Baseball

From sorting out the Matt Harvey drama in New York to wondering if the Texas Rangers can complete their season turnaround, many questions remain to be answered in the MLB's final month. 

For many teams, uncertainty looms as they get ready for the postseason—whether they actually make the playoffs, what their roster will look like come October and who needs to player better by then. 

NEW YORK — The ceremony will be simple, the New York Yankees say.

Nothing elaborate. No special guests. Just a nice little acknowledgement of what Alex Rodriguez did by reaching 3,000 hits.

Simple...as if anything with Rodriguez can ever be simple.

Just like what the Yankees did after Derek Jeter's 3,000th hit, except with A-Rod, nothing can be just like Jeter.

The luck of the Irish wasn't on the side of John Danks.

After losing a bet to broadcaster Ed Farmer, the Chicago White Sox pitcher rolled up to U.S. Cellular Field for warm-ups ahead of Friday's game against the Minnesota Twins dressed as a leprechaun—green bow tie and all.

On Friday, Nike unveiled Mike Trout's second signature cleat, the Nike Lunar Trout 2, which will also be available as a turf shoe—a first for the Los Angeles Angels center fielder.

Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto was ejected from Wednesday night's 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates following a heated argument over balls and strikes with home plate umpire Bill Welke, and MLB took action Friday, condemning the star's actions.

As the Houston Astros continue their chase for a playoff spot, their starting rotation will be without a key piece the rest of this season thanks to Scott Feldman's shoulder injury. 

Continue for updates. 

Astros Shut Feldman Down

Friday, Sept. 11

According to the Astros' official Twitter, a sprained right shoulder will force Feldman to miss the rest of 2015. 

The St. Louis Cardinals are finally starting to get healthy, with Randal Grichuk, Matt Adams and Jon Jay all back from the disabled list, and Matt Holliday possibly back as soon as next week.

But when I asked Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak what that all means for Stephen Piscotty, he gave the only answer he possibly could.

"It's hard to imagine him not being an everyday player right now," Mozeliak said by phone Thursday.

OK, now we can stick a fork in the San Francisco Giants.

The Detroit Tigers underwent an organizational shake-up earlier this year by ousting former president and general manager Dave Dombrowski, and it appears that more changes could be on the horizon with manager Brad Ausmus on the hot seat.

Continue for updates.

Bartolo Colon continues to defy what sports fans have come to understand about aging. The New York Mets starting pitcher gave up two runs to the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night. However, before his night was over, Colon made history.