Craig Kimbrel

Last week's rankings in parentheses. 1. Yankees (2): Went 9-5 after CC Sabathia's last start of the first half. If Brian Cashman adds a starter, they could push their lead in the AL East to double digits. 2. Rangers (1): Jon Daniels is exploring the...

PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies finally amped up their campaign last week to get Carlos Ruiz to next month'sAll-Star game. As part of their pre-game, clubhouse attire, players wore "Vote Chooch" shirts. Roy Halladay sported the shirt when played...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Braves fans want to see Evan Gattis in the lineup more often, but the rookie slugger has quite an impact even when he isn't. With his three-run blast in the ninth inning Monday night in...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH Tim Hudson has a no-decision and a loss to show for his past two starts, but the veteran Braves right-hander appears back on track. That one of the outings came on the road is even more...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH The pressure is on Julio Teheran and Paul Maholm. They are the only Braves starting pitchers not to have hit a home run this season. Kris Medlen joined Tim Hudson and Mike Minor when he...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Braves 2, Dodgers 1 Braves 2, Dodgers 1: Kris Medlen pitched 6 2/3 scoreless innings and belted his first career home run as visiting Atlanta halted a brief two-game skid. Dan Uggla also went deep for the Braves, who dropped...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH The impressive results that rookie Julio Teheran put up in spring training didn't carry over to his first three starts of the regular season. Had the 22-year-old native of Colombia...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Atlanta Braves - INSIDE PITCH It looked as if Atlanta might take a high school player from Georgia in the first round of the draft again this year, but infielder Travis Demeritte was selected by Texas one pick...

  En una decisión tan sensata como salvadora, la Confederación Caribeña del Béisbol autorizó finalmente esta semana el retorno de Cuba a la agonizante Serie del Caribe. El movimiento, que se venía gestando desde hace algunos meses, le devolvería...

A woeful showing at the plate while losing two of three games to the Braves has left the Washington Nationals below .500 and with an embarrassing .229 batting average. Davey Johnson hopes help is coming this week. The Nationals managed only five hits in...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Braves 6, Nationals 3 Braves 6, Nationals 3: Ramiro Pena belted a two-run homer and B.J. Upton added a solo shot as host Atlanta won the rubber match of the three-game series. Freddie Freeman had two hits and two RBIs to back...

The Sports Xchange By Guy Cutright, The Sports Xchange Braves 6, Nationals 3 ATLANTA - The Atlanta Braves are in first place by 61/2 games, and now both of the Upton brothers are finally hitting. That's bad news for defending National League East...