The New York Yankees have placed Harrison Bader on waivers.

The Yankees acquired Bader in a trade with the St. Louis Cardinals last summer.

Bader has landed on the injured list twice this season. He's hitting .239/.275/.365 with seven home runs and 16 stolen bases in 306 plate appearances.

The Chicago White Sox have placed Mike Clevinger on waivers, according to a report.

Clevinger, 32, is playing under a one-year, $12 million contract. However, the structure of the deal leaves quite a bit left to be paid. He has about $1.42 million left in salary to be paid along with a $4 million buyout on a $12 million mutual option for the 2024 campaign. 

A 2.9 WAR player in 2023, he's posted a 3.32 ERA and 85 strikeouts over 97 2/3 innings.

The Colorado Rockies and Charlie Blackmon have mutual interest in a contract extension, according to a report.

Blackmon is at the end of a six-year, $108 million deal he signed with the Rockies in 2018.

The 37-year-old enters Saturday hitting .285/.372/.463 (115 OPS+) with seven home runs in 66 games.

He was a second-round pick of the Rockies out of Georgia Tech in 2008.

The Cincinnati Reds have signed Trey Mancini to a minor league contract.

Mancini was released by the Chicago Cubs earlier this month after being designated for assignment on Aug. 1.

He signed a two-year, $14 million deal with the Cubs as a free agent last offseason.

Shohei Ohtani has a tear in the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow and will not pitch again this season.

Ohtani exited his start in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the Cincinnati Reds earlier Wednesday after recording just four outs and throwing only 26 pitches. Ohtani nonetheless insisted on serving as the designated hitter in Game 2, ultimately going 1-for-5 in the Angels' 7-3 loss.

Ohtani already underwent on his right elbow in October 2018 and the procedure could be repeated.

Ohtani will be a free agent this offseason and many anticipated a contract that approaches $500 million prior to his injury.

Ohtani, who hit his major league-leading 44th home run moments before exiting his start, is slashing .304/.405/.664 this season but also boasts a 3.14 ERA with 167 strikeouts in 132 innings. His 8.7 FanGraphs wins above replacement easily leads the majors.

The Baltimore Orioles have the best record in the American League, but owner John Angelos is already throwing some cold water on their future.

In a New York Times article, Angelos indicated that the club won't be able to afford to retain their young stars long-term.

"The hardest thing to do in sports is be a small-market team in baseball and be competitive, because everything is stacked against you -- everything," he said.

The players in question, right now, are catcher Adley Rutschman, infielder Gunnar Henderson and likely starting pitcher Grayson Rodriguez, possibly extending to the likes of Jordan Westburg and Colton Cowser, eventually. 

"We're going to have to raise prices here -- dramatically," Angelos continued, "Let's say we sat down and showed you the financials for the Orioles. You will quickly see that when people talk about giving this player $200 million, that player $150 million, we would be so financially underwater that you'd have to raise the prices massively. Now, are people going to come and pay that? I don't know if we're at the limit, to your point. I don't know if we're in equilibrium elasticity, supply and demand. Maybe we are. But really that's just one team. What I'm really trying to think about is macro."

After making a number of effective but unheralded moves at the trade deadline, the Los Angeles Dodgers made another addition Friday when they signed infielder Kolten Wong to a minor league deal.

The Houston Astros have agreed to a minor league deal with catcher Andrew Knapp.

Knapp will report to Triple-A Sugar Land.

He had been released from a minor league pact with the Detroit Tigers last week. 

The St. Louis Cardinals plan to add three starting pitchers to their roster this offseason, says president of baseball operations John Mozeliak.

The Cardinals' rotation ranks 23rd with a 4.73 ERA this year.

They also traded Jordan Montgomery and Jack Flaherty last month, while Adam Wainwright will retire after the season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have come to terms on a contract agreement with Korean right-hander Hyun-Seok Jang.

The 19-year-old, who just finished high school in Korea, was widely expected to become the No. 1 overall pick in the upcoming Korean Baseball Organization Draft in September.

Jang and the Dodgers agreed on a deal with a $900,000 signing bonus, according to two sources.