The San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres on Monday, 1-0, but it wasn’t all good news for them, as Angel Pagan left the game after suffering a hamstring injury.

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Pagan Set for MRI

Monday, May 23

Andrew Baggarly of the San Jose Mercury News reported Pagan will undergo an MRI.

The San Diego Padres apologized to the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus on Sunday after investigating an incident where a prerecording played over their scheduled national anthem appearance Saturday:  

As the weather heats up so should the trade rumors surrounding Cincinnati Reds outfielder Jay Bruce, a potential unrestricted free agent this winter.

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With the Atlanta Braves limping to the National League's worst record to start the season, the team is a prime candidate to have a fire sale and stock up on prospects, leaving outfielder Nick Markakis as a possible candidate to be dealt. 

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Roughly a quarter of the 2016 MLB season is in the books, but there's still a ton of baseball ahead.

Another shaky week from the Chicago Cubs has a handful of teams chomping at the bit for a chance to claim the No. 1 spot in these rankings, including the San Francisco Giants, who just took two of three from them over the weekend.

Meanwhile, things continue to shuffle around in the top 10 with terrific battles going on atop the AL East, AL West and NL East standings.

When working the fantasy baseball waiver wire, it's better to strike a week early than wait too long.

Injured players and prospects often get highlighted around these parts before MLB clubs activate them. By then, it's usually too late, especially for a weekly column where all players must remain available in over half of Yahoo Sports leagues. 

And we're back!

After taking last week off, B/R's All-Dud Team of the Week makes its triumphant return, and just in time. There were some truly awful performances put forth in the seventh week of the regular season. How awful were they?

If we were making a movie, these are the type of nausea-inducing showings that would garner a rare NC-17 rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. That's right—we're talking Showgirls awful.

The San Francisco Giants were coming up short for a while there. After going into 2016 amid loads of hype, they were under .500 as recently as May 10.

But all of a sudden, the Giants are making it look suspiciously like an even year.

Pittsburgh Pirates star infielder Jung Ho Kang left the field during Saturday's game against the Colorado Rockies with a hand injury suffered in the sixth inning. He's considered day-to-day, per Travis Sawchik of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, but it is uncertain when he will return to the field.

Tampa Bay Rays outfielder Kevin Kiermaier suffered two fractures in his left hand when he attempted to dive for a ball during his team's game against the Detroit Tigers. 

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