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Detroit Tigers designated hitter Victor Martinez was placed on the 15-day disabled list Tuesday with inflammation in his left knee.  

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Martinez Heads to DL with Knee Inflammation

Tuesday, May 19

The Tigers' official PR Twitter feed reported that Martinez was placed on the 15-day DL with inflammation in his left knee.

With Miguel Montero and David Ross both available at catcher for the Chicago Cubs, Welington Castillo became surplus to requirements, and the team traded him to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday.

Jeff Passan of Yahoo Sports first had the report:

It's your first major league start. Your entire family is watching. All eyes are on you. Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers knew this would be a moment to remember for the rest of his life.

So, he came prepared.

MLB veteran pitcher Bruce Chen announced his retirement Monday after 22 years in the big leagues.

Chen took to Twitter to break the news himself:

This had to feel good for Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Carlos Gomez.

After getting drilled in the head by a pitch during Sunday's game against the New York Mets, the two-time All-Star returned Monday and hit a leadoff home run to start the game against the Detroit Tigers.

President Barack Obama got his own Twitter account on Monday, and he wasted no time in following the Chicago sports teams.

Well, most of them, anyway.

President Obama, who is a Chicago White Sox fan, conveniently chose not to follow the Chicago Cubs:

Now that's a true White Sox fan. 

If he thought he could snub the Cubs without anyone noticing, he was wrong. The Cubs got wind of it and called him out.

Mike Redmond couldn't win with the players Dan Jennings picked out, so Jennings decided to try it out himself. The Miami Marlins general manager will move down from his front-office post and take over as manager, the team announced Monday.     

While many fans let women and children get baseballs that come into the stands, one Philadelphia Phillies supporter cared only about grabbing the ball.

In the eighth inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday, the Phillies' Maikel Franco hit his first major league home run. The ball landed in the flowerbeds beyond the left-center field wall and right in front of a female Phillies fan.

A day after Texas Rangers veteran Adrian Beltre hit his 400th career home run, another star joined the elite club of sluggers.

In the top of the first inning against the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, Detroit Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera launched a ball toward center field. Despite the pouring rain, the ball sailed out of play for Cabrera's 400th career home run.

Giancarlo Stanton is locked in.

After hitting two home runs against the Atlanta Braves on Friday, the Miami Marlins slugger crushed another on Saturday. In the bottom of the third inning, Stanton crushed a no-doubt home run to center field.

Perhaps even more impressive was the Marlins fan in the second deck who made a great barehanded catch.