With the season's halfway mark arriving in the coming days, the teams at the top of our MLB Power Rankings have started to separate themselves from the pack while those at the bottom might already be thinking about next year as the trade deadline approaches.Did the Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros or San Diego Padres impress our…

CHICAGO -- After five playoff appearances in six years and a half dozen seasons of playing important September games, the Chicago Cubs could be in for an overhaul, according to team president Jed Hoyer."Eleven days ago, we were fully on the buy side of this transaction and everyone was calling about that," Hoyer told reporters at Wrigley Field on Thursday.…

Don Mattingly will return to manage the Miami Marlins in 2022, general manager Kim Ng said Thursday.Ng revealed the decision during Bally Sports Florida's telecast of Miami's game Thursday afternoon against the Los Angeles Dodgers, saying the Marlins will exercise the mutual option on Mattingly's contract for 2022."We've exercised our portion [of the contract], and Donnie has said that he…

Major League Baseball has extended Trevor Bauer's paid administrative leave another seven days, beginning Friday, amid the investigation into sexual assault allegations against the Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher.MLB announced the extension, which was widely expected, on Thursday after reaching an agreement with the MLBPA.Bauer's original seven-day paid leave was set to expire Friday. He has declined to appeal MLB's decision…