Tampa Bay traded for Miami catcher Nick Fortes on Tuesday, a day after the Rays sent veteran catcher Danny Jansen to Milwaukee in another deal as the trade deadline approaches. The Marlins acquired minor league outfielder Matthew Etzel,

To fill his role in Tampa Bay, the Rays appear reportedly acquiring one of the Marlins catchers Nick Fortes; the fish had three catchers on the major league roster with a top prospect in the wings. At the plate Fortes has a career 70 wRC+ with both low walk and low strikeout rates, but you don’t acquire this sort of catcher for his bat.

Athletics rookie Nick Kurtz's historic game put him in elite company, trailing only Joe DiMaggio in extra-base hits to begin a career.

Just 13 months after the A's rookie finished his collegiate career, his mother and father saw him go 6-for-6 with four homers in Houston.

On a rare day off from the long minor league baseball season, Nick Ward was walking on Struble Trail in Downingtown. He bumped into someone from his past.

The 35-year-old Ahmed, an East Longmeadow native, hit .233 with 72 homers and 339 RBIs in 964 games. He played 10 seasons for Arizona, winning Gold Gloves in 2018 and 2019.