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CLEVELAND (AP) A person familiar with the deal says the Indians have an agreement with free agent first baseman Mike Napoli on a $7 million, one-year contract.Napoli's deal includes $3 million in performance bonuses, the person told the Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of...

Dusty Baker has put up plenty of big stats in his baseball life: More than 1,000 RBIs, nearly 2,000 hits, 20 years as a player, 20 more as a manager.After he was hired Tuesday to guide the Washington Nationals, many fans focused on another number - 66, his age.Baker...

NEW YORK (AP) Washington Nationals manager Matt Williams says he hasn't talked to team management about his job status for 2016 after going through a tough season.''Nobody's spoken to me about anything,'' he said before Saturday's doubleheader against the New York Mets. ''Frankly, it's not a concern of...

The HOUSTON and the TEXAS will both be gunning for a victory on 9/26/2017 at 8:05 PM when they meet in a game matchup. GAME: Houston Astros (96-60) at Texas Rangers (76-80) DATE/TIME: Tuesday, September 26 - 8:05 PM EST WHERE: Globe Life Park in Arlington, Arlington, Texas ROT TEAM PS OU RL 971 HOUSTON 9.5 (120) (120) 10 (-110) -130 120 972 TEXAS TV: 8:05 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet-Southwest (Houston),...

A look at what's happening around the major leagues today:---BACKS AGAINST THE WALLAfter winning a 7-1 rout in Game 5, the Blue Jays will try to survive another win-or-else contest against the Royals in Game 6 at Kansas City. Toronto also rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Texas...

NEW YORK (AP) The players' association has agreed to Major League Baseball's proposal to have intentional walks without pitches this year. While the union has resisted many of MLB's proposed innovations, players are willing to accept the intentional walk change. ''As part of a broader discussion with other moving pieces, the...

AP Sports WriterMatz heading to New York, could return to rotation FridayBy TIM REYNOLDSPORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. (AP) Steven Matz is heading back to New York, with plans of getting into the Mets' postseason chase by the weekend.The left-hander, who hasn't pitched for the Mets since Aug. 14...

TORONTO (AP) - The upcoming season for the Toronto Blue Jays seems destined to be defined by the one young pitcher who'll miss it and the two even younger guys who'll try to replace him.Toronto's plans for ending baseball's longest active playoff drought took a serious hit when Marcus...

CLEVELAND (AP) A person familiar with the deal says the Indians have an agreement with free agent first baseman Mike Napoli on a $7 million, one-year contract.Napoli's deal includes $3 million in performance bonuses, the person told the Associated Press on Wednesday. The person spoke on condition of...

Associated PressRangers prospects accused in Dominican sex assault caseBy EZEQUIEL ABIU LOPEZSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Tuesday that they are investigating a group of Texas Rangers prospects accused of sexually assaulting six underage teammates.The suspects were identified as Panamanian Guillermo Villarreal, 18,...

A look at what's happening all around the major leagues Monday:---ON THE PROWLMiguel Cabrera and the Tigers try to wreck Pittsburgh's home opener. Anibal Sanchez hopes to pitch them to their first 7-0 start since 1984, the year Detroit romped to the World Series championship.ROLLIN' ROYALSDanny Duffy starts for...

Dominican officials probe Rangers prospects in assault caseSANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) Authorities in the Dominican Republic say they are investigating a group of Texas Rangers prospects who reportedly posted an image on social media showing a sexual assault on an underage teammate.A spokeswoman for the Dominican prosecutor's...