New York Mets have top payroll; record six teams set to pay luxury tax
NEW YORK — The Mets are on track to have baseball's highest payroll for the first time since 1989, among a record-tying six teams set to pay a penalty for spending.
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Yordan Alvarez hits 3 HRs, Justin Verlander K's 9 in return as Houston Astros clinch playoff berth with win over Oakland Athletics
HOUSTON — Yordan Alvarez homered in his first three at-bats, Justin Verlander threw five hitless innings in his return from the injured list and the Houston Astros clinched a postseason berth with a 5-0 win over the Oakland Athletics on Friday night.
Mets’ Max Scherzer to IL as Braves tie New York atop NL East
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New York Mets to put ace pitcher Max Scherzer on 15-day IL
The New York Mets will place ace pitcher Max Scherzer on the 15-day injured list in the latest hit to a reeling club that has seen its NL East lead evaporate.
Mets ace Max Scherzer eases panic after explaining why he left Saturday start early
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New York Mets' Max Scherzer leaves after 5 innings due to 'fatigue' on left side
New York Mets right-hander Max Scherzer left his start earlier than expected Saturday against the Washington Nationals because he felt «fatigued» on his left side, the team said.
MLB roundup: Justin Verlander tosses 6 no-hit innings in Astros' win
Justin Verlander hurled six no-hit innings and Alex Bregman provided insurance with a seventh-inning homer as the Houston Astros topped the visiting Minnesota Twins 4-2 on Tuesday.
Is Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Trea Turner's slide the prettiest play in baseball?
THE MOST BEAUTIFUL play in Major League Baseball exists because its practitioner embraced a long-held axiom: Form follows function. Once upon a time, Trea Turner was a habitual head-first slider, his fingers and wrists and shoulders exposed to all the obstacles that exist when a man launches himself toward stationary objects. As he continued to play — and to watch teammates and opponents alike get hurt — he couldn't abide the risk. There had to be a better way, a safer way.