April 16--American League
Central Division
White Sox: Bullpen entered weekend with major-league-leading 1.11 ERA for nouveau Road Warriors.
Indians: Demotion to bullpen precedes Trevor Bauer crashing drone near video board at U.S. Cellular. #Metaphor
Royals: Unheralded rotation was second best in American League (2.82) behind White Sox.
Tigers: A legend is born: Tigers fan Bill Dugan catches five foul balls in one day, gives them to kids.
Twins: Scored 13 runs while starting out 0-9. Cubs, Padres, Yankees, Dodgers all scored 13 in one game.
East Division
Blue Jays: Troy Tulowitzki still looks lost. Veteran SS entered weekend hitting .139 with .220 OBP.
Orioles: Starters averaged less than five innings over first eight games; club still went 7-1.
Rays: What happened to Chris Archer? All-Star is 0-6 with 5.83 ERA in nine starts since last September.
Red Sox: Pablo Sandoval in good spirits despite benching, getting booed, DL stint and media trying to deal him.
Yankees: Signed Nick Swisher to minor-league contract while Indians, Braves eat his $15 million salary.
West Division
Angels: Reliever Joe Smith beat Steph Curry in a game of P-I-G. Imagine Michael Jordan letting that happen.
Astros: Rookie Tyler White, a 33rd-round draft pick in 2013, led majors with 1.426 OPS after his first nine games.
Athletics: Chris Coghlan says "no need to panic" over A's league-worst .262 OBP. Actually, no need to wait.
Mariners: Dae-Ho Lee, a 33-year-old rookie, becomes cult hero in Seattle after walk-off home run.
Rangers: Rehabbing Yu Darvish offers two minors leaguers $1,000 if they hit BP homer off him. No payoff.
National League
Central Division
Cubs: Last Cubs team with better run differential (plus-43) through nine games was in 1885, even before David Ross.
Brewers: Free Wily? Opening-day starter Wily Peralta is 0-3 with 10.13 ERA after first three starts.
Cardinals: Defensive lapses already a major concern; last in majors with 12 errors entering weekend.
Pirates: Plenty of hitting, but not in the clutch. Club stranded league-leading 88 baserunners in first 10 games.
Reds: Came into weekend series with 4-30-2 record in last 36 series in St. Louis since 2003.
East Division
Braves: Freddie Freeman on day off: "When you're hitting .080, there's nothing much you can really say."
Marlins: Dee Gordon singles after 16-pitch at-bat against Jim Henderson, longest at-bat in Marlins history.
Mets: Eight games into season, manager Terry Collins laments, "We have to show people we mean business."
Nationals: Bryce Harper becomes eighth-youngest player to 100 home runs at 23 years, 181 days.
Phillies: Reliever Daniel Stumpf becomes fifth Phillie ever to be suspended for banned substance.
West Division
Diamondbacks: Zack Greinke gives up as many earned runs (11) in first two starts as first 10 starts in '15.
Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw had 0.47 WHIP after first two starts before facing Giants on Friday.
Giants: Jake Peavy serves up 10 extra-base hits to first 22 Rockies hitters, setting a Giants record.
Padres: Ugly yellow and brown jerseys resurrected for All-Star Game workout day and Home Run Derby.
Rockies: DJ LeMahieu hit .406 in April 2015 and was hitting .438 entering the weekend.
