SEATTLE – This is Bailey Ober's team now.

OK, not in a literal sense, but if the Twins are going to accomplish anything of value during this lost 16-games-back season, it's probably going to have to be development of young players. And nowhere do they need that development more than their starting rotation.

Enter Ober, a 25-year-old rookie ...Read more

After scoring just three runs in a frustrating four-game series at Nationals Park over the weekend, the Giants faced lingering questions about their lineup and whether it was missing too many key contributors to keep the club in first place.

Three days later, Giants hitters couldn’t be happier to be back at Oracle Park. Seriously.

A ballpark...Read more

NEW YORK — The good vibes at Citi Field tangibly turned to dread.

Jacob deGrom exited his start with right shoulder soreness, the Mets announced, after three perfect innings in the Amazin’s 6-3 win over the Cubs on Wednesday night. His early departure came on the heels of his last troubling outing, when he left after six innings on Friday ...Read more

A player advocacy group this week called for the Orioles and other organizations to provide more support for members of their minor league systems, claiming that some members of Baltimore’s Double-A roster were considering sleeping in their cars after the club ceased paying for housing.

Executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias ...Read more

NEW YORK — The good vibes at Citi Field tangibly turned to dread.

Jacob deGrom exited his start with right shoulder soreness, the Mets announced, after three perfect innings against the Cubs on Wednesday night. His early departure came on the heels of his last troubling outing, when he left after six innings against the Padres with right ...Read more

Recently, the Yankees have been extremely forthcoming about the team being flat-out bad.

Seemingly, every Aaron Boone press conference and soundbite includes some mention of frustration or the need to unlock the team. Players are self aware about the fact that they need to start winning games yesterday, today, and tomorrow, rather than framing ...Read more

DENVER — On the final day of a dismal trip, the Padres found a new but familiar way to lose.

This one was a little different than so many of the losses in what is now going on three weeks of bad baseball by what was previously a good team. The Padres got hits Wednesday. They even slugged.

But home runs by Fernando Tatis Jr., Trent Grisham ...Read more

The White Sox might not need to do any heavy lifting by the trade deadline with Eloy Jiménez on the comeback trail and only one team to beat in the American League Central.

But with the Sox going to 100% capacity at Guaranteed Rate Field on their next homestand and the most interest in the team in more than a decade, they probably owe it to ...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — The American League’s 2015 Manager of the Year can’t get a job, or even a sniff.

“There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t miss it,” former Texas Rangers manager Jeff Banister said in a recent phone interview. “The tough part is the lack of communication with anybody in the game. I want to help. That’s ...Read more

The Oakland A’s beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-4 on Tuesday night at the Coliseum.

Like he does in most starts, Frankie Montas looked unconquerable in the first and second innings, firing 99 mph fastballs and sinkers. They key to Montas’ success comes when he sustains that dominance a couple times through the opposing order.

Montas went ...Read more

For the past two games at T-Mobile Park, a person with no background knowledge of this season would be hard pressed to pick the team that was projected to win more than 90 games and its division this season vs. the rebuilding team projected to win around 70 games and finish fourth in its division.

And this is not to disparage computer ...Read more