The playoff-chasing Toronto Blue Jays won the pursuit for All-Star pitcher José Berríos, acquiring the Minnesota right-hander for two minor leaguers.

DETROIT The Detroit Tigers have the No. 1 pick in Wednesdays MLB draft, and Arizona State first baseman Spencer Torkelson is considered the most likely selection. The Detroit Tigers are rebuilding around an impressive group of minor league pitchers. Whether its Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson or somebody else, Detroit has a chance to add another potential standout when it makes the No. Lacey is the top pitching prospect in the draft and would join an embarrassment of riches in the Tigers system.

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)NEW YORK Baseballs amateur draft is about to enter the next phase of its ongoing development same as all those young prospects picked every year. Even before the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 version was ticketed for a move to Omaha, Nebraska, to coincide with the College World Series there. But with the top pick in the second June amateur draft in 1966, the New York Mets swung and missed. All that hype came to full fruition a decade later, when he was the World Series MVP as the Nationals won the franchises first championship last year. Prior to Appel, the only top overall picks who failed to reach the majors were Chilcott and left-hander Brien Taylor (Yankees, 1991).

Michigan celebrates after beating the Vanderbilt Commodores during game one of the College World Series Championship Series on June 24, 2019, at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. (Peter Aiken/Getty Images)ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Redshirt freshman Isaiah Paige will start for Michigan baseball Tuesday in Game 2 of the national championship series against Vanderbilt. Paige, a right-hander, hasn't pitched since June 8, a Michigan loss to No. The Wolverines have only used three pitchers -- starters Tommy Henry, Karl Kauffmann and Jeff Criswell -- in the first four games of the College World Series. After redshirting in 2018, Paige had a strong first season for Michigan, posting a 2.98 ERA in 48.1 innings.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. Redshirt freshman Isaiah Paige will start for Michigan baseball Tuesday in Game 2 of the national championship series against Vanderbilt. Paige, a right-hander, hasn't pitched since June 8, a Michigan loss to No. After redshirting in 2018, Paige had a strong first season for Michigan, posting a 2.98 ERA in 48.1 innings. In three NCAA Tournament games, he's allowed four earned runs on five hits and four walks in 5.1 innings, striking out three batters. Freshman star Kumar Rocker, also right-handed, will start for Vanderbilt.