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Minnesota Twins outfielder Byron Buxton has landed on the disabled list with a thumb injury two weeks after he was called up from the minors. 

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Buxton Placed on 15-Day DL

Friday, June 26

According to MLB Roster Moves on Twitter, the Twins called up Danny Santana to take Buxton's spot on the roster:

Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Justin Verlander will not make his next scheduled start against the Cleveland Indians due to mid-back stiffness, per the Tigers.

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Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera clubbed a home run in the bottom of the eighth inning of Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

If not for a kid with a glove, a couple of youngsters could have gotten hit by the baseball. And it's all because an adult (we'll call him "Dad,") who wanted no part of the ball.

When a pitcher misses his spot against Miami Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton, he should be expecting to get a new baseball from the umpire.

St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Carlos Martinez was the latest pitcher to find out what happens when you miss against the powerful Marlin.

In the bottom of the first inning of Tuesday's game, Martinez tried to throw a breaking ball away to Stanton. Instead, he threw a hanger that stayed in the middle of the plate.

Nothing good can come from fan interference at Wrigley Field—except this picture.

In the bottom of the second inning of Tuesday's game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs pitcher Jason Hammel popped the ball up in foul territory down the first-base line. It looked like Dodgers first baseman Adrian Gonzalez was going to be able to make the catch for the third out of the inning.

The San Diego Padres, losers of six of their last eight games, begin a three-game series against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park in the worst possible way—by facing reigning World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner.

The game is tied 0-0 through three innings, and Bumgarner has been dominant so far.

Washington Nationals slugger Bryce Harper leads National League All-Star returns for the fifth straight week and in the process has broken the all-time record for an NL player.   

A lawsuit against Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Yasiel Puig was dismissed by a federal judge Monday. 

According to Nathan Fenno of the Los Angeles Times, the dismissed suit claimed Puig had a Cuban man imprisoned and tortured: