Mike Axisa

CBS Sports Writer /

WATCH: Rafael Devers slugs home run for fifth straight game, tying Red Sox franchise history

The MLB record for consecutive games with a home run is eight

José Abreu could rejoin Astros soon, weeks after being demoted to complex league amid terrible start to 2024

Abreu has been working with the hitting coordinators in the Florida Complex League

Blue Jays GM sees season slipping away for last-place team: 'We need to get it turned around soon'

The Blue Jays enter Sunday with a 19-25 record

Former Angels player David Fletcher illegally gambled with same bookie as Ippei Mizuhara, per report

Fletcher is not accused of gambling on baseball

Jung Hoo Lee injury: Giants outfielder to undergo season-ending shoulder surgery after crashing into wall

Lee hit .262 in 37 games before the injury

Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco suspended for 10 games after being ejected over foreign-substance check vs. A's

Blanco said he was unaware he was banned from using rosin on his non-pitching arm

Yankees complete three-game sweep of Twins in rout not seen since 1999, continue domination of Minnesota

The Yankees are 120-44 against the Twins since 2002

Mets owner Steve Cohen denies team is planning to sell at trade deadline despite now-deleted tweet

The Mets sit in fourth place in the NL East at 19-23

How Aaron Judge turned his season around in just two weeks as Yankees slugger finally heats up

Judge got a slow start to 2024 but he look like his old self these days

Batting Around: Are first-place Guardians the best team in the AL Central? Or are Twins, Royals contenders?

The AL Central is one of the closest divisions in baseball as of mid-May

Orioles extend 105-series regular-season sweepless streak thanks to Adley Rutschman's walk-off home run

The Orioles have not been swept in the regular season since May 13-15, 2022

Manny Machado says Padres aren't 'playing at our highest level' as San Diego continues streak of mediocrity

The Padres are 22-23 and already 7.5 games behind the Dodgers in the division

Shohei Ohtani's sleep schedule is finally back on track after gambling scandal and the results prove it

Ohtani said Tuesday that Ippei Mizuhara's theft and the ensuing investigation kept him up at night

How Chris Sale rediscovered his Cy Young stuff with Braves: Three reasons for southpaw's early success

Sale has looked like his old self in Atlanta through his first eight starts

MLB trends: Three reasons why Jo Adell may be breaking out, and two ways Angels outfielder still needs work

Adell has put it together in 2024 for the first time in his major-league career

Mike Axisa joined CBS Sports in 2013. He has been a member of the BBWAA since 2015 and has previously written about both fantasy baseball and real life baseball for MLBTradeRumors.com, FanGraphs.com, RotoAuthority.com, and YESNetwork.com. Mike is a native New Yorker.

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