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Yankees-Royals rained out, day-night doubleheader Saturday

The game between the New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals scheduled for Friday night was postponed because of heavy rain in the forecast.

The walk off that closed the Yankee Stadium of college baseball (3:20)

BBTN: Potential Derby Field, Nats' Disaster, Kendrick

Buster & Karl Ravech discuss the most desirable HR Derby field, the Nationals' struggles and more (12:20). Plus, Jake Kaplan on the Astros (32:00) and Bob Kendrick of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum on the recovery of the museum after last summer's vandalism (39:21).

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MLB Weekend Watch: Picks, analysis on the top matchups

Playoff hopefuls square off when the Braves play the Cardinals and the Indians meet the Rays. Who has the upper hand? And what else are we looking forward to?

Ozuna, Carpenter homer, Cardinals split DH with Royals 10-3

Marcell Ozuna and Matt Carpenter went deep as part of a four-homer barrage and the St. Louis Cardinals split a doubleheader with the Kansas City Royals by winning the second game 10-3 on Wednesday night.

Keller, Royals top Cardinals 8-2 in Game 1 of doubleheader

Brad Keller pitched seven-plus innings of two-hit baseball, Jorge Soler hit a three-run homer and the Kansas City Royals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 8-2 Wednesday in the first game of a doubleheader.

Royals, Cardinals postponed, will play 2 Wednesday

The opener of the I-70 series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Royals was postponed because of a forecast for severe weather and rescheduled as part of a day-night doubleheader on Wednesday.

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Power Rankings: As Yankees, Cubs rise, we crown a new No. 1

The Dodgers and Astros have been running neck-and-neck, but they're being threatened by rivals with staying power.

Duffy pitches Royals past Angels 5-1 for 3rd straight win

Danny Duffy won his third straight start and the Kansas City Royals stopped a four-game skid Sunday with a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels.

Trout hits milestone homer to lead Angels over Royals 6-3

Mike Trout drove a long homer for the 250th of his career, Shohei Ohtani also went deep and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 6-3 on Saturday night.

Trout, Pujols back Harvey and lift Angels over Royals 5-2

Mike Trout and Albert Pujols had two hits each and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 on Friday night.

Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff Writer

Albert Pujols now has more hits than Alex Rodriguez. His line-drive RBI single in the seventh gave him 3,116 for his career, placing him 21st by himself. Next up: Tony Gwynn (3,141).

Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff Writer

Shohei Ohtani went 1-for-4 with a couple of strikeouts in his home debut. Through nine games, he has reached base 37 percent of the time but is only slugging .368. The power will come.

Alden Gonzalez ESPN Staff Writer

Matt Harvey blanked the Royals through the first five innings, but put the first two batters on in the sixth and exited with 91 pitches. His ERA will be no lower than 5.96 by the end of tonight.

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Baltimore Orioles

8dKeith Law

Law: Scouting notes on top O's, Royals and Yankees prospects

A recent scouting trip showed Baltimore's best pitching prospect trying to overcome a questionable strike zone and promising young arms delivering in Kansas City's system.

Rangers belt 5 home runs in 16-1 rout of Royals

Rougned Odor homered twice, Willie Calhoun went deep for the second straight day and the Texas Rangers hit five homers in all as they routed the Kansas City Royals 16-1 on Thursday in the rubber game of their three-game set.

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9dKeith Law

Law: The biggest busts of the 2009 MLB draft

Remember Tony Sanchez, Donavan Tate and Matt Hobgood? Few do -- but all were selected ahead of Mike Trout. Here's a look at the first-rounders who never really panned out.

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Guzman, Calhoun go deep as Rangers roll past Royals, 6-1

Ronald Guzman and Willie Calhoun each hit a two-run homer, and the Texas Rangers cruised to a 6-1 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday night.

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Arizona Diamondbacks

10dKeith Law

Law: Re-drafting the first round of the 2009 MLB draft

Mike Trout to the Nats? Nolan Arenado on the West Coast? Here's how things might look if teams were able to choose again a decade later.

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Royals score early, blow out Rangers 11-5 in series opener

Hunter Dozier drove in three runs, top prospect Nicky Lopez had an RBI single in his big league debut, and the Kansas City Royals routed the Texas Rangers 11-5 on Tuesday night.

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Royals top prospect Lopez recalled to majors

Royals top prospect Nicky Lopez was recalled to the majors and put right into the starting lineup, at second base, for Tuesday's game against the Rangers.

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Toronto Blue Jays

11dDavid Schoenfield

Where do baseball's elite starting pitchers come from?

Not every top arm is a can't-miss first-round pick. Here's a look into how MLB teams have drafted, signed, traded for and developed their future aces.