Baseball

Hype has such versatile usage in sports, like the English language’s version of Will Smith—a rapper, comedian and actor.

It’s employed to characterize a player, group of players, team, franchise, manager, executive and even owners. Basically, sports’ hype machine is applicable to any breathing organism in the world of sports.

The Los Angeles Dodgers definitely have problems in their bullpen, and they definitely need to seek out solutions.

What's not so definite is that Julio Urias is the one they're looking for.

It's only May, and we're already running out of adjectives to describe New York Mets right-hander Noah Syndergaard.

Dominant, nasty, transcendent, filthy, scintillating—they've all been used. Once you've named a guy after a Norse god/Marvel superhero, where is there to go?

How about this: best pitcher in the ace-rich National League East.

The Atlanta Braves may have broken new ground for awkwardness with the way in which manager Fredi Gonzalez reportedly found out he was fired.   

David Wright's injury woes are back, as the New York Mets third baseman is dealing with a back injury that will force him to miss at least one game. 

Continue for updates. 

Wright Scratched after Back "Flared Up"

Tuesday, May 17

Newsday's Marc Carig relayed the update.

The Chicago Cubs reached an agreement Tuesday with veteran relief pitcher Joe Nathan on a major league contract for the rest of the 2016 season.

Houston Astros outfielder Carlos Gomez suffered a rib injury on May 13, and he was placed on the disabled list on May 17. It's unclear when he'll return to the field. 

Continue for updates.

We've jumped the gun on Jackie Bradley Jr. before. And if we didn't, all of New England did.

The fans. The media. The Boston Red Sox players.

We've jumped the gun on Jackie Bradley Jr. before. And if we didn't, all of New England did.

The fans. The media. The Boston Red Sox players.

"He's going to be good," Dustin Pedroia told Peter Abraham of the Boston Globe in 2013, just before Opening Day. "I mean, he is now."

Los Angeles Angels pitcher Garrett Richards will receive treatment on his injured right elbow in an attempt to avoid Tommy John surgery.

General manager Billy Eppler announced the news Monday, adding that Richards is receiving injections to help rehab the elbow, per Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register: