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Rock bottom? Rockies try to avoid worst mark over 162-game season as they emerge from All-Star break

Rock bottom? Rockies try to avoid worst mark over 162-game season as they emerge from All-Star break

DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies had a projected top pick slide to them at No. 4 in baseball's amateur draft last weekend. It's a win, and these days they'll take any “W” they can get.
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Rangers 1B Jake Burger goes on the injured list for 2nd time this season

Rangers 1B Jake Burger goes on the injured list for 2nd time this season

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Texas Rangers first baseman Jake Burger will be on the injured list for the second time this season when the team resumes play after the All-Star break.
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MLB All-Star Game has slight drop in viewers despite having its first swing-off

MLB All-Star Game has slight drop in viewers despite having its first swing-off

NEW YORK (AP) — Baseball's All-Star Game — which featured the contest's first swing-off to determine the winner — averaged 7,185,000 viewers Tuesday night on Fox, according to Nielsen.
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With second half set to begin, Blue Jays are riding high atop AL East standings

With second half set to begin, Blue Jays are riding high atop AL East standings

TORONTO — With 55 victories and a two-game cushion atop the American League East, the Toronto Blue Jays are on track for a worst-to-first rebound this season.
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Royals reacquire Adam Frazier in an All-Star break trade with the Pirates

Royals reacquire Adam Frazier in an All-Star break trade with the Pirates

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Royals reacquired veteran utility player Adam Frazier on Wednesday in an All-Star break trade with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kansas City sent minor league infielder Cam Devanney to Pittsburgh.
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Kyle Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's first tiebreaking swing-off lift NL over AL

Kyle Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's first tiebreaking swing-off lift NL over AL

ATLANTA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber was nervous. He had played in Game 7 of the World Series, homered for the United States in the World Baseball Classic. But he had never walked up to the plate in an All-Star Game swing-off. No one had.
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Jays stars soak up MLB All-Star Game history; Freeman feels the love from Atlanta

Jays stars soak up MLB All-Star Game history; Freeman feels the love from Atlanta

ATLANTA — Toronto Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Junior and Alejandro Kirk were a part of Major League Baseball All-Star Game history on Tuesday night at Truist Park.
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Cal Raleigh successful as 4 of 5 challenges reverse calls in first All-Star use of robot umpire

Cal Raleigh successful as 4 of 5 challenges reverse calls in first All-Star use of robot umpire

ATLANTA (AP) — Cal Raleigh was just as successful with the first robot umpire All-Star challenge as he was in the Home Run Derby.
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Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's tiebreaking swing-off lifts NL over AL

Schwarber's 3 homers in All-Star Game's tiebreaking swing-off lifts NL over AL

ATLANTA (AP) — Kyle Schwarber went 3-for-3 in the first All-Star Game home run swing-off to put the National League ahead 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit on Tuesday night.
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Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suárez is hit by a pitch on left hand at All-Star Game; X-rays are negative

Diamondbacks' Eugenio Suárez is hit by a pitch on left hand at All-Star Game; X-rays are negative

ATLANTA (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suárez appears to have dodged a major injury after he was hit by a pitch on his hand at Tuesday night's All-Star Game.
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