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AP Sports WriterIndians manager Francona sets coaching staff for 2021By TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Indians manager Terry Francona has assembled his coaching staff for the 2021 season, but it won't include his longtime friend and bench coach Brad Mills.Francona, who missed much of this past shortened season with significant...

AP Sports WriterThey're still here: Cardinals back after long virus absenceBy JAY COHENCHICAGO (AP) After weeks of uncertainty, John Mozeliak watched the St. Louis Cardinals drop off their rental cars and prepare for work. His cell phone was filled with encouraging baseball messages instead of questions of concern.For...

Associated PressTwins' Michael Pineda suspended 60 games for banned diureticBy BRIAN HALLMINNEAPOLIS (AP) Minnesota Twins pitcher Michael Pineda was suspended for 60 games on Saturday for taking a diuretic, a big blow to the rotation of a first-place team heading toward the postseason.Major League Baseball said Pineda tested...

Rays deal Dickerson to Pirates for Hudson and minor leaguerPORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (AP) The Tampa Bay Rays have traded All-Star designated hitter Corey Dickerson to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for relief pitcher Daniel Hudson, minor league infielder Tristan Gray and cash.The 28-year-old Dickerson was designated for assignment last...

AP Sports WriterReds open weekend of honoring Pete Rose by reuniting MachineBy JOE KAYCINCINNATI (AP) More satisfying than hit No. 4,192? In some ways, it is for Pete Rose, who needed more time to get into the Cincinnati Reds' Hall of Fame than it took to set baseball's...

2B Sogard set for 1st playoff start with Rays in ALDS finaleHOUSTON (AP) Eric Sogard was in Tampa Bay's lineup for the decisive Game 5 in the AL Division Series at Houston, the second baseman's first start in nearly a month while dealing with lingering right foot discomfort.Sogard...

AP Baseball WriterSunday night baseball games an hour earlier in 2019By RONALD BLUMLAS VEGAS (AP) Baseball players may get a little more sleep when traveling after Sunday night games next year.ESPN announced Monday it is moving up the starting time of the nationally televised game by one hour,...

Dodgers' Betts unseats Yankees' Judge for MLB's top jerseyNEW YORK (AP) Dodgers star Mookie Betts supplanted Yankees slugger Aaron Judge on Friday for baseball's top-selling jersey in his first year on the West Coast.Judge's pinstriped No. 99 had been the most popular uniform in the majors for three...

Associated PressDickerson hits go-ahead RBI single, Giants beat Rockies 8-4By DENNIS GEORGATOSDENVER (AP) Newcomers Alex Dickerson and Mike Yastrzemski are making their presence felt during the San Francisco Giants' surprising mid-season surge.Dickerson had a career-high four hits, including the go-ahead RBI single in San Francisco's four-run 10th inning...

Reds' Sonny Gray goes on injured list with strained backST. LOUIS (AP) Pitcher Sonny Gray was placed on the 10-day injured list by the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday because a strain in the right side of his mid-back, a move retroactive to Friday.Gray allowed five runs, six hits...

AP Sports WriterDavid Peralta, D-backs finalize 3-year, $22 million dealBy DAVID BRANDTPHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Diamondbacks have finalized a $22 million, three-year contract with outfielder David Peralta that runs through 2022.The 2019 Gold Glove Award winner in left field avoided his final year of salary arbitration by agreeing...

AP Sports WriterWhite Sox manager Renteria not with team, pending testsBy TOM WITHERSCLEVELAND (AP) Chicago White Sox manager Rick Renteria woke up Monday with ''a slight cough and nasal congestion'' and will be kept away from the team pending the results of medical tests.Bench coach Joe McEwing will...