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MLB CalendarBy The Associated PressTBA - Opening day, active rosters reduced to 26 players.June 3-4 - Owners meeting, New York.June 10-July 20 - Amateur draft starts.June 15 - International amateur signing period closes.July 2-Jan. 15 - International amateur signing period opens.July 10-Aug. 1 - Deadline for drafted players to...

Rangers pitcher Cashner hit on elbow by broken batCLEVELAND (AP) Texas Rangers pitcher Andrew Cashner was struck on the right elbow by a broken bat Thursday against the Cleveland Indians.Cashner was hit when Edwin Encarnacion broke his bat hitting an RBI single in the sixth inning. Cashner didn't...

AP Sports WriterAngels fire GM Billy Eppler after 5 straight losing seasonsBy GREG BEACHAMANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) The Los Angeles Angels fired general manager Billy Eppler on Sunday after the team finished its fifth consecutive losing season under his watch.Eppler was under contract for one more year with the...

Left-hander Tarpley claimed by Mets off waivers from MarlinsNEW YORK (AP) Left-hander Stephen Tarpley was claimed by the New York Mets off waivers from the Miami Marlins on Friday.The 27-year-old was 2-2 with one save and a 9.000 ERA in 11 innings over 12 games last year, striking...

AP Sports WriterWoodward hired as Rangers manager after 3 years with DodgersBy STEPHEN HAWKINSLos Angeles Dodgers third base coach Chris Woodward was hired as manager of the Texas Rangers on Saturday six weeks after Jeff Banister was fired.He received a three-year contract with a club option for 2022, the...

Autopsy: Roy Halladay had amphetamine, morphine in systemNEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) An autopsy report says retired star pitcher Roy Halladay had evidence of amphetamine, morphine and an insomnia drug in his system when he died in a small plane crash in Florida last year.The Tampa Bay Times...

AP Sports WriterTwins give manager Paul Molitor deal through 2020 seasonBy JON KRAWCZYNSKIMINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Twins are bringing back Paul Molitor as manager after he led a historic turnaround.The Twins announced Monday that Molitor is getting a new three-year deal that keeps him under contract through 2020....

SURPRISE, Ariz. (AP) - The first thing Dayton Moore makes clear is that he never set out to change how baseball clubs are built. He simply wanted to win games, something the Kansas City Royals had repeatedly failed to do for nearly three decades.Never once did Moore think he'd...

Torres hits Yankees' 265th homer, breaking record vs Red SoxBOSTON (AP) Gleyber Torres homered in the fourth inning for the New York Yankees, claiming a Major League Baseball record with their 265th home run of the season.Torres' drive to right off Boston's Eduardo Rodriguez moved New York past...

Braves, D-backs, Dodgers fail to sign top draft picksNEW YORK (AP) The top draft picks of the Atlanta Braves, Arizona Diamondbacks and Los Angeles Dodgers failed to sign before Friday's deadline, giving each of those teams an extra selection in the first round of next June's amateur draft.Atlanta...

Bartolo Colon designated for assignment by BravesATLANTA (AP) Right-hander Bartolo Colon has been designated for assignment by the Atlanta Braves, one day after the 44-year-old right-hander dropped to 2-8.Pitching for the first time since going on the disabled list with a strained left oblique on June 6, Colon...

TV viewers drop 10 percent from 2016 for World Series Game 2LOS ANGELES (AP) Viewers for the second game of the World Series dropped 10 percent from last year, less than the 21 percent decline for the opener.Houston's 7-6, 11-inning win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday...