The club would prefer to dangle Gee in trade negotiations more so than other starting pitchers Jonathon Niese and Bartolo Colon, Rubin reports. The Royals and Rangers are likely trading partners with the Mets, according to MLB.com’s nthony DiComo. The Mets are looking to for an upgrade from shortstop Wilmer Flores and are seeking to add a left-handed reliever and a right-handed bench bat this offseason, DiComo said. The Royals, who are unlikely to re-sign free-agent ace James Shields, would welcome Gee with the hopes of returning to the World Series....

That’s a lot of money for a soon-to-be-35-year-old who is hitting .222/.310/.376 while playing below average defense at first base. Still, some think the Phillies could move the former MVP to an American League team looking for a DH. “He’s not a lost cause,” an AL talent evaluator tells Nick Cafardo of The Boston Globe. “He’s knocked in 92 runs for a bad team, so there’s obviously something still there....

He struck out 14 and walked only one in the Astros’ 2-0 win over the Blue Jays and is now 17-5 this season. Verlander was able to complete the no-hitter after rookie infielder Abraham Toro broke a scoreless tie with a two-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to put Houston ahead. The third baseman also made a routine defensive play to seal Verlander’s no-hitter. “Man, I can’t put it into words,” Verlander said, via MLB....

The Colorado Rapids and New York City FC enjoyed incredible turnarounds in 2016, but despite how good their regular seasons were, they each enter playoff series against star-studded opponents more than capable of eliminating them. FC Dallas finished with the best record in MLS in 2016, but there is hesitation to label them a title favorite because of the loss of star playmaker Mauro Diaz to a torn Achilles. Without him, FC Dallas will have a much tougher time grabbing the MLS Cub necessary to complete its historic treble....

A 77th-minute goal from Maynor Figueroa saw Dallas end Sporting Kansas City’s undefeated start to the season with a 1-0 win. Gruezo a star, like it or not The former Wigan and Hull City defender headed in a clipped Michael Barrios cross at the back post as Dallas made it four wins in six games this season. Oscar Pareja’s men are second in the Western Conference, which is topped by the Portland Timbers....

It’s the second time that the All-Stars from both leagues will face off after last year’s entertaining affair saw the teams draw 1-1, with MLS claiming a penalty-kick victory. One year later, the squads that will lock horns in Minnesota look very different with only a handful of players on both sides making a return trip. Adding some more spice to this year’s event is the fact that the MLS All-Star team will be captained by Mexican star Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, who started his career in Liga MX with Chivas Guadalajara before a lengthy career in Europe....

Coordinating protests through e-mail, blogs and cell phones, they turned out for three weeks last June–an estimated one million of them–to boycott classes, close schools and clash with police in the largest student movement in Chile’s history. Their “Penguin revolution,” as it came to be called, rocked a complacent establishment and focused a spotlight not only on education but on the 12th worst income gap between rich and poor among countries worldwide....

Holmes County resident Shirley Johnson was found dead on Sunday in Gritney, Florida. A medical examiner ruled that she had been bitten over 100 times. Sheriff John Tate told WJHG that Johnson was walking home from her son’s house on Saturday evening when she was attacked by three dogs. She was reportedly found by a passerby around 24 hours later, with bite marks over her body. The dogs that officials believe were responsible for the attack have been euthanized....

Now one mom is going viral as she re-watches the sitcom with her daughter and shares which plot points and tropes she’s had to explain to the 14-year-old. Writer and creative director Rebecca Makkai tweeted over the weekend that she’d begun a “Friends” marathon with her daughter. “We are on season 2,” she wrote. “Here is a running, but incomplete, list of all the things I have needed to explain to her....

Posting to Reddit’s r/AmItheA****** forum, u/throwaway899978857 said that they’d suffered from the condition—which causes seizures and a loss of consciousness or awareness—since childhood. Unfortunately, not many people “get” her condition, except for her dad. Her parents separated three years ago, and her mom is now dating a new man called “Jeff.” Jeff is a single dad to a 6 and 8-year-old, who the Redditor’s mom describes as “her future step siblings....

Alex Bewicke, from Australia, uploaded a video to her TikTok and Instagram on Thursday, which is causing a heated debate online. Bewicke shared her recipe for “mini eggs,” as she captioned the video: “Every parent needs to try this.” In the clip, she says: “How to make cool eggs for your kids in the morning. All you do is grab an egg out the fridge, pop it in the freezer....

“Got a note from my 13yo tonight, under the door, like they always did when there was something important to say,” Mancino-Williams began the thread. “Dear Mum,” the note began, “I created an extremely cringe little book to tell you something.” The “note” found under the door was actually a tiny story book, featuring a clever play on words daughter and son. The story begins with someone who thought they were going to be a “dotter,” defined as “someone expected to be an artist who (sic) specialised in pointillism....

Rossi and his Andretti Autosport team gambled by staying on the track for the last 36 laps, stretching their available fuel to the max. His No. 98 Honda ran out of gas just after the checkered flag fell. MORE: Sprint Cup cars honor American war dead | Coca-Cola 600 starting lineup “I’m out of fuel, guys,” Rossi told his crew. Rossi needed a tow to get to Victory Circle....

On transfer deadline day in 2015, the Ligue 1 side sold the France international to the Red Devils in a deal that could reportedly net Monaco €80 million (£73m) if all bonuses are met. Meanwhile, Arsenal and Liverpool both launched bids for another France international, Thomas Lemar, this summer. Monaco 2/1 to beat RB Leipzig Despite those offers, Monaco chose not to sell the attacker, with Vasilyev saying the biggest difference was the financial state of the club in 2015, when they were in danger of failing to meet FFP....

On the injury front, Detroit will be without Tyrell Williams (concussion). He’s not leaving a ton of targets behind – Williams received three looks in Week 1 – but his absence puts opportunity on the plates of others in the passing game. Meanwhile, the Packers ruled out linebacker Za’Darius Smith and safety Vernon Scott. A quick reminder of the scoring settings for DraftKings Showdown contests: They’re full-point PPR, and there are three-point bonuses for 300 passing yards, 100 rushing yards, and 100 receiving yards....

We’re also without a lot of low-priced sleepers. That eliminates most thoughts of using a value captain, and we can’t really use a super high-priced captain, either, because there isn’t anyone really cheap to make up for that play with. Instead, we have to focus on volume when building our lineup. MORE DK SHOWDOWN: How to win a Showdown contest DraftKings Showdown Picks: Bears vs. Rams Captain (1.5x price, 1....

With that said, we naturally have a 4-1 Bills-Patriots split in our lineups. We grabbed three of the top weapons in the Bills’ passing game and their best RB to go along with the top Patriots pass-catcher. We were able to do this, in part, because one of the Bills’ receivers is dirt-cheap. Of course, he’ll need to be activated from IR before tonight’s game, but he should have at least a chance to do that....

Neymar netted twice in the 6-1 win over the French giants on March 9, including a fabulous free-kick which led to the dramatic late turnaround at Camp Nou to seal a 6-5 aggregate victory. But what was his best performance in a Barca shirt also turned out to be the beginning of the end of his time at the Catalan club. PSG 9/2 to win CL Instead of the Brazilian, the iconic image was of Lionel Messi celebrating wildly with the fans behind one of the goals....

Consider the record, which is pretty stunning. If you’d put $10,000 into the S&P 500 with a strict sell-in-May, buy-in-October strategy on May 1, 1950, you’d have ended 2006 with more than $600,000, according to calculations from Ned Davis Research. If you’d done the opposite, and invested every May 1 and sold every Sept. 1, you’d have $12,083. (If you’d just let it ride in a buy-and-hold strategy, you’d have $129,515, according to S&P....