Mike Trout was emotional, as you might expect, but somehow composed. …

NEWS: Mike Trout needs surgery on his knee, sources tell me and Jeff Passan. The extent is not known, but a source said it is not expected to be season-ending.

Story shortly on ESPN.

BREAKING: The MLB uniform fiasco of this spring is finally being addressed, according to an MLBPA memo obtained by ESPN:

'Nike was innovating something that didn’t need to be innovated.”

Details of the coming changes, timing free and unlocked at ESPN: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

Toronto: “Booooooooo!”

Shohei:

Jackson Holliday is going to be a excellent major leaguer. What far too few seem to understand is that player development is not linear. The chasm between the minor leagues and big leagues is immense. Some of the best players -- Mike Trout, for example -- struggle upon arrival.

Jackson Holliday has been optioned to AAA.

Cubs just finished a sweep of Houston. The bottom of the MLB standings:

White Sox: 3-22
Marlins: 6-20
Rockies: 6-19
Astros: 7-19
A's: 9-16

Bottom 5 by run differential:

White Sox: -85
Rockies: -57
Marlins: -47
A's: -40
Astros: -36

Houston is in trouble. And it's not yet May.

A couple weeks ago, the bosses asked for our spiciest April takes. I said Elly De La Cruz would be MLB's first-ever 30/80 player.

Well, at the 1/7th mark of the season, he's got seven HR and 15 SB. Here is Jesse Rogers on Elly's breakout and the Reds: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

MLB is bringing back Players Weekend. Story: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

Rimas Sports’ request to temporarily continue representing clients was denied by an arbitrator Friday. The Bad Bunny-led agency faces a 5-year suspension and a $400,000 fine from the MLBPA for improper benefits to players. It will soon file an appeal. …

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Colton Cowser just demolished his fifth home run of the season. He is now hitting .388/.415/.816. Jordan Westburg followed with his fifth homer. He is hitting .329/.382/.614.

They are the seventh and eighth batters in Baltimore's lineup.

Corey Seager is a fascinating person, and in this story, free and unlocked at ESPN, he opens up about the fear that accompanies every trip into the batter's box, the obsession to find the perfect swing and how the intersection of the two breeds greatness: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

NBA has leveled a lifetime ban on Jontay Porter for gambling.

Mike Trout wants to stay. A trade “hasn’t even crossed my mind.” Instead, he seems hellbent on not only proving he’s still elite, but that he can do what few believe he can:

Lead the Shohei Ohtani-less Angels into the playoffs.

“He’s just mad.”

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The Texas Rangers are calling up right-hander Jack Leiter, the No. 2 pick in the 2021 draft. In 14.1 innings at AAA this season, he has struck out 25 and walked three while allowing four home runs. He'll start the final game of their series against Detroit on Thursday.

Rough one for the Cubs. Seiya Suzuki and Michael Busch have been the team's two bright spots offensively. Suzuki strained an oblique on the left side in spring training last year and missed nearly six weeks.

John Sterling, the voice of the New York Yankees for the last 35 years, is retiring effective immediately after calling more than 5,000 Yankees games.

'You wanna talk about a sport that's youth system needs to be completely overhauled it's baseball..

It's not a surprise that we're seeing what we're seeing now with the injuries in MLB'

Jeff Passan #PMSLive

Ippei Mizuhara surrendered to law enforcement this morning and is in federal custody. He is scheduled to appear in L.A. court at 1 p.m. PT. The expectation, according to what I was told yesterday, is that he will be let out on bond at that point.

Here's the story, free and unlocked, at ESPN: espn.com/mlb/story/_/id…

The thrust: Other agents accused Bad Bunny's agency of providing cash and gifts to players, which would run afoul of agent regulations. The MLBPA investigated the claims and then decertified Rimas' lead agent.