Dayn Perry

CBS Sports Writer /

José Abreu returns to Astros lineup a month after being demoted to complex league amid awful offensive start

Abreu is hitting eighth in the lineup Monday night

WATCH: Craig Counsell booed in first return to Brewers stadium since leaving to manage rival Cubs

Counsell left Milwaukee at the end of the 2023 season

2024 NCAA baseball tournament bracket: College World Series schedule, dates, regional matchups

The road to the College World Series in Omaha begins Friday

Three reasons to believe in Braves despite Ronald Acuña Jr.'s injury and three why Atlanta's time may be up

The Braves are already six games out in the NL East and will now be without Acuña for the rest of the year

Braves' Ronald Acuña Jr. to miss rest of season with torn ACL: Reigning NL MVP injured knee running the bases

In 2021, Acuña suffered an ACL tear in the other knee

Gerrit Cole update: Yankees ace hits 'all our goals' in 20-pitch rehab outing

The reigning AL Cy Young winner has been sidelined since spring training with an elbow issue

Will Justin Verlander get to 300 wins? Why milestone is unlikely but not impossible for Astros veteran

Verlander passed Greg Maddux for the No. 10 spot on the career strikeout leaderboard on Friday night

Can Shohei Ohtani become the first DH to win MVP? What it would take for Dodgers star to make more history

Ohtani is a two-time MVP winner as a two-way player, but no primary DH has ever won MLB MVP honors

Yankees starting pitchers make franchise history behind Luis Gil's scoreless outing vs. Mariners

Without Gerrit Cole, the Yankees rotation has stepped up this year

2026 World Baseball Classic sets four international venues, including Japan, Puerto Rico, two MLB stadiums

loanDepot Park will host games in all three rounds, including the championship

MLB's Rob Manfred addresses future of robot umpires, says ABS could be introduced as challenge system

The league hasn't given any specifics on when the automated ball-strike system will be used in the majors

John Means injury: Orioles pitcher hits IL with forearm strain just two years after Tommy John surgery

Means missed the 2023 playoffs and the beginning of the 2024 season with arm issues

Julio Rodríguez dropped in Mariners lineup as former Rookie of the Year sees power slip, strikeouts rise

Even amid Seattle's struggling offense, Rodríguez's woes have stood out

Xander Bogaerts injury: Padres infielder expected to miss at least two months with fractured shoulder

Bogaerts hurt himself diving for a ball on Monday

Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner warns of lower payrolls after 2024: 'Simply not sustainable for us financially'

It's unclear how Steinbrenner's cheap goals will affect the team's pursuit of a long-term deal with Juan Soto

Dayn Perry has been a baseball writer for CBS Sports since early 2012. Prior to that, he wrote for FOXSports.com and ESPN.com. He's the author of three books, the most recent being Reggie Jackson: The Life and Thunderous Career of Baseball's Mr. October. A native of Mississippi, he now lives in Chicago with wife, son, and dog.

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