AL East

New York Yankees outfielder Carlos Beltran left the field during Tuesday's 7-1 loss to the Texas Rangers because of right hamstring tightness.

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Boston Red Sox outfielder Chris Young left Thursday's game against the Chicago White Sox after suffering a hamstring injury while making the turn around first base. The team placed him on the disabled list, and it is uncertain when he'll return to the field.

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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Marco Estrada held the Arizona Diamondbacks to two hits over six innings in Tuesday's 4-2 loss, becoming the first pitcher in MLB history to record 11 consecutive starts with six or more innings pitched and five or fewer hits allowed, per Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.

The Tampa Bay Rays announced Monday night that outfielder Mikie Mahtook suffered a fractured left hand in their 7-4 defeat to the Cleveland Indians. 

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SALEM, Va. — Children are everywhere.

Some are running on the grass behind the first base stands at Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium. A handful are playing whiffle ball inside a miniature version of Fenway Park, complete with a diminutive Green Monster, near the main entrance. Others are eating ice cream and hot dogs.

A few are even watching baseball.

This seemed to be the state of the Boston Red Sox's starting rotation at the outset of 2016: a true ace in David Price, a few guys they hoped could be his co-ace, and a knuckleballer who figured to be neither.

This is yet another reason there's a file marked "Can't Predict Baseball."

Less than two years after lavishing Rusney Castillo with a $72.5 million contract, the Boston Red Sox placed the Cuban outfielder on waivers. Castillo later cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Pawtucket.

The Toronto Blue Jays always had this in them, and it's why they always had to be considered a serious factor in the American League East.

Michael Saunders always had this in him, too, and it's why the Blue Jays wanted to get him. It's not just because he's Canadian, although the one major league team north of the border always does like the idea of having a Canadian star.

"The greatest hitter who ever lived" gave Claudia Williams a batting clinic that spanned two decades.

Hours after the Texas Rangers released Ike Davis from his minor league contract, the first baseman agreed to ink a major league contract with the New York Yankees, according to Today's Knuckleball's Jon Heyman.