The San Diego Padres announced Nestor Cortes' activation and that fan favorite pitcher Randy Vasquez has been optioned to the minors.

The Twins’ fire sale was so ruthless that 27-year-old reliever Louie Varland, the hometown kid who absolutely loved being a Twin, making only $8,150 more than the minimum salary, and wasn’t even ...

His heater was otherwise stellar, the changeup was filthy, the curve had a marvelous 67% strike rate, and the slider was ...