Jose Bautista News

Jose Bautista thought he was finished being a third baseman. Brett Lawrie had never even gotten started at shortstop.

Texas Bottom 6th - Adrian Beltre struck out looking. Runner on first with one out and Michael Young due up.

It looks as though a trip to Las Vegas was just the tonic to rejuvenate Adam Lind .

Rangers starter: LHP Derek Holland gave up three homers to the rather toothless Houston Astros on Saturday, matching the most he's given up in a game in his career.

The man who led the majors with 54 homers in 2010 and 43 homers in 2011 suddenly was hitting like the man who routinely hit in the .230 range and never had hit more than 16 homers in a season before his sudden emergence three seasons ago.

For the second straight game, the Rangers will face a starting pitcher who tossed a shutout in his previous outing.

The first seven innings went well. James Shields was excellent, the offense drew a career high seven walks off opposing starter Ricky Romero , and there was little reason to worry.

The trade deadline is still over two months away, but already it is becoming evident who will be a buyer and who will be a seller come July.

Kelly Johnson's .252 batting average won't wow you, but the Blue Jay's .356 on-base percentage was second amongst American League second baseman through May 22.

Being unemployed for any length of time can be humbling. Just ask Vladimir Guerrero.

Just to give a brief example of the type of season Josh Hamilton is having, consider that he is in a mini-slump over the last week - yet he still has a good lead in all three Triple Crown categories.

Batting out of the leadoff spot, the Rays' Carlos PeA a launches a three-run homer that traveled an estimated 452 feet.

Infielder Drew Sutton, left, of the Tampa Bay Rays slides into home plate for a run against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday.

Drabek , who entered 0-3 with a 5.23 ERA away from home, allowed two runs and three hits in six innings.

Brett Lawrie congratulates J.P. Arencibia on his two-run home run off Yankees starter Hiroki Kuroda last week.

After a quick dip into interleague play for the first time in 2012, the Mets and Pirates go back toA just a normal, National League showdown at PNC Park.

Banks have changed a lot in the past few years, and more changes are on the way as the industry... The Red Sox played the Diamondbacks at AUM as part of an eight-team wooden bat league on Sunday.

We had a chance, Yunel Escobar and Jose Bautista got on base but FrankieMcFrankFrank struck out Edwin Encarnacion , J.P. Arencibia and Eric Thames .

Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter Jose Bautista, center, celebrates hitting a home run with teammate Edwin Encarnacion, right, as New York Mets catcher Rob Johnson, left, looks on during the third inning of interleague MLB baseball game action in Toronto, Sunday, May 20 , 2012.

Toronto catcher J.P. Arencibia set the standard for awful in early April, batting .062 in his first 32 at-bats and likely causing many owners to abandon ship quickly.