Arsenal players Mesut Ozil and Sead Kolasinac were left unharmed after being the targets of an attempted carjacking in London on Thursday, according to multiple reports in the UK.

Video posted on social media appears to show Kolasinac emerge from a stopped SUV and fend off an individual wearing a helmet, circling the vehicle before it drives out of the picture.

Speaking to outlets in the UK, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Police said: "It was reported that suspects on motorbikes had attempted to rob a man who was driving a car.

"The driver, along with his passenger, managed to get away unharmed and travelled to a restaurant in Golders Green, where they were spoken to by officers."

Arsenal told the BBC in a statement they have been in contact with the two players and that both are "fine."

No arrests have been made.

Los Angeles FC will try to get over last week's "Zlataning" when they face reigning champs Atlanta United on Friday night on ESPN, while Houston's magic man Mauro Manotas tries to continue Seattle's misery and D.C. United welcome back a rested Wayne Rooney when they meet Chicago.

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The Hangover, Part III

Though Los Angeles FC have been wildly successful in their short MLS lifetime, there's still the nagging matter that they have yet to beat city rivals Los Angeles Galaxy. Last Friday, Zlatan Ibrahimovic backed up all the talk and put LAFC to the sword with a hat trick in a 3-2 win, giving Bob Bradley & Co. flashbacks to last season when LAFC squandered three-goal and two-goal leads against the Galaxy in their fixtures.

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Perhaps not talked about enough is the lasting damage that could come from last Friday's loss. The old saying from any coach is not to let one loss beat you twice, yet that's what happened last season to LAFC. A week after Ibrahimovic's superman debut brace, LAFC promptly went to Atlanta and got thumped 5-0. The 2-2 draw last July, in which LAFC held a 2-0 lead going into the final 10 minutes, was also followed up with more pain in the form of losses to the New York Red Bulls and Sporting Kansas City.

Though LAFC couldn't reverse their fate against the Galaxy, they can stop the hangover and use Atlanta United as their personal Alka-Seltzer when the two sides meet on Friday (10 p.m. ET, ESPN). Three points in front of the home fans against a quality opponent would go a long way toward erasing their Zlatan nightmares for the moment, but it certainly won't be easy.

It's been a rocky debut MLS season for Atlanta playmaker Pity Martinez but something clicked last week when he came off the bench to score and add an assist in a 2-0 win over DC United. It might have been enough to earn a spot back in coach Frank de Boer's starting XI and Martinez was always one to shine in big games at River Plate. Atlanta fans will certainly hope that last week wasn't a false dawn.

Houston's Manotas magic show

The Houston Dynamo may have the league's lowest team payroll but that doesn't mean they are lacking for quality. For an example, look no further than Mauro Manotas, who has been one of the league's most consistent performers, with 10 goals in 2017 and 19 goals in 2018. Yet it really wasn't until this week when most folks outside of Houston's Beltway 8 took notice of the Colombian, thanks in large part to his golazo against Toronto FC.

At age 24, Manotas is poised to be one of Major League Soccer's better bits of business whenever he gets sold. Rumored to have a $7 million price tag, Manotas has heavy interest from Liga MX side Cruz Azul but after last week's "wondergoal," the chances are good that the price has gone up.

Manotas' next act comes at home on Saturday against the Seattle Sounders (8 p.m. ET, ESPN+), who would like nothing better than to get over last Sunday's 2-1 home loss to rivals Portland. Considering that seven of Manotas' eight goals this season have come at home, Seattle's defense will have to be the ones to pull a rabbit out of a hat.

The rewards of a rested Rooney

An interesting thing happened last week in the nation's capital when D.C. United boss Ben Olsen elected to give Wayne Rooney a rest, allowing the superstar striker to sit out last Sunday's visit to Atlanta and recover from minor injuries while at home in his native England.

Resting star players is nothing new when a team is involved in multiple competitions but with D.C. United only involved in MLS play, the decision raised an eyebrow or two. But this is a smart move by Olsen, as the summer heat and a build-up of minor injuries have likely exacted a toll on the 33-year-old.

Rooney has shown in the last year that he's not in MLS just for the paycheck so a more rested, healthy and appreciative Rooney will only help. D.C. United head to the Windy City on Saturday to face the Chicago Fire (8 p.m ET, ESPN+), who have won just one league match out of their last 11.

Miralem Pjanic is going to see a lot of the ball this season.

In Maurizio Sarri's early training sessions as Juventus coach, Pjanic has taken on a central role, sitting at the base of midfield in practice matches and spraying passes to his teammates in the same metronomic fashion as Jorginho under Sarri at Napoli and Chelsea. Sarri used his introductory press conference to declare that he wants the Bosnian international to touch the ball "150 times per game."

With free signings Aaron Ramsey and Adrien Rabiot joining Pjanic, Blaise Matuidi, Emre Can, Rodrigo Bentancur and Sami Khedira at Juventus Stadium, the Italian champions now boast one of the most well-stocked midfields in the European game. And it's Pjanic, more than anyone, who will be the conduit for Sarri's new approach.

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"Sarri is like the new Arrigo Sacchi. One of the biggest characteristics of Sacchi's style -- and now Sarri's style -- is the use of the ball," says Filippo Conticello, who reports on Juventus for La Gazzetta dello Sport. "Play the ball, touch the ball, improve your technical skills. In the [Massimiliano] Allegri period, the most important word was 'run.' Now the only thing that has to run is the ball."

As a partisan of expansive, attack-minded football, Sarri has often been compared to Sacchi, whose iconoclastic rejection of Italian football's catenaccio (read: defensive) traditions turned AC Milan into the best side in Europe and one of the most influential teams in the history of the game. Like Sarri, Sacchi faced scepticism following his appointment as Milan coach in 1987, having never played football professionally or previously coached in Serie A. He won the scudetto in his first season, ending Milan's nine-year wait for the title, and would guide the club to successive European Cup triumphs in 1989 and 1990.

Sarri has no domestic title drought to worry about, with Juventus having won Serie A for the past eight years running, but the challenge facing him is to do for Juve what Sacchi did for Milan: turn his team into the best side in Europe and do it by playing football that puts the fans right on the edge of their seats.

Though Massimiliano Allegri, Sarri's predecessor, kept Juve at the top of the tree in Italy, winning five successive titles after succeeding Antonio Conte in 2014, his brand of football wasn't particularly exciting. Regarded with suspicion by some Juve fans due to his history with Napoli, the scruffy, chain-smoking Sarri is not a perfect fit for the Turin giants -- a "tracksuit coach" at a "three-piece-suit club" -- but as an exponent of attractive, winning football, he has few peers in the modern game. Sacchi approved, when asked, saying Juve's decision to appoint Sarri reflected a new commitment to "beautiful football, spectacle and emotions."

The move to a more proactive style of football also reflects an acknowledgement that if Juve are to lift the Champions League for the first time since 1996, they must be capable of going out and imposing their game upon opponents. It's one thing to be eliminated by the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Bayern Munich, all of whom have dashed Juve's hopes of winning the tournament in recent years, but to lose to such a comparatively under-resourced opponent as Ajax last season, and being outperformed in both legs, was considered an indignity.

"Juventus preferred to win in a conservative way and Allegri was the perfect guy to keep it like that," says Conticello. "Now they are changing their mindset and wanting to dominate. Because they understand the only way to win in Europe is to play better: like Ajax last year."

Sacchi had three outstanding Dutch players at his disposal when he set out to conquer Europe with Milan: Ruud Gullit, Frank Rijkaard and Marco van Basten. Sarri must make do with only one, but Juve's €75 million capture of Matthijs de Ligt from Ajax has the potential to become one of the most transformative transfers in the recent history of European football.

Juventus have long been a popular destination for the world's top players, but in recent years they've struggled to compete with Europe's true super clubs (Barcelona, Real Madrid, the English giants) for the sport's most celebrated names. Even three or four years ago, Juve would not have been able to sign a player like De Ligt, but Cristiano Ronaldo's stunning move from Madrid last year changed the landscape. The strapping centre-back turned down both Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain to join Juve and if he can help bring Champions League success to the club, more of the game's most coveted players could be tempted to follow his lead.

"De Ligt was being pursued by the biggest clubs in Europe, so for Juve to land a player so young and so talented sends a really strong message," former Juventus midfielder Mohamed Sissoko told ESPN. "Players no longer hesitate for a second before signing for Juve."

As Sarri and his players work to give Juventus a new identity on the pitch, the club continues to polish the brand at a marketing level. Already the only leading Italian team to own their own stadium, Juve unveiled a sleek new visual identity in January 2017 when the club's existing crest was replaced with a stylish "J" logo. Whether it's the J-Museum, the J-Hotel or J-Medical, the club's state-of-the-art health facility, there's a smooth uniformity to Juve's identity.

Though not universally popular, the club's new home shirt is similarly outward-looking, with Juve ditching their traditional black and white stripes for a half-black, half-white ensemble reportedly designed to appeal to fans in the United States who more readily associate monochrome stripes with sports umpires.

The club isn't there yet. When Forbes released its annual list of the 50 most valuable teams in world sport earlier this week, Juve once again failed to make the cut. Real Madrid, Barcelona, Manchester United and Bayern could all be found inside the top 20, but everything is now in place on and off the pitch for Juve to close the gap.

Sarri, who watched De Ligt score an own goal in Wednesday's 1-1 International Champions Cup draw with Inter Milan -- all games are live in the U.S. on ESPN+ -- will need to rotate his squad much more than he did at Napoli and Chelsea if he is to succeed in leading Juve to glory on multiple fronts. Domestically, his strongest challenges are expected to come from his former club, Napoli, and from Inter, who are assembling an ambitious squad to compete under their new coach, Conte. Juve will inevitably start the campaign as favourites to retain the scudetto, but this season they are setting their sights a little higher.

"To be honest, barring a catastrophe, Serie A is Juve's," says Sissoko, who made over 100 appearances for the club between 2008 and 2011.

"The principal objective is the Champions League. And with the coach they've hired and the players they've signed, they're not messing around."

So surprising was Jack Leach's contribution at Lord's that even his own father didn't turn up to watch.

Simon Leach has never seen his son play for England. While he is a passionate supporter of Jack's career, Simon has a fear of flying and this was Jack's first home Test.

And, even though he had a ticket for the second day at Lord's, he took a look at the weather forecast and reasoned it would be too hot to spend the day in the stands.

Had he known how the day would pan out, he would no doubt have wanted to be present. But with England expected to bat for most of the day and Jack's role in that batting performance expected to be peripheral, Simon's logic was understandable. Temperatures rose to the high 30s at Lord's on Thursday afternoon making conditions uncomfortable for players and spectators.

You can't blame Leach Sr for any apparent lack of faith in his son's batting. Leach Jr went into this match averaging 4.66 in the Championship season - he has scored 42 runs in 12 innings for Somerset this year - and having not made double-figures in his last 18 first-class innings. His final three before this Test produced just one run in total. Nobody expected him to top-score or threaten to win a place on the Lord's honours board.

"He was going to come today but he saw the weather forecast and said it was too hot," Jack Leach said afterwards. "He doesn't have Sky so I gave him my house key and he went over and he's literally been at mine watching the whole time. I don't think it would have been a good place for him to be today; he could have died. It was best he stayed at home in the cool. I'll catch up with him later."

Jack Leach was particularly satisfied with his innings as he received a significant blow while batting during the 2018 season. Having already lost his place in the England side having suffered a broken thumb the nets - Somerset teammate Dom Bess took his place in the England side, before Moeen Ali returned later in the summer - he sustained a fierce blow to the side of his head while batting against Surrey's Morne Morkel in his comeback game and was forced out for another two weeks.

"It banged me on the side of the head and my glass lens came popping out," he said. "It was concussion and I was out for a couple of weeks. And it came in my first game back after getting hit in the nets and breaking my thumb just before the Pakistan Test series.

"So, I had a couple of things with the bat. And it probably had a knock-on effect on my batting. It was a tough point. I work really hard on my batting but I've found it tough this year."

For that reason, he was especially pleased to have come through a spell of hostile bowling from Boyd Rankin. At one stage Rankin, like Morkel an usually tall, strong man, bowled round the wicket with a short-leg and leg slip in the hope that the short ball would unsettle Leach. But while Leach fenced at one delivery - Gary Wilson spilt the chance - he generally stayed in line and played the ball bravely and securely from in front of his face. Notably, he played the short ball better than Moeen.

"It was nice to face Boyd Rankin, someone who gets a lot of bounce, and feel comfortable with that," Leach said. "I guess that Morkel incident has had an impact but I'm starting to feel like that's alright. I've worked hard on it and, slowly, I feel a lot more comfortable. That was last year and I've just got 92 in a Test match."

At the start of Leach's innings, he intended simply to "soak up some balls and make it easier for the guys coming in behind." But somewhere along the way, "it went a little bit further than I would have thought it would." Very soon, he was in new territory struggling to prevent his glasses from steaming up in the warm weather and experiencing, for the first time, the reality of the "nervous 90s."

"They're definitely a thing," he said with a rueful smile. "I started thinking I was only two shots away [from a century]. I was telling myself not to think about it, but that made me think about it more. I'll learn from that it I get another chance. It was hot, as well, and I was tired. I had cramp in my forearm and quad.

"I need to get better at keeping my glasses clear. But I didn't think I'd be out there that long. I didn't see that happening."

Nobody did - including Simon. But Jack's fortitude has given England a chance in a game that might otherwise have already slipped away from them. And with the pitch showing some signs of wear, Leach's most decisive role in the game could still be in front of him.

"We believe we've a great chance," he said. "It's the first time Ireland have had this experience of probably being favourites to win the game. We've already talked in the dressing room about the game against India at Edgbaston last year where they were chasing 180 [actually 194] and came 30 [31] short. The boys believe this is a tougher wicket than that one so we'll have big belief.

"I'm looking forward to bowling. I didn't bowl well in the first innings. I felt nervous. It was the first time in front of a home crowd and a Lord's full house. I hold my hand up, I didn't get that right. But this innings has given me confidence and I'll take that confidence into my bowling. There's a bit of rough and the wicket's wearing so I feel like I'll have a part to play."

Surrey 141 (Jacks 40, Salter 4-23, de Lange 4-26) beat Glamorgan 44 (Curran 3-3, Batty 3-7, Tahir 3-8)

Surrey's second near-25,000 sell-out crowd in three days at the Kia Oval roared their approval as Tom Curran took a spectacular hat-trick in his opening new-ball over to set up a dramatic 97-run victory against Glamorgan, who subsequently crashed to 44 all out in 12.5 overs - their lowest total in T20 cricket.

South Africa legspinner Imran Tahir then took a triple-wicket maiden himself, removing Graham Wagg, Andrew Salter and Marchant de Lange in the space of five balls in an almost-as-remarkable 12th over, to send Glamorgan hurtling from 40 for 6 to 40 for 9.

Offspinner Gareth Batty quickly completed the rout, bowling last man Michael Hogan in the next over to finish with figures of 3 for 7. Tahir's figures were 3 for 8 and Curran's 3 for 3 in two overs. It was Surrey's first Vitality Blast win of the season, in their third south group game, while Glamorgan remained winless after three matches.

Curran's memorable hat-trick came when he first bowled David Lloyd for 4 with a beauty and then, with the fourth ball of the second over of Glamorgan's innings, had Colin Ingram held by Rikki Clarke at slip as he tried to force into the off side. Remarkably, new batsman Billy Root also edged to Clarke next ball in an almost carbon copy of Ingram's dismissal - leaving Curran to sprint away in celebration towards the Peter May Stand, followed by his jubilant team-mates.

When Surrey captain Jade Dernbach then had Owen Morgan caught at the wicket for 2, in his second over with the new ball, Glamorgan were a sickly 9 for 4. And it got worse for the Welsh county when, in the eighth over, Pakistan left-hander Fakhar Zaman lofted Batty to long-on after making just 17 on his Glamorgan debut.

From 33 for 5, Glamorgan's chances were slim, but it was still shocking when Chris Cooke then holed out at 39 for 6 and they fell away so rapidly against the spin of Tahir and Batty to what was a humiliating defeat.

Offspinner Salter had earlier taken a career-best 4 for 23 as Surrey were bowled out for 141, with Glamorgan putting in a fine performance in the field with some excellent catching and ground fielding.

Fast bowler de Lange also impressed, taking the last three Surrey wickets in five balls in the final over to finish with 4 for 26. De Lange bowled Dernbach for 2, removed Batty next ball when the veteran former Surrey captain hit his own wicket as he tried to make room to cut and, from the final ball of the innings, had Tahir caught at mid-off.

It was Salter's four-wicket burst in mid-innings, however, which derailed Surrey's effort after Will Jacks and Aaron Finch had added 61 in 6.4 overs for the second wicket after de Lange had dismissed opener Mark Stoneman in the second over, caught for 5 at third man from a slashed square cut that he could not keep down.

From 73 for 1 they slumped to 99 for 6 after Jacks' sparkling 26-ball 40, which featured two sixes and four fours, had ended with a tickle to keeper Cooke from a leg-side ball from Wagg that would have been a wide had the batsman not touched it.

Salter then struck with his first delivery, at the start of the 10th over, to have Finch brilliantly caught on the leg-side boundary by Root for 28 from 20 balls. From the last ball of that over, he forced Clarke to chip a tame return catch and, in his next over, Curran also fell for 1 when he was superbly held by a diving Lloyd at extra cover.

Ollie Pope went for 12, miscuing a reverse flick at Salter to short third man, and Surrey's seventh wicket pair of Jordan Clark and Liam Plunkett tried hard to put some sort of total on the board - dealing mainly in ones and well-run twos in a stand of 38 in five overs.

Plunkett did, though, hit Salter's final ball for six over long-off in his 18, which ended in the 19th over when he lofted Wagg's left-arm medium pace to long-on. Wagg took 2 for 28 and Clark ended unbeaten on 26, from 27 balls.

The match had begun 40 minutes late at 7.10pm, initially because of a threat of lightning in steamy temperatures, which remained in the low 30s centigrade despite an early evening build-up of cloud that then, five minutes before play was originally due to start at 6.55pm, produced a short but torrential downpour which sent many people in the capacity crowd - Surrey have attracted full houses for both this week's T20 home games against Middlesex and Glamorgan - scurrying for cover.

Play was also held up for a few minutes towards the latter part of Surrey's innings when a fox ran on to the outfield, and would not move. It also made a deposit on to the Oval turf, which itself had to be removed with a shovel after the animal had been driven away by stewards.

Lancashire 170 for 6 (Vilas 43) beat Yorkshire 161 for 9 (Pooran 43, Mahmood 3-33) by nine runs

A Roses T20 tie on an impossibly sultry Headingley evening with temperatures still close to 30C: Britain's second hottest day on record was a draining accompaniment to a raucous Blast tie that generally combusts of its own accord and it was Lancashire who confirmed themselves as one of the powerhouses of the North Group with a nine-run win.

Three successive Roses T20 wins have given Lancashire bragging rights over their Pennines rivals and, on this evidence, they will remain garrulous all summer. Perhaps the dismal rail service across the tops is a consolation for the Tykes after all, as it keeps their rivals well out of earshot.

Lancashire, under the experienced leadership of Dane Vilas, once again looked to be a well-drilled, knowledgeable side, potential tournament winners. Yorkshire, despite a sterling effort from West Indian Nicholas Pooran to turn the game in their favour, now have one win in four and are still struggling to find a convincing blend.

Pooran is now four matches into his five-game stay. He endeavoured to shoulder responsibility for Yorkshire's pursuit of 171. He came in at 78 for 3 in the ninth over, replacing David Willey, who hobbled off after his pumped-up 32 from 25 balls had come to grief with a slog sweep to deep square. He soon lost Harry Brook, for 30, wised-out by Richard Gleeson who hammered one in short to outdo his foray down the pitch.

A prodigious backswing saw Pooran bully three leg-side sixes off the otherwise parsimonious legspinner Matt Parkinson with a destructive grace that spoke of his talent, but he was sixth out, bowled by Saqib Mahmood as he made room, leaving Yorkshire 31 short with 16 balls remaining. To all intents and purposes their hopes left with him.

Pooran's departure was a relief for Steven Croft, who had dropped him off Richard Gleeson on 8, pedalling back for a catch at long off. Croft, normally so reliable, got it in the neck, and then got it in the neck some more from the bulk of an 18,500 crowd.

But it was Mahmood, looking every inch a bowler of international pedigree if only, at 22, he can stay fit, who had most cause for delight as he returned 3 for 33 under considerable pressure. He had Dom Bess lbw for nought two balls later and when Jordan Thompson cut the requirement to 11 from three balls by squeezing a boundary through Maxwell's hands at long off, he closed the game out with a couple of 90mph yorkers.

There is data on everything these days, but not much, one will wager, on how Headingley pitches play on a parched night when ice cream melts in seconds, rivulets of sweat run off the most static spectator and Vinny the Viking, the Yorkshire mascot, deserved a hardship payment. It was at its most soporific - wasn't everybody - and did not concede a half-century all night, but Lancashire batted with intent from the outset, buoyed by the surprise return of Liam Livingstone from an intercostal injury.

Lancashire must have had their sights on 200 when Vilas and Glenn Maxwell were assembling a fourth-wicket partnership of 61 from 33 balls for the fourth wicket. If they had achieved that, they would have been unassailable. But both fell in quick succession and the final charge was left in the hands of Josh Bohannan and Keaton Jennings who both looked underpowered for the task and mustered only 28 from 27 balls between them and survived a couple of run-out opportunities and a dropped catch in the process.

Maxwell was overshadowed by Vilas, who has started the Blast season in excellent form. Nevertheless, Duanne Oliver's intervention when Maxwell had made 25 from 18 balls was an important one. It will be no surprise for regular observers of Olivier that he tried a bouncer, a quick one too, which Maxwell could only glove to the wicketkeeper as he became all of a tangle shifting to the offside.

As far as Yorkshire were concerned, there was personal satisfaction for Jack Shutt, a 22-year-old offspinner from Barnsley, who only learned shortly before the start that he was making his debut as a replacement for Josh Poysden, who will miss the tournament because of concussion after a fractured skull bowling in the nets

Shutt had only bowled twice in senior matches since May 28, recording 0 for 64 in a couple of 2nd XI Championship matches, but he maintained a blockhole length with intelligent changes of pace and flight and was rewarded as Steven Croft (reaching forward to Shutt's third ball, a low full toss) and Livingstone mishit to long on and long off respectively in his first two overs.

His success was striking enough for Yorkshire to limit his fellow offspinner, Bess, to a solitary over, and that, incidentally, in the Powerplay: spin in the opening six overs is a tactic used only rarely by Yorkshire in the Blast. But Yorkshire's young captain, Tom Kohler-Cadmore, a "temporary" stand-in for Steve Patterson, must wonder how to rev up a side that packs all its threat into the top order and which will soon be further weakened by Pooran's departure.

A blockbuster offseason that saw multiple superstars on the move has left the NBA without a consensus title favorite and put some oddsmakers in a conundrum of trying to figure out how the season will unfold.

Caesars Sportsbook posted season-win totals for each team Thursday afternoon. Seven teams opened with win totals greater than 50, led by the Milwaukee Bucks at 57. The Bucks won an NBA-best 60 games last season and are the clear-cut favorites in the Eastern Conference. The Philadelphia 76ers are next in the East at 54.5.

In the loaded Western Conference, the LA Clippers, who added Kawhi Leonard and Paul George in July, opened at 55.5. They are followed by the Utah Jazz at 52.5, and the Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets, who are each at 52.

The Los Angeles Lakers, who won 37 games last season, opened at 51.5. The Lakers have not won more than 50 games since the 2010-11 season.

Texas Rangers slugger Joey Gallo has a fractured hamate bone in his right wrist that will require surgery, according to multiple reports.

Gallo had left Tuesday's game against the Mariners and returned to Texas for further testing.

He has 22 homers and 49 RBIs for the Rangers, who were contending for an American League wild-card spot at the beginning of the month but have now have fallen 6.5 games back.

The hamate is a wedge-shaped bone on the outside area of the wrist. While no timeline has been announced, recovery from surgery and rehab can take up to six weeks.

Gallo also missed time in June with a strained oblique injury.

The Athletic was first to report the injury.

If the Tampa Bay Rays are going to hang in the AL playoff race, they'll have to do it without reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell.

The 26-year-old left-hander was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday and will have arthroscopic surgery to remove loose bodies from his pitching elbow. Team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Koco Eaton will perform the procedure Monday, and the Rays anticipate Snell will be ready to return in September.

An industry source told ESPN's Buster Olney that Snell is expected to miss about six weeks. However, it's also possible the time frame could be longer, the source said, because so much will be dependent on where the Rays are in the playoff races.

Through Wednesday's games, the Rays (58-47) trail the first-place New York Yankees by 10 games in the AL East and are just one game behind the Oakland Athletics (58-45) for the final spot in a competitive AL wild-card race.

If Snell's rehabilitation is seamless and the Rays are in a pennant fight, Snell might return to the rotation in early- to mid-September. If the Rays fall out of the race entirely, Tampa Bay would have the option of giving Snell more recovery time or even deferring his return to the spring of 2020.

Snell said he's confident the Rays can remain in playoff contention while he's out.

"With the team we have, I know they're going to ball out. I'm not worried about them," said Snell, who became the second Cy Young winner in franchise history last season, when he led the major leagues with 21 wins.

The 26-year-old lefty is 6-7 with a 4.28 ERA and 136 strikeouts in 20 starts this season, including 2-0 with a 1.64 ERA in outings since June 30.

Snell, who signed a $50 million, five-year contract during spring training, said he initially felt discomfort in his arm "three of four starts ago" and became more concerned while playing catch Tuesday. He had a MRI following a bullpen session Wednesday.

"I was upset," Snell said of his reaction to learning he would need surgery. "Felt like this whole year has kind of been that way. ... Every time I found my groove and felt like I was about to get going, something had to get in the way. Just very frustrating."

He becomes the latest talented Rays pitcher to hit the injured list, joining right-hander Tyler Glasnow.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Troy Tulowitzki, a five-time All-Star with the Colorado Rockies who has missed most of the past two seasons with leg injuries, announced his retirement on Thursday, more than three months after he played in his last game for the New York Yankees.

"For as long as I can remember, my dream was to compete at the highest level as a Major League Baseball player ... to wear a big league uniform and play hard for my teammates and the fans," Tulowitzki said in the statement. "I will forever be grateful for every day that I've had to live out my dream. It has been an absolute honor.

"I will always look back with tremendous gratitude for having the privilege of playing as long as I did. There is no way to truly express my gratitude to the fans of Colorado, Toronto and New York. They always made my family and I feel so welcome."

Tulowitzki was NL Rookie of the Year runner-up in 2007, when he helped the Rockies reach the World Series for the only time in franchise history. He finished in the top 10 of the NL MVP voting three straight years from 2009-11; in all, he received MVP votes in six seasons.

He was traded to Toronto in the middle of 2015 and hit .254 with 24 homers and 79 RBIs the next year, his last full season in the majors. He spent most of 2017 on the disabled list with and ankle injuries, and then missed all of last season with following April 2018 surgery on both heels.

Tulowitzki played just five games this season -- his first with the Yankees -- before suffering a strained left calf on April 3.

"Even though injuries cut him short a little bit, it was a great career," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "What I'll remember is obviously a great player and a guy that played shortstop, a great shortstop, but played it in such a unique way and with a flair. ... He looked at home out there playing shortstop."

The two-time Gold Glove Award winner finishes his career with a .290 batting average with 225 home runs, 1,391 hits, 762 runs and 780 RBIs. Of his home runs, 223 came as a shortstop, which ranks seventh all time at the position.

He is one of three shortstops in major league history to with at least 20 home runs and a .290 average in six different seasons; the others are Alex Rodriguez (seven) and Nomar Garciaparra (six).

His best season was 2011, when he batted .302 with 30 home runs and 102 RBIs for the Rockies, with whom he broke into the majors in 2006.

He spent parts of 10 seasons in Colorado, and he still ranks among the franchise's top 10 in games played (1,048, fifth), runs (660, sixth), hits (1,165, seventh) and home runs (188, seventh).

He wore No. 2 in honor of Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.

"While this chapter is now over, I look forward to continuing my involvement in the game that I love ... instructing and helping young players achieve their goals and dreams," Tulowitzki said in the statement. "I'm saying goodbye to Major League Baseball, but I will never say goodbye 2 the game I love."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.