On-Base Perception

54: Major-league starts for Stephen Strasburg, who Thursday reached the personal milestone of pitching eight innings for the first time in his overly protected career. Strasburg has made it through seven innings 10 times, including three this season. Slowly but surely, the training wheels seem to be coming off in D.C.

8.2: Percent increase in value of signing bonuses for next month’s MLB draft....

Sunday's Yankees-Blue Jays at Yankee Stadium, scheduled for a 1:05 p.m. start, has been postponed because of rain.

No makeup date has been announced yet. Fans holding paid tickets for the game can use them for the rescheduled game or exchange them for any regular-season game at Yankee Stadium this year (subject to availability).

CC Sabathia was scheduled to pitch Sunday for the first-place...

Derek Jeter’s contributions to the Yankees are often talked about in terms of what he brings with his "intangibles." But what the Yankees are missing right now from the shortstop position is very tangible.

Jeter's replacements have combined to hit .220 with one home run and a .606 OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) through the first 40 games of the season while the Yankees captain...

The disabled list keeps on growing for the Yankees.

The Yankees placed Andy Pettitte on the 15-day disabled list Friday with a strained right trapezius, a day after the 40-year-old tweaked the muscle in a start against the Seattle Mariners.

The veteran lefthander was pulled after 4 2/3 innings after he felt discomfort in his shoulder. The team announced after the game that he had suffered...

The hunt for a spot at the All-Star Game isn’t limited just to baseball players.

Starting Saturday, MLB, in partnership with the Mets, will be conducting a city-wide scavenger hunt – the ultimate prize being tickets to All-Star Week events. The All-Star Game is being held at Citi Field this season.

The clues will be announced, one-by-one, though the All-Star Game twitter account, @AllStarGame....

Manhattan-born and Brooklyn-bred Dellin Betances has been called up to the Bronx.

The once highly-touted right-handed starter who recently switched to relief was added to the Yankees’ bullpen before their game Thursday night against the Mariners, the team announced. Brett Marshall, who gave up five runs and threw 108 pitches in 5.2 innings during his MLB debut Wednesday night was sent down...

We take a quick break from the world of Major League Baseball in this blog post and look at the sport in its lower-case form: baseball.

The Long Island Bombers are a blind and visually impaired team who play what's called beep baseball.

Watch the video below and you'll understand what we're talking about.

(Newsday's app users can watch the video at http://hooplaha.com/beep-baseball-baseball-for-the-blind-visually-impaired/)...

ST. LOUIS -- Well, the Mets can say at least one thing went right on this road trip, and it's a big one. Doctors found no structural damage in the collarbone of top pitching prospect Zack Wheeler, who will resume throwing in a few days.

He has been diagnosed with mild inflammation of his AC joint on top of his right shoulder and underwent a cortisone injection, according to assistant general...

ST. LOUIS -- Mets manager Terry Collins is getting hammered on sports talk radio today, which is predictable since he ventured into choppy waters by invoking fans in his defense of the way he's handled the Jordany Valdespin situation.

But what can't get lost in the noise is that within the context of the conversation yesterday, it's clear that Collins' main point wasn't to rip fans, but to...

ST. LOUIS -- Top prospect Zack Wheeler has been pitching with soreness in his collarbone over his past few starts. However, his agent on Tuesday described the decision to have the pitcher examined in New York as "totally precautionary."

"Been more of an annoyance than anything else for the last couple of starts," said Al Goetz, Wheeler's agent. "He could have continued...