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Byline: Barry Svrluga Here's how the last 10 days of the season should have gone for CJ Abrams and the Washington Nationals: build on the 4-for-5, two-double, two-stolen-base performance he [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes Washington Nationals Manager Dave Martinez is in his 33rd major league season as a player, coach or manager. He was in the prime of his playing career [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes Major League Baseball on Tuesday announced disciplinary action against five players for betting on baseball, the latest indication that widespread legalization of sports gambling and MLB's promotion [...]

Byline: Andrew Golden WASHINGTON - The deciding factor in the Washington Nationals' 5-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday afternoon certainly wasn't a called strike three on CJ Abrams [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes Major League Baseball on Wednesday suspended Yankees right-hander Domingo Germán for 10 games after he was ejected from Tuesday night's game for using too much sticky stuff. [...]

Max Scherzer was ejected from Wednesday's win over the Los Angeles Dodgers because of a foreign substance, providing yet another speed bump for the Mets' starting rotation. LOS ANGELES -- [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon was suspended five games after an altercation with a fan in the stands at Oakland last week, Major League Baseball [...]

Byline: Gus Garcia-Roberts An arbitrator reduced Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer's two-season suspension Thursday, resulting in the immediate reinstatement of the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner. Arbitrator [...]

Byline: Gus Garcia-Roberts An arbitrator reduced Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer's two-season suspension Thursday, resulting in the immediate reinstatement of the 2020 National League Cy Young Award winner. Arbitrator [...]

Byline: RONALD BLUM; THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK -- Yankees reliever Aroldis Chapman has been ruled out for the American League Division Series after he skipped a mandatory workout, leading [...]

Aroldis Chapman, the team's former closer, did not show up for a mandatory workout. He was fined, and his future with the franchise appears in doubt. The Yankees fined their [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Aug. 17Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rodolfo Castro was suspended for one game and fined for violating MLB policy regarding unapproved electronic devices when his cellphone fell out of [...]

Byline: Kevin Gorman Aug. 16Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Rodolfo Castro has been suspended for one game and fined for violating MLB policy when his mobile phone fell out of his back [...]

Manager Phil Nevin's 10-game ban was among the 47 games of suspensions the league handed out after a brawl between Los Angeles and Seattle. ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Fallout from baseball's [...]

Byline: Gus Garcia-Roberts Major League Baseball suspended Trevor Bauer, the star Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher accused by multiple women of assault, for 324 games -- or two full seasons -- [...]

Byline: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MINNEAPOLIS -- Lead Toronto Blue Jays reliever Ryan Borucki has been suspended for three games by Major League Baseball for intentionally hitting Tampa Bay's Kevin Kiermaier [...]

Byline: Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic | USA TODAY Network PHOENIX - Diamondbacks left-hander Caleb Smith has been suspended for 10 games and fined an undisclosed amount by MLB for [...]

Following a sexual misconduct investigation, Alomar has been placed on baseball's ineligible list, but will keep his plaque in the Hall of Fame. When Roberto Alomar was first eligible for [...]

Robinson Cano has Hall of Fame-worthy statistics, but another positive drug test will cost him 162 games and turn his career into a farce. Robinson Cano ruined his Hall of [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale and Steve Gardner, USA TODAY MLB threw the book at Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron on Tuesday by suspending him 20 games for instigating the bench-clearing melee [...]

Byline: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY HOUSTON - Major League Baseball suspended Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly for eight games for his actions in Tuesday night's game against the Astros and handed [...]

Pittsburgh pitcher Keone Kela was suspended for 10 games, the wild-swinging Cincinnati reliever Amir Garrett for eight and Yasiel Puig for three after a furious brawl between the Pirates and [...]

Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Odubel Herrera has accepted a suspension for the rest of the season under Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy, the commissioner's office said Friday. The decision came [...]

Byline: Jake Russell Oakland Athletics starter Frankie Montas was suspended 80 games without pay by Major League Baseball after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. He can return in late [...]

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -- Odubel Herrera of the Philadelphia Phillies was placed on administrative leave Tuesday by Major League Baseball following his arrest in a domestic violence case at an [...]

Byline: Nancy Armour, Columnist, USA TODAY 'Oh, relax.' 'It's harmless.' 'You're making way too much out of this.' 'Why can't you just let it go?' That was the reaction by [...]

Byline: Alex Andrejev Houston Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick was suspended for two games by Major League Baseball and fined an undisclosed amount Thursday in the wake of Sunday's violent collision [...]

Byline: Des Bieler Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright was suspended 80 games after testing positive for a substance that boosts growth-hormone development. The 34-year-old right-hander denied that he 'intentionally [...]

Byline: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY We are heading toward an unprecedented postseason in Major League Baseball, and we're not talking about progressive bullpen use or the diminished impact of the [...]

Major League Baseball placed Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell on administrative leave Friday afternoon after allegations of physical and emotional abuse were made in a blog post linked to his [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]THE CANADIAN PRESS BUFFALO -- The Toronto Blue Jays have suspended Canadian outfielder Dalton Pompey for violating club policy. The suspension was confirmed by a Blue Jays spokesperson on [...]

Byline: CATHAL KELLY; Staff This was a bad few days for the Toronto Blue Jays. It may in hindsight be the point when things began to seriously fall apart. The [...]

Byline: Chris Adamski April 06--Where the Pirates not that long ago had an abundance of left-handed relievers in their organization, all of a sudden they appear short. Kevin Siegrist is [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Washington Nationals sent 2017 first-round pick Seth Romero home from spring training Monday for a violation of team rules, though the [...]

Byline: Chelsea Janes WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - The Washington Nationals have sent 2017 first-round pick Seth Romero home from spring training for violating a club policy, according to a [...]

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- By Mickey Callaway's estimate, he has used the word ''accountable'' thousands of times since taking over as the Mets manager last year, whether in interviews [...]

The free-agent catcher Derek Norris was suspended Friday for the rest of the season for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy. Norris was released by the Tampa Bay Rays [...]

Byline: [CREDIT]The Associated Press New York -- Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera was suspended seven games and New York Yankees catcher Gary Sanchez received a fourgame ban on Friday for [...]

Byline: Des Bieler Yasiel Puig was suspended one game Wednesday by MLB after making an obscene gesture in the Dodgers' 7-5 road win Tuesday over the Indians. The Los Angeles [...]