Shortstop

Major League Baseball announced on Tuesday that Wander Franco, the star shortstop of the Tampa Bay Rays, has been placed on administrative leave “until further notice” as the league…

The Tampa Bay Rays said that Major League Baseball was investigating “social media posts” about Wander Franco, the All-Star shortstop. Franco sat out of his team’s game on Sunday, and he…

Even after trading for Kiké Hernández on Tuesday, the Dodgers said they weren’t necessarily done trying to add a bat.As it turns out, they waited barely 24 hours to go get another.According…

Zach Neto has continued to impress in his first season in the major leagues.The Angels shortstop logged his first career multi-home run game Sunday in a 9-4 win over the Seattle Mariners…

LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts was returning from paternity leave, his car was stuck in Chicago freeway gridlock for what seemed like an eternity and he arrived at Wrigley Field late for that…

He was an All-American basketball player at Duke in the early 1950s, setting a single-season N.C.A.A. scoring record. He went on to play pro basketball. But Dick Groat was mostly known as…

CHICAGO —  It started as a temporary measure, a short-term solution to the Dodgers’ growing infield injury list.For all of Mookie Betts’ natural skill, after all, the Dodgers had never…

The Angels’ mandate from owner Arte Moreno over the last six seasons, all of them losing ones, can be summed up in six words: Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, no rebuild.Well, about that: When…

ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press ST. LOUIS — With forward Mallory Swanson sidelined by a serious knee injury for the foreseeable future, the United…

By FRED GOODALL - AP Sports Writer Anthony Volpe is getting an opportunity to live a lifelong dream.The 21-year-old who grew up idolizing Hall of Famer…