Clint Frazier’s stats are bad -- a slash line of .167/.250/.222, a .472 OPS, not a single RBI and 14 strikeouts in 40 plate appearances -- and he made a bewildering throw from the outfield on Sunday. But bear with us here.

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Ross said Tuesday none of the four players had tested positive, but that the club was erring on the side of caution with anyone exhibiting potential COVID-19 symptoms. Chicago White Sox

People do this with their favorite player or their favorite team all the time. Emotionally invest in every outing, every throw. Whisper superstitious incantations of success that can’t be heard through the TV and wouldn’t matter if they could. Grimace at a ball in the dirt and fist pump at a timely strike. Wonder if a dip in velocity is a sign of a lingering ache or maybe a new one. Wonder what aging or an odd outing last time or a disruption in the schedule or the weather might mean for a game of centimeters that revolves around a single man doing something the human body is barely capable of.Pittsburgh Pirates

Robert has started his second season in the majors well and has particularly turned things on of late. He entered Tuesday's game in Cleveland leading the game with seven doubles and slashing .284/.329/.463. He's got nine hits in his last 23 at-bats, four of them going for extra bases.

The league has also created diversity programs, including the Pipeline Program -- which seeks to identify and develop women and minorities for baseball operations and on-field roles, with women making up 46 of 220 people so far hired from the program -- and the Fellowship Program, which recruits women and minorities for roles in the commissioner's office, with women making up 45% of the candidate pool to date.San Diego Padres

And when you add Guillorme's improving offense to the equation and consider other factors, it becomes hard to justify keeping Guillorme out of the lineup.Colorado Rockies

When one Nationals fan missed his once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to catch a home run in Washington's 12-5 loss to St. Louis on Monday night, Cardinals outfielder Justin Williams made sure that fan got a chance to atone for his error.