MLB News Blog

The San Diego Padres extended manager Bud Black's contract through the 2010 season. The Padres will have a club option for 2011. Terms of the deal were not announced Thursday night. Black, who was named manager in November 2006, has a record of 196-238 with San Diego, which is in last place in the NL [...]

Melky Cabrera and the New York Yankees knocked out John Smoltz early, and soon it was all over: They had finally beaten the Boston Red Sox. Muhammad Ali and a starry crowd watched as the Yankees beat Boston for the first time in nine games this season, with Cabrera and Jorge Posada hitting three-run homers [...]

The New York Yankees have acquired pitcher Chad Gaudin from the San Diego Padres for a player to be named. The Yankees announced the trade during Thursday night's game against Boston. The 26-year-old right-hander is 4-10 with a 5.13 ERA in 20 games for the Padres, including 19 starts. Gaudin did especially well in late [...]

The banged-up Boston Red Sox have put outfielder Rocco Baldelli on the 15-day disabled list because of a bruised left ankle. The Red Sox recalled outfielder Josh Reddick from Triple-A Pawtucket. He was available for Thursday night's game in New York against the Yankees. With outfielder Jason Bay expected to miss at least the first [...]

Red Sox star David Ortiz may soon provide more details about his 2003 drug test. The Boston slugger and incoming players' union head Michael Weiner plan a news conference Saturday at Yankee Stadium before the Red Sox play New York. Ortiz said last week that the union confirmed his name was on the list of [...]

The Arizona Diamondbacks have placed outfielder Justin Upton on the 15-day disabled list due to a right oblique strain and purchased the contract of Trent Oeltjen to fill his roster spot. Upton pulled up attempting to steal a base during the eighth inning of Arizona's 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.

St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Brad Thompson has been suspended for three games and fined for throwing a pitch near the head of the New York Mets' David Wright. Major League Baseball vice president Bob Watson said Thursday the pitch in the sixth inning a day earlier was intentionally aimed near Wright's head.

Milwaukee Brewers star Prince Fielder and Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Guillermo Mota have been fined for their run-in this week. Major League Baseball will not suspend them. The amounts of the fines were not disclosed Thursday. Mota hit Fielder in the ninth inning of a 17-4 win Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, presumably as payback [...]

Alex Avila set off one of the most enthusiastic celebrations in the Detroit Tigers’ front office box since Magglio Ordonez’s homer lifted them into the 2006 World Series. The son of Detroit’s assistant general manager hit a two-out RBI double in the third inning of his major league debut to help the Tigers beat the [...]

Vladimir Guerrero hit his first home run in more than a month and Bobby Abreu, Jeff Mathis and Erick Aybar also went deep Thursday, sending the Los Angeles Angels to a 9-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Jayson Nix had a three-run homer for Chicago, which fell two games behind Detroit in the AL [...]