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Rival teams will reach out to MLB to get some answer about the circumstances around the trade that sent Josh Donaldson from the Blue Jays to the Indians and then Cleveland's decision to put the third baseman on the disabled list, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports. Donaldson was moved from Toronto to the Indians on Aug. 31, which was the day of his second rehab game after coming off the DL for a calf injury. The 2015 AL MVP has not played an MLB game since May 28. Continue to Article

September 10, 2018 12:39:pm EST

BOSTON -- Mitch Moreland put some recent struggles behind him with a clutch hit in the ninth inning. Helped the major league-leading Boston Red Sox do the same with their weekend woes, too. Moreland singled in the winning run with two outs in the ninth and the Red Sox beat the Houston Astros 6-5 on Sunday night to avoid a three-game sweep in a matchup of AL division leaders. Continue to Article

September 10, 2018 12:18:am EST

Houston tries to become the second team to sweep major league-leading Boston this season when the teams complete their three-game series on national TV. The defending World Series champion Astros took the first two games to extend their winning streak to seven, including a 5-3 win Saturday backed by Alex Bregman's 30th homer. The finale will be a matchup of former AL Cy Young Award winners, with Houston's Dallas Keuchel opposing Boston's Rick Porcello. Continue to Article

September 08, 2018 9:09:pm EST

Los Angeles Angels rookie phenom Shohei Ohtani had an MRI on his right elbow on Wednesday and has suffered new damage to his ulnar collateral ligament (UCL). Tommy John surgery has now been recommended. Ohtani has been dealing with a small UCL tear over the last few years, missing some time in the Japanese league last season and in MLB this year. Continue to Article

September 05, 2018 7:14:pm EST

Steve Campion of ABC13 reports that the Astros kicked out a fan protesting reliever Roberto Osuna with a sign displaying the phone number of the Houston Area Women’s Center domestic violence hotline. The fan, Kevin Jukkola, said he has held the sign up at several other games, but security asked him to turn it over during Saturday’s game against the Angels and he was then kicked out of Minute Maid Park. Jukkola said, “Some people were not happy about it. Continue to Article

September 04, 2018 6:44:pm EST