Veteran infielder Robinson Cano has signed with the San Diego Padres, it was announced Friday.The New York Mets released the 39-year-old Cano on Sunday after designating him for assignment a week earlier.The Padres likely will use the left-handed-hitting Cano at designated hitter, hoping he can improve their offensive production at the position.Entering Thursday's games, Padres designated hitters are batting just…

Trevor Bauer's grievance hearing against Major League Baseball will begin May 23, a source told ESPN on Friday, confirming a report from The Athletic.Bauer was handed a 324-game suspension on April 29 for violating MLB's domestic violence policy, twice the amount of the previous longest suspension since the policy was implemented in August 2015. Bauer, who has firmly denied sexual…

The Los Angeles Dodgers placed Clayton Kershaw on the injured list ahead of his scheduled start Friday with inflammation in his right SI joint, which connects the base of the spine to the hip bones.Kershaw had been scheduled to make his sixth start of the season from Dodger Stadium on Friday night opposite Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Kyle Gibson. Walker Buehler,…

THE WATCH ON Gabe Kapler's left wrist started as a curiosity and traveled a smooth path to obsession. Big, chunky and obviously expensive, it was both striking and vexing. Morning or afternoon, the time on the watch bore no resemblance to the actual time of day.Even more vexing, the time was never identifiable as being wrong in a way that…