Author: Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY

The Yankees have lost eight of 10 through Wednesday as their lead in the AL wild-card race dwindles.

For the next five weeks, the AL East may very well play host to a compelling four-team jamboree, with teams vying for division and wild card.

Perhaps receiving a boost from their superstitious practices, the Orioles rallied to defeat the Angels and snap their 19-game losing streak.

Owners will aim to suppress salaries as much as possible. Players are distrustful and bent on regaining lost ground.

The Baltimore Orioles are mired in a historically bad 16-game losing streak, but general manager Mike Elias insists his team’s rebuild is on track.

Bauer’s leave – which began July 2 – was extended another week, hours after a Los Angeles judge rescinded a restraining order against him.

While the wild-card race will be a drawn-out and bare-knuckled affair, the Blue Jays are at long last enjoying comfort, and kinship.

Trevor Bauer, currently on administrative leave, faced a previous order of protection filed by an Ohio woman in 2020, according to a published report.

With the NL’s longest postseason drought, the 2021 Phillies have a chance to break a string of recent late-season collapse.

Lewis Brinson hopes that a Rockies fan is not inappropriately castigated after hearing that fan might have shouted the mascot name rather than a slur.