable 10-game stretch by getting swept by one of the worst teams in baseball, the Phillies broomed the Toronto Blue Jays — and closed a get-healthy homestand — with an 11-4 rout Sunday.

The key to the about-face?

Rob Thomson pointed to a bamboo plant in his office.

OK, not really. Like ...Read more

NEW YORK — The Rays made it a clean sweep of the previously major league-best Mets on Sunday, rolling to a 9-0 victory.

A three-run second inning that included one hit out of the infield, a two-run double by Jonathan Aranda and a three-run homer by Junior Caminero provided most of the offense. And Shane Baz pitched strongly into the seventh, ...Read more

CHICAGO — Mitch Keller delivered another quality start. Once again, the Pirates couldn’t capitalize.

The Pirates lost to the Cubs, 3-2, on Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field in 10 innings, losing three of four. Cubs left fielder Ian Happ had the walk-off single off David Bednar in the final inning, scoring the automatic runner.

All four ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Royals entered Sunday’s game looking for a clean slate after holding a players-only meeting in the clubhouse following Saturday’s loss, their fifth straight.

It didn’t help. The Royals fell, 3-2, to the Oakland Athletics on Sunday in their series finale, suffering their second straight series sweep in ...Read more

BOSTON — Was Aaron Judge about to do it again?

Clinging to a two run lead with two on in the top of the eighth, the Red Sox watched as the New York Yankees superstar stepped to the plate with a chance to change the game with one swing of the bat.

The moment echoed the ninth inning of Friday’s game, but while that night Judge got the last ...Read more

DETROIT — The Tigers have played clean baseball for most of the season. You don’t carry the best record in baseball into the middle of June without playing the game right.

But the Tigers probably played their sloppiest game of the season on Sunday and it cost them a series.

The Reds rallied for four gift-wrapped, unearned runs in the top ...Read more

BALTIMORE — On a day when the Orioles fielded a lineup without Adley Rutschman, Colton Cowser, Jackson Holliday or Ryan O’Hearn, their offense scored double-digit runs for just the third time this season.

The Orioles swept the Los Angeles Angels with an 11-2 win Sunday afternoon, treating a rain-soaked Father’s Day crowd of 33,370 to 12 ...Read more