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The Los Angeles Dodgers' need for another high-leverage reliever is one of the worst-kept secrets in baseball. The club’s bullpen ranks in the bottom 10 of the league, and closer Tanner Scott has been anything but consistent.

The Trump administration Thursday released a long-anticipated executive order on college sports, an attempt to provide federal guidance to the wild world of big money that has transformed collegiate athletics in recent years.

HOUSTON (AP) — The Athletics have shut down pitcher Jose Leclerc and say the reliever will have right shoulder surgery. The A's Brian Schulman, the director of sports medicine and performance, said Friday that Dr. Keith Meister will perform the surgery in Dallas “in the upcoming weeks.”

Athletics Mercado will face Hotshots National Galloway of Texas in the Premier Division final Saturday at 9 a.m.

On June 8, Wilson appeared unstoppable, hitting .372, which trailed only Aaron Judge at the time, through the first two-plus months of the season after going 2-for-4 against the Orioles. That number has been in freefall ever since.

Two-time All-Star right-hander Luis Severino signed a three-year, $67 million contract with the Athletics in the offseason, and he may be out the door in the coming days. Dhani Joseph of The Athletic predicts that Severino will no longer be on the team after the trade deadline.

Luis Severino struck out eight in seven innings and Luis Urias homered to lead the Athletics to a 5-2 victory over the AL West-leading Houston Astros