Blue Jays hope Troy Tulowitzki's thumb injury really is minor The Toronto Blue Jays fell to the Baltimore Orioles in extra innings on Sunday, which meant they missed out on sweeping their AL East rival and gave them back first place. The Blue Jays have been hovering near the top of the AL East for most of the season, but no team has been able to create and hang on to a convincing lead. … [Read more...]

Follow live: The Yahoo Sports MLB trade-deadline tracker Baseball fans, are you ready for the home stretch? The final hours of the MLB trade deadline are upon us. Teams have until 4 p.m. ET to pull off whatever deals they think will help them coast into October or rebuild for the future. [Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now] The news and gossip will be flying, so to help you … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Dose: Lucroy Turns Down Tribe No stairway … denied.  That’s how it shook out for the Indians on Sunday. When you went to bed Saturday night, you probably thought the Indians had just acquired Jonathan Lucroy, the prize of this year’s trade deadline (unless closers who throw 100 mph are more your thing). Well wake up. It’s Monday and Lucroy is still a Brewer—for now. So what … [Read more...]

Five stories to watch on MLB trade deadline day Jonathan Lucroy remains in Milwaukee for now after vetoing trade to Cleveland. (AP) The Major League Baseball trade deadline is nearly upon us. In just a few hours, we’ll know which teams made the biggest moves for the second half, and which came up just short. Based on the rumors, there have been a lot of discussions this trade deadline. … [Read more...]

Red Sox pull off incredible ninth inning comeback against Angels Welcome to The Walk Off, the nightly MLB recap from Big League Stew. Here we’ll look at the top performers of the night, show you a must-see highlight and rundown the scoreboard. First, we start with a game you need to know about. The Boston Red Sox had no business winning Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Angels, but … [Read more...]

Marlins walk-off celebration involves player losing his jersey Teams celebrate walk-offs in various ways. All of them involve a huddle at home plate, but some clubs add small changes on top of that to make the celebration their own. Some of those include: knocking your teammates down with a monstrous leap, taking a jump shot with your helmet and covering your teammate in chocolate syrup … [Read more...]

Michael Young nearly decked a disguised Elvis Andrus Saturday night was a special night for Texas Rangers great Michael Young. The 14-year major leaguer, who accumulated 2,230 of his 2,375 career hits in a Texas uniform before retiring in 2013, was inducted into the team’s Hall of Fame in a pre-game ceremony. Seriously, it was special. And maybe for a split second a little scary too. That’s … [Read more...]

Watch Live: Rangers host Royals in Free Game of the Day We’re getting down to crunch time now with the non-waiver trade deadline set to expire Monday at 3:00 p.m. ET. Several notable trades have already gone down, but several more are sure to follow as teams look to get those final key pieces into place. One team that’s been active and is expected to remain active is the Texas Rangers. So … [Read more...]

Baseball Daily Dose: Daily Dose: Nats On The Mark It's rare that two teams with designs on postseason play make a trade at the deadline, but it could have happened Saturday. The Nationals and Pirates, two teams with winning records and real chances of making the playoffs -- for the Nationals, likely as the winner of the NL East; for the Pirates, as a Wild Card qualifier in a crowded race for the … [Read more...]

Rangers moving on after appearing to miss on Jonathan Lucroy We’re getting down to crunch time now with the non-waiver trade deadline set to expire Monday at 3:00 p.m. ET. Several notable trades have already gone down, but several more are sure to follow as teams look to get those final key pieces into place. One team that’s been active and is expected to remain active is the Texas Rangers. … [Read more...]