Chris Stewart (baseball)

Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Braves (1): They stopped scoring runs over the weekend in Pittsburgh but bought themselves time with the 13-2 start. 2. Giants (2): Tim Lincecum took a shutout into the seventh Saturday, his best start of the...

If a shortstop can do it, Derek Jeter has done it. Well, with one exception. He never has received the honor that was bestowed on his teammate Alex Rodriguez back in 2003, when Rodriguez was with the last-place Rangers. That's the same honor that went...

The Royals expect James Shields to be a difference maker. But were they close enough to being a playoff team before they added him? That's the question about the deal in which the Royals sent future All-Star Wil Myers to the Rays. It's too early to...

Talking baseball while the Bulls keep playing tough defense: 1. One thing about guys who put together baseball teams for a living: They are open-minded in their approach to evaluating talent. They strip away reputations and examine contributions. They...

Terry Ryan has nothing against free-agent outfielder Michael Bourn. Honest. But the general manager knows his Twins aren't going to compete again in the American League Central — Joe Mauer or no Joe Mauer — until they fix a starting rotation...

Carl Crawford says he needs Tommy John surgery. What the Red Sox really need is Tommy John of 1977. What the Red Sox really need is a road map to get them rowing in the same direction. As the rain fell Saturday on a delayed start to the alleged greatest...

3B David Adams has hit safely in his first three games, going 4-for-11. He is the first Yankee to do that since Shelley Duncan hit safely in his first four games in July 2007. RHP David Phelps will make his fourth start in place of Ivan Nova on...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH From a depth-chart perspective on the Yankees 40-man roster, manager Joe Girardi already is playing his third option at first base, shortstop and third base, respectively. Now he...

NEW YORK -- Hiroki Kuroda turned in another stingy outing by limiting the Toronto Blue Jays to two hits over eight innings as the New York Yankees opened a three-game series with a 5-0 victory on Friday night. Kuroda (6-2) won for the fourth time in his...

MLB Team Report - New York Yankees - INSIDE PITCH The Yankees have some tenuous days ahead after lefthander Andy Pettitte had to come out of Thursday night's 3-2 loss to the Mariners at Yankee Stadium because of tightness in his left trapezius muscle....

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Mariners 3, Yankees 2 Mariners 3, Yankees 2: Michael Morse homered, and Dustin Ackley and Brendan Ryan each drove in a run as visiting Seattle took the rubber match of the three-game series. Morse, who went 7-for-11 in the...

The Sports Xchange By Larry Fleisher, The Sports Xchange Mariners 3, Yankees 2 NEW YORK -- Veteran left-hander Andy Pettitte left Thursday night's game against the Seattle Mariners with a back injury with two outs in the top of the fifth inning and the...