Major League Baseball

Yamamoto, bullpen repel Jays to force Game 7

Yoshinobu Yamamoto got his second win over the Blue Jays in a week, and the bullpen held off a late threat to close out a 3-1 win as the Dodgers forced a decisive Game 7.

Pitching coach Maddux leaves Rangers for Angels

Texas Rangers pitching coach Mike Maddux is leaving the organization and will take up the same role in Anaheim for the Los Angeles Angels.

Nats hire Butera, youngest manager in decades

The Nationals have hired 33-year-old Blake Butera as their new manager, making him the youngest skipper in the major leagues in more than half a century.

Vitello embracing Giants 'challenge' as he goes pro

Tony Vitello fully recognizes he is an unconventional call-up to Major League Baseball, making the leap from the college coaching ranks at Tennessee to the San Francisco Giants while bypassing the minor leagues.

Sources: Feds eye MLBPA venture over spending

Players Way was cited in an anonymous whistleblower complaint last November that triggered an ongoing criminal investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Brooklyn.

💍 WS guarantee: These two players get a ring

Pitcher José Ureña and infielder Buddy Kennedy each had stints on both the Dodgers' and Blue Jays' major league rosters this season.