Topic: Chris Gimenez

It was unheard of not that long ago, but now it has become somewhat commonplace: pitchers by committee.

CHICAGO -- Yu Darvish's first season with the Chicago Cubs hasn't exactly been a smashing success.

CHICAGO -- Derek Holland allowed just one run and struck out nine over six innings, and the Chicago White Sox provided the left-hander with plenty of offensive support in a 5-1 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night.

The Minnesota Twins may not be in front of the Cleveland Indians, their next opponent, but they are some six weeks ahead of last year.

It has become commonplace to assess Mike Fiers' performances based on the number of home runs he allows in an outing.

Finishing a stretch of 16 games in 17 days covering five different cities, the Baltimore Orioles were limping to the All-Star break.

Chris Sale didn't look thrilled as his manager approached the mound to take him out in the seventh inning Monday night.

It's not easy to pick the brightest of many bright spots for Minnesota's offense Tuesday.

Brian Dozier had faced Tampa Bay Rays reliever Tommy Hunter eight times in his career before Saturday's eighth-inning at-bat.

Catcher Chris Gimenez went to the mound to give Santana a chance to reset after a walk, a wild pitch and a long foul ball by Jose Abreu of the White Sox.