ATLANTA -- On Tuesday, two weeks after undergoing surgery for testicular cancer, Pirates right-hander Jameson Taillon was cleared to return to the mound. He threw a 25-pitch bullpen session with catcher Chris Stewart at SunTrust Park, watched by the Pirates training staff and coaches.

Taillon called the day "a really good step." His recent ...Read more

PHOENIX -- The Chicago White Sox met Arizona Diamondbacks right-hander Zack Greinke on Monday at Chase Field, and it didn't end well for the club's brief winning streak.

The Sox managed just four hits and struck out 12 times against Greinke in a 5-1 loss to the Diamondbacks, ending the good vibes started with three straight victories against ...Read more

HOUSTON -- They landed in Texas around 4 a.m. Monday morning, a bumpy flight in the books, and arrived in their hotel rooms around 5 a.m., one heck of a tired bunch following a Sunday night loss to the Rangers.

The Tigers' offense looked the part Monday night.

As expected, their bats sagged in the first game of what will be a grueling 10-day ...Read more

BALTIMORE -- Kyle Gibson demonstrated Monday he still needs work on getting ahead of hitters, and he's still got problems working out of trouble. But his timing? Couldn't be better.

Gibson returned to the Twins and was credited with his first victory since Sept. 13, but it wasn't exactly the triumphant homecoming he or the team envisioned. ...Read more

WASHINGTON --Manager Scott Servais knows it's a cliche and he regrets using it as often as he has in recent weeks. At times, he's even apologetic. But this is where he and the Mariners find themselves now.

"I know you guys are sick of me saying it, but you have to take it a day at a time," Servais said again on Sunday before and after a third ...Read more

ATLANTA -- The Braves are going to miss Freddie Freeman for the next two or three months, but at least they got a big dude with serious power to pick up some of the slack while Freeman is out.

Matt "Big City" Adams gave the Braves and their fans a glimpse of what he can do with a mammoth two-run homer Monday night in his second game with the ...Read more

With the severe disparity in his home and road splits continuing to grown, Julio Teheran took his between-starts bullpen session to the SunTrust Park mound Sunday and focused on sharpening the slider that's not been nearly as effective for him this season.

The Braves' two-time All-Star pitcher threw under the watchful eye of pitching coach ...Read more

PHOENIX -- Yoan Moncada caused a minor social-media stir Monday morning when he posted a photo of himself with a filter that showed he was in Chicago.

However, the top White Sox prospect did not arrive to prepare for a big-league call. Instead he was seeing a Sox specialist to examine his sore left thumb, which landed the infielder on the ...Read more

ATLANTA -- Sean Rodriguez, the Atlanta Brave, looks much like he did the past two years in Pittsburgh. The main differences may be the additional streaks of gray mixed in his long black hair and beard, byproducts perhaps of a winter during which Rodriguez and his family relocated in free agency and were involved in a harrowing car crash near ...Read more

Detroit Tigers manager Brad Ausmus told the media Monday afternoon in Houston that the team has optioned right-handed pitcher Anibal Sanchez to Triple-A Toledo.

Sanchez, 33, is in the final year of a five-year, $80-million deal. He's making $16.8 million this season.

The right-hander led the American League in ERA in 2013 at 2.57, but has ...Read more

CHICAGO -- Just call it Weathergate.

Milwaukee Brewers general manager David Stearns made it clear Sunday he was not happy that the Chicago Cubs postponed the game at Wrigley Field on Saturday around 11:30 a.m., only to see it stop raining shortly afterward for the rest of the day.

"Clearly, the Cubs were looking at a weather forecast that ...Read more

SEATTLE -- As White Sox fans celebrated word that Cuban outfield prospect Luis Robert was finalizing a deal Saturday that could make him a future South Side cornerstone, Avisail Garcia reminded them that the team has an outfielder who might be coming into his own right now.

The Sox right fielder hit two home runs and two doubles and recorded a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES -- So much for momentum.

The positive vibes emanating from the Miami Marlins' clubhouse Saturday night and Sunday morning disappeared faster than the team's equipment onto the bus after a getaway-day loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, 6-3, on Sunday at Dodger Stadium.

The Marlins woke up hours removed from an encouraging win, but now...Read more