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

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The way the A's starting rotation is going right now, each member seems to want to keep the line moving. Andrew Triggs made sure not to fall behind.

Triggs continued what has been a strong showing by A's starters lately, allowing just one run on four hits with a walk and six strikeouts over six innings of work in Tuesday's 3...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies three-game series against National League-leading Arizona was meant to be a measuring stick. The Phillies racked up a majority of their early wins against teams with losing records. The Diamondbacks, manager Gabe Kapler said, are "really good" and "really challenging." And the Phillies could not quite measure up on ...Read more

CLEVELAND -- The Indians have signed Melky Cabrera to a minor-league deal, pending a physical, adding to the outfield depth within the organization.

The deal, first reported by Hector Gomez of Z 101 and Jon Morosi of Fox Sports, has not yet been confirmed by the club. According to FanRag Sports' Jon Heyman, Cabrera's deal would be for $1 ...Read more

PITTSBURGH -- The Detroit Tigers' game Tuesday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park has been postponed due to rain and will be made up Wednesday as a straight doubleheader, starting at 4:05 p.m. ET.

Jordan Zimmermann will pitch in Game 1. Matthew Boyd will get the ball in Game 2.

A white tarp covered the infield since reporters ...Read more

CLEVELAND -- The Cubs took precautionary measures Tuesday night by keeping slugger Kris Bryant out of the lineup against the Indians.

"He's not bouncy, but he's fine," Maddon said.

The Cubs responded impressively as they rolled to a 10-3 win over the Indians at soggy Progressive Field. Kyle Schwarber hit two home runs, and Willson Contreras ...Read more

CLEVELAND -- The Cubs took precautionary measures Tuesday night by keeping slugger Kris Bryant out of the lineup against the Indians.

Maddon said on his weekly radio segment on WSCR-AM 670's "Bernstein and McKnight Show" that Bryant was "fine" but that he wanted to check with the slugger at Progressive Field, where the Cubs open a two-game ...Read more

HOUSTON -- Eleven days ago, he was pitching in double-A for a team called the BayBears.

Monday, he struck out Houston's Carlos Correa in the eighth inning with the tying run on base to help the Los Angeles Angels beat the reigning World Series champions, 2-0.

"I thought it was crazy," Keynan Middleton said.

The reliever was talking about the ...Read more

DENVER -- Dark clouds hemmed in the sky above Coors Field. Fans in the upper deck were moved due to the lightning that continued to flash seemingly just beyond the ballpark's walls. Thunder echoed and rain began to fall as the second inning started.

It was easy to speculate that the storm continuing might be the best thing to happen for Padres ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas -- The A's squandered multiple opportunities to take control throughout the night, but the final inning showed just how explosive this offense can be.

Entering the ninth inning 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position, the A's unleashed that pent up frustration from earlier by putting together a six-run ninth inning to turn ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- Kevin Gausman's seventh inning was immaculate -- nine pitches, nine strikes and three strikeouts. He was nearly spotless otherwise, too.

But his one mistake proved too many for Gausman in Monday night's series finale against the Cleveland Indians, a 2-1 loss in which the right-hander found the fastball velocity that had eluded him ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers cut ties with Wilmer Font, designating the struggling pitcher for assignment before Monday night's game against the Miami Marlins to call up pitcher Walker Buehler.

Font, a 28-year-old right-hander, was the triple-A Pacific Coast League pitcher of the year last season but struggled in brief appearances ...Read more