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The Atlanta Braves can't catch a break this season, as starting pitcher Williams Perez will miss time with an injury to his rotator cuff. 

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Perez to Disabled List

Wednesday, June 8

Per the Braves' official Twitter account, Perez was placed on the 15-day disabled list due to a strain in his right rotator cuff. 

For the second consecutive year, the New York Mets acquired utility man Kelly Johnson in a trade with the Atlanta Braves Wednesday. 

In an era of instant gratification, the MLB amateur draft takes a hit.

Few, if any, top prospects selected Thursday night will ascend to the majors over the next year. The top high school standouts—some of whom will forgo signing for college—will take years of seasoning before realizing their big league aspirations.

One day after his latest on-field incident—a brawl with Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado—reports have surfaced that the Kansas City Royals are considering trading pitcher Yordano Ventura.

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NOTRE DAME, Ind. — After digging in the left-handed batter's box, a teenage Cavan Biggio stared over his shoulder at a familiar face.

Roger Clemens gazed back with his trademarked, surly, uber-competitive look any wannabe baseball player would recognize. But Cavan had a unique relationship with the 354-game winner, who was a teammate of his father, Craig Biggio, with the Houston Astros.

Mock drafts are tricky business regardless of what sport we're talking about, but that's especially true when it comes to the MLB draft.

A staggering 1,216 total players will be taken over the course of the three-day event that begins Thursday, June 9.

When you couple that vast pool of amateur talent with the fact that teams have bonus pool restrictions to take into account, it's fair to assume that all 30 teams have distinctly different strategies and draft boards.

While the Major League Baseball season is in full swing, all 30 teams are also focusing on the future this week with the 2016 MLB draft starting Thursday in Secaucus, New Jersey.  

Remember when the Los Angeles Dodgers were going to trade for Cole Hamels?

The Baltimore Orioles beat up the Kansas City Royals 9-1 at Camden Yards on Tuesday night, but the main event was Manny Machado versus Yordano Ventura.

In the fifth inning, with the Orioles leading 5-1, Ventura plugged Machado with a 99 mph fastball. Machado promptly removed his helmet, charged the mound and landed at least one solid punch to the Royals' slender right-hander before the two men went to the ground and the benches cleared.

Tensions exploded in the fifth inning of Tuesday's game between the Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles after Royals starter Yordano Ventura hit Orioles shortstop Manny Machado with a pitch.

Per Roch Kubatko of MASN Sports, Machado charged the mound and threw a punch after Ventura plunked him with a 99 mph fastball. The two had exchanged words earlier in the game.