The Rockies snapped a 10-game skid against the Dodgers. They also tied their season-high winning streak of four games.

The Washington Nationals have been around since 1969 and have always been in the NL East. In a proposed new realignment, that could change.

Since then, Dave O’Brien has handled play-by-play for Red Sox games. The current NESN booth, which features O’Brien and former Red Sox player Lou Merloni, finished 11th in the Awful Announcing poll with a mark of 2.47

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred told a national TV audience that expansion likely would be tied to reshuffling leagues and divisions to ease travel.

It's odd that Major League Baseball does not have a Most Improved Player Award similar to the one handed out at the end of each NBA season.

If there is one difference between Skubal and Skenes, it is that Skubal is in attack mode more than anyone in the league. He leads MLB in throwing his first pitch for a strike at 70% of the time. Overall, he throws strikes 55% of the time -- good for third most in baseball.

MLB has made a change to its employee health benefits, though they remain more generous than most private plans.