The Reds have put right-hander Edinson Volquez on the disabled list with a sore back, the first time they’ve lost a starting pitcher to injury this season.
They plan to call up right-hander Homer Bailey to take his place in the rotation. Bailey, a former first-round draft pick, would start Saturday against the Cleveland Indians in [...]

Alex Rodriguez slid for the first time since hip surgery, going 1-for-5 with a walk Wednesday in a New York Yankees extended spring training game.
Rodriguez said he doesn’t know whether he’ll rejoin the Yankees on Friday in Baltimore, but manager Joe Girardi sounded optimistic that the three-time AL MVP will be back.
“People are asking if [...]

Boston right-hander Josh Beckett was stunned Tuesday after receiving a six-game suspension from Major League Baseball, which determined he intentionally threw a pitch near the head of the Los Angeles Angels’ Bobby Abreu last week.
Beckett, who immediately appealed the ruling, also was fined an undisclosed amount and cited for “aggressive actions” after the pitch that [...]

Among the forgotten draft prospects in any year are the college seniors who were, for some reason, either not high enough to get drafted the season before, or weren’t inclined to sign a contract and returned to school.
So we aren’t talking about a first-round pick or anything, but one of those seniors is Alabama right [...]

So I am thinking about this whole A-Rod situation and I am not entirely sure what my        stance on it is. Alex Rodriguez publicly admitted to taking performance-enhancing substances from 2001-2003, citing “an enormous amount of pressure to perform”. At first I was a bit disappointed due to the fact that he will eventually [...]