By the time the league expands – most likely by two teams – it will have been 30 years or more since the last time MLB expanded when the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays came online in 1998. That’s the longest stretch in the post-expansion era that began in 1961.

Hurston Waldrep dominated the White Sox over 7.0 innings to help deliver a 1-0 win and another series victory for the surging Braves. Orioles’ closer Felix Bautista is set to miss the next 12 months with a torn rotator cuff and labrum and the associated surgeries.