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MILWAUKEE (AP) Nearly a week into his tenure with the Milwaukee Brewers, new general manager David Stearns is beginning to set a fresh tone for a franchise in transition.This has been a busy period for Stearns, who was hired on Sept. 21 but only officially began with the...

AP Baseball WriterAlex Rodriguez to play final game with Yankees on FridayBy MIKE FITZPATRICKNEW YORK (AP) Ready or not, Alex Rodriguez will play his final game in pinstripes this week.One of the most prolific hitters and polarizing figures in baseball history, the slumping slugger plans to take his...

SEATTLE (AP) - Oakland right-hander Jarrod Parker, recovering from Tommy John surgery more than a year ago, broke a bone in his elbow during a minor league game.Pitching in a rehab game for Triple-A Nashville on Friday, Parker threw wildly to the plate and collapsed just off the mound....

Khris Davis beats A's in salary arbitration, gets $5MST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) Khris Davis defeated the Oakland Athletics in salary arbitration Wednesday.The outfielder was awarded a $5 million salary for this season by arbitrators Mark Irvings, Gil Vernon and Mark Burstein, who heard the case a day earlier....

NEW YORK (AP) A woman charged with shaking down New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman has pleaded guilty to extortion, perjury and criminal impersonation.Louise Neathway entered a type of guilty plea Wednesday that acknowledges sufficient evidence for conviction but doesn't admit guilt. She was sentenced to five...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) Infielder Juan Uribe has been added to the New York Mets' World Series roster after recovering from a chest injury.Uribe, who has not played since Sept. 25, takes the spot of backup shortstop Matt Reynolds, who was on the NL Championship Series roster but...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) The San Francisco Giants have signed right-hander Josh Johnson to a minor league contract with the hopes he can perform after three Tommy John elbow surgeries. General manager Bobby Evans said Thursday it's still undetermined whether Johnson will be invited to big league camp at spring training...

AP Baseball WriterYankees add arms after putting Severino on 15-day DLBy MIKE FITZPATRICKNEW YORK (AP) In the wake of Luis Severino's arm injury, the New York Yankees made a flurry of roster moves to reinforce their pitching staff.Right-handers Chad Green and Conor Mullee were called up from Triple-A...

BOSTON (AP) The Boston Red Sox have hired former Detroit Tigers boss Dave Dombrowski as the team's new president.The Red Sox also said general manager Ben Cherington is leaving the club, two years after building the 2013 World Series champions.The Red Sox announced during their game against the...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka is scheduled to throw a bullpen session Tuesday, his first since going on the 15-day disabled list last month because of a right forearm strain and right wrist tendinitis.Tanaka made 10 pitches at 60 feet on level ground...

AP Sports WriterBonds: Harper should diversify his game to adapt to walksBy STEPHEN WHYNOWASHINGTON (AP) When pitchers were intentionally walking Barry Bonds more than anyone else in baseball history, his father had a simple message for him.''It's your fault,'' Bobby Bonds told his son. ''You didn't have to...

Shohei Otani to be taken off Japan's roster for WBCTOKYO (AP) Exciting pitcher Shohei Otani will be taken off Japan's 28-man roster for next month's World Baseball Classic.The 22-year-old initially said he would not be able to pitch for Japan because of an ankle injury while holding out...