Yasmani Grandal

C Yasmani Grandal was in the lineup and hitting cleanup in his first rehab start for Class AAA Tucson's contest Saturday night at the Iowa Cubs. The rehab stint is expected to last 10 days for Grandal, who was dealt a 50-game suspension for testing...

Is anything cooler than tennis' electronic replay system? A player who isn't sure about a line call raises a finger immediately after the call. The chair umpire announces the challenge, and the Hawk-Eye animation system appears on a nearby video...

MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH Catcher Yasmani Grandal's 50-game suspension for violating Major League Baseball's policy prohibiting performance-enhancing drugs ends May 28. Grandal will be allowed to start playing for Triple-A...

   Previo al arranque de la temporada de 2012 lancé una maldición a los Angelinos de Los Angeles —y en particular a Albert Pujols— que aún sigue atormentando a los serafines y al slugger dominicano. Entonces, un sábado 24 de diciembre de...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - San Diego Padres - INSIDE PITCH The Padres could be facing a keep-or-release decision on four players they signed last winter to minor league contracts. The four are currently with Triple-A Tucson and have opt-out...

"In high school, report cards came out and our entire infield failed, so I had to go play short. That's a true story." — Vernon Wells, 34, on his last infield appearance before playing third base for the New York Yankees last Wednesday. "You...

Powering down The San Diego Padres moved in the outfield fences this season, a nod to hitters frustrated when a home run anywhere else would be an out at Petco Park. In the Padres' first 10 home games, three balls that would have been outs last season...

The Sports Xchange Report: Biogenesis tied to forged prescriptions, HGH The operator of a south Florida clinic who is linked to supplying performancing-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez and other athletes used forged prescriptions from doctors, ESPN...

Last week's ranking in parentheses 1. Braves (1): Evan Gattis keeps hitting. The Braves outscored the Nationals 18-5 in impressive sweep. 2. Giants (8): Hunter Pence looks primed for a big season. 3. Nationals (3): Davey Johnson says this will be...

Gio Gonzalez was 20 when I watched him pitch for the first time. He was at the Phillies' complex in Clearwater, Fla., and it didn't take long to see why Pat Gillick had insisted on him when the White Sox traded for Jim Thome. You don't have to be a...

A reputation is a bad thing to lose. Just ask Manti Te'o. While the Notre Dame icon reels under the weight of a strange soap opera, it is becoming clear he was the highly naive victim in one of the most bizarre, most cruel hoaxes ever played. The...

Will we ever see the Giants coming? The team Brian Sabean and Bruce Bochy put together since saying goodbye to Barry Bonds is the only National League team to win the World Series twice within three seasons since the Big Red Machine, yet the Giants...