Toronto Blue Jays designated hitter George Springer was taken out of Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Twins early after sustaining a left big toe fracture, per the team. Toronto did not provide any additional information about the injury.

In the third inning, Springer hit a foul ball that bounced off his left foot. He was removed from the Blue Jays’ lineup in the sixth inning and replaced by pinch hitter Myles Straw.

Prior to the injury, Springer was 0-for-1 with one walk and a run scored in the first inning, off a two-run homer from Daulton Varsho. Minnesota went on to win 7-4, scoring all seven runs in the third inning.

It’s been a slow start this season for Springer, who is hitting .189/.283/.377 to start the year.

Springer helped lead Toronto to a World Series appearance last year, taking home his third Silver Slugger in 2025.

Five days after leading Michigan men’s basketball to its first national championship in 37 years, Dusty May got a new contract.

The second-year Wolverines head coach has reached an agreement on a deal that will keep May at the university, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said on Saturday, April 11 at a championship celebration at the Crisler Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

“He will be the leader of this basketball team for many years to come,” Manuel said, prompting a standing ovation from the fans in attendance at the event.

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After inheriting a program that went 8-24 in 2023-24, May has gone 64-13 in two seasons at the school. His 2025-26 team went 37-3 and won the Big Ten regular-season title before a dominant run through the 2026 NCAA Tournament that was capped off by a 69-63 victory against UConn in the national title game last Monday. The 37 wins were a program single-season record.

May’s success in rapidly turning around the Wolverines has transformed him into one of the brightest coaching stars in the sport and has attracted interest from other programs. The 49-year-old Indiana native was widely linked to the vacant North Carolina position before May informed the university he wasn’t pursuing other college jobs.

“I’m very grateful, and during the (NCAA) tournament, I just told Warde I’m not leaving,” May said Saturday during an appearance on Big Ten Network, which was airing the championship celebration. “And I probably ruined any leverage I could have had. It’s an honor to coach at this great institution, and I just look forward to what’s next.”

May had previously been the head coach at Florida Atlantic, where he led the Owls to an improbable appearance in the 2023 Final Four.

In February 2025, while guiding Michigan to a 19-win improvement and a run to the Sweet 16 in his first season, May received a one-year contract extension that ran through 2030 that raised his average annual salary from $3.825 million to $5.1 million.

Manuel told reporters that May’s new deal will run through 2031, though the financial details of the contract are still being finalized.

“I’m very relieved, but we knew it was done a few days before the final game,” Manuel said Saturday. “You want to have a coach that other people want, and I’m happy to keep him. Dusty and I have a great relationship and trust in one another. For me, it feels awesome to know that he’s going to continue to lead this program and continue to be the head coach here at Michigan.”

This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Michigan AD: Dusty May has agreed to a new deal with the Wolverines

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After an exciting four-team battle for seeding in the Western Conference throughout the second half of the season, all but two teams are locked into their spot playoff spots heading into the final day.

Results on Friday, namely Minnesota beating Houston, means that all that is up for grabs on Sunday is the No. 3 seed between the Lakers and Nuggets.

The Wolves will be the No. 6 seed and the Rockets will be the No. 5 seed, the latter only being able to tie LA’s record on the final day with the purple and gold holding the tiebreaker. At the top, OKC and San Antonio will be the No. 1 and No. 2 seed, respectively.

That leaves the No. 3 seed Denver (53-28) and the No. 4 seed Los Angeles (52-29) as the only sides that can end the day in a different spot than where they started. That also makes it pretty simple to lay out the scenarios for where the two teams can finish.

Let’s dive into them.

Lakers win, Nuggets win

If both teams win, then it’s simple math. The Lakers would finish one game behind the Nuggets and in the No. 4 seed.

LA plays the Jazz, who are tied for the fourth-best in the draft lottery. That means they certainly are going to end the season as they navigated it: by tanking.

On the flip side, the Nuggets play the Spurs, who are likely to rest their starters and key rotation players, with nothing at stake for either team. That being said, Denver has already done some weird things this weekend, resting all of its starters against the Thunder on Friday with far more uncertainty in the playoff seeding.

If this scenario plays out, the Lakers would play the Rockets and the Nuggets would play the Wolves.

Lakers win, Nuggets lose

If Denver loses to what will likely be the skeleton Spurs while the Lakers beat the tanking Jazz, that means LA jumps to the No. 3 seed and Denver falls to No. 4.

Outside of being able to laugh at the Nuggets for still finishing above them in the standings, it would set up a familiar, if not difficult, playoff match-up with the Wolves. While Minnesota has limped to the finish, figuratively and literally, they still will likely have Anthony Edwards and much of the same team that smacked around a healthier version of LA last year.

Denver, meanwhile, would face the Rockets in the first round with a second-round series against the Thunder looming for the winner.

Lakers lose

If the Lakers lose, it matters not what the Nuggets do as LA would finish in the fourth seed and face the Rockets. It’s not out of the realm of possibility that the purple and gold opt to rest many of it’s own key players to avoid any more injuries this season and settle into the fourth seed.

In that case, they would face a Houston team that has had a rocky season, even though it’s ending strong. The Rockets had their eight-game win streak snapped on Friday by Minnesota. It’s not been smooth sailing in Kevin Durant’s first season with the Rockets and the team has looked on the brink of a meltdown multiple times, setting up an intriguing potential upset bid for the Lakers in the first round.

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Victor Wembanyama’s numbers are absurd. The 22-year-old, 7-foot-4 San Antonio Spurs center is averaging 25 points, 11.5 rebounds and a league-leading 3.1 blocks per game.

But maybe more impressive are the numbers in his head.

Because the French native wowed with lightning-quick math Friday night while discussing the NBA’s 65-game minimum required for awards eligibility.

“Of course, the alien gets all of it right,” a reporter said as Wembanyama made a series of calculations on the fly while mulling his stance on the subject.

The exchange began in the wake of Wembanyama’s 40-point, 13-rebound performance, which helped his now-62-win Spurs defeat the Dallas Mavericks 139-120. While securing his fifth 40-piece of the season, Wembanyama logged his 65th qualifying appearance, meaning he’ll officially be eligible for yearly awards, including NBA MVP.

The third-year Spurs frontcourt standout was in danger of missing the 65-game threshold after sustaining a left rib contusion in an April 6 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. He sat out only one contest before returning to action on Friday versus the Mavs, a game he later said he “would, for sure, not have played” if he had already qualified for end-of-year awards consideration.

In a postgame discussion with reporters, Wembanyama processed the fact that Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards and Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić are all currently ineligible for this season’s NBA awards (Dončić, though, is challenging the rule).

“If those three aren’t — I mean, especially Cade and Luka — in the end-of-season awards, for sure it’s not going to reflect their impact on the season,” Wembanyama said, via The Athletic’s Jared Weiss. “But, at the same time, in my opinion, it’s good to have a threshold, a limit. Where do we need to put it? I don’t know. It’s a good question.”

Then Wembanyama asked the assembled media a question.

“What percentage of the season … do you think should be the limit?” he said.

One reporter suggested 75-80%. Another countered with two-thirds, in other words around 67%. Some said 70%. One chimed in that they don’t think there should be a minimum.

That’s when a contemplative Wembanyama became a human calculator.

“If a guy plays 50 games, 35 minutes a game, that’s 50 times 35 — that’s 1,750 [minutes], right? Is that about right?” Wembanyama said. “If a guy plays 75 games at 20 minutes, it’s 1,500 [minutes]. So it’s a good view, in my opinion, to not have a limit. It’s one opinion.

“Seventy-five percent of the games, in my opinion, would be a logical thing, and that would be 61.5 games, right? So, 62 games.”

You can do the math yourself if you want, but it all checks out. The reporters in the room informed Wembanyama of that as well, and he chuckled.

Soon after, he snapped back into analysis mode.

“So, there’s some interesting questions,” Wembanyama said, via Weiss. “But I think, obviously, I don’t think there’s going to be an exception made for this year. I think it’d be somewhat unfair, but we’ll see how it turns out.”

The Spurs’ big man has been in the running for NBA MVP throughout the season and has made his case, although in an anonymous players poll run by The Athletic, the reigning MVP, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, garnered the most votes to win the league’s most prestigious award this season.

Wembanyama’s math skills won’t help his MVP résumé, but they’re another notch on his gargantuan belt.

Victor Wembanyama’s numbers are absurd. The 22-year-old, 7-foot-4 San Antonio Spurs center is averaging 25 points, 11.5 rebounds and a league-leading 3.1 blocks per game.

But maybe more impressive are the numbers in his head.

Because the French native wowed with lightning-quick math Friday night while discussing the NBA’s 65-game minimum required for awards eligibility.

“Of course, the alien gets all of it right,” a reporter said as Wembanyama made a series of calculations on the fly while mulling his stance on the subject.

The exchange began in the wake of Wembanyama’s 40-point, 13-rebound performance, which helped his now-62-win Spurs defeat the Dallas Mavericks 139-120. While securing his fifth 40-piece of the season, Wembanyama logged his 65th qualifying appearance, meaning he’ll officially be eligible for yearly awards, including NBA MVP.

The third-year Spurs frontcourt standout was in danger of missing the 65-game threshold after sustaining a left rib contusion in an April 6 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. He sat out only one contest before returning to action on Friday versus the Mavs, a game he later said he “would, for sure, not have played” if he had already qualified for end-of-year awards consideration.

In a postgame discussion with reporters, Wembanyama processed the fact that Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham, Minnesota Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards and Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić are all currently ineligible for this season’s NBA awards (Dončić, though, is challenging the rule).

“If those three aren’t — I mean, especially Cade and Luka — in the end-of-season awards, for sure it’s not going to reflect their impact on the season,” Wembanyama said, via The Athletic’s Jared Weiss. “But, at the same time, in my opinion, it’s good to have a threshold, a limit. Where do we need to put it? I don’t know. It’s a good question.”

Then Wembanyama asked the assembled media a question.

“What percentage of the season … do you think should be the limit?” he said.

One reporter suggested 75-80%. Another countered with two-thirds, in other words around 67%. Some said 70%. One chimed in that they don’t think there should be a minimum.

That’s when a contemplative Wembanyama became a human calculator.

“If a guy plays 50 games, 35 minutes a game, that’s 50 times 35 — that’s 1,750 [minutes], right? Is that about right?” Wembanyama said. “If a guy plays 75 games at 20 minutes, it’s 1,500 [minutes]. So it’s a good view, in my opinion, to not have a limit. It’s one opinion.

“Seventy-five percent of the games, in my opinion, would be a logical thing, and that would be 61.5 games, right? So, 62 games.”

You can do the math yourself if you want, but it all checks out. The reporters in the room informed Wembanyama of that as well, and he chuckled.

Soon after, he snapped back into analysis mode.

“So, there’s some interesting questions,” Wembanyama said, via Weiss. “But I think, obviously, I don’t think there’s going to be an exception made for this year. I think it’d be somewhat unfair, but we’ll see how it turns out.”

The Spurs’ big man has been in the running for NBA MVP throughout the season and has made his case, although in an anonymous players poll run by The Athletic, the reigning MVP, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, garnered the most votes to win the league’s most prestigious award this season.

Wembanyama’s math skills won’t help his MVP résumé, but they’re another notch on his gargantuan belt.

The New York Mets are calling up veteran reliever Craig Kimbrel, according to multiple reports. The team officially announced the move before Saturday’s game versus the Athletics.

Kimbrel, 37, signed a minor-league deal with the Mets for spring training. During Grapefruit League play, he allowed three runs and four hits in six innings with five strikeouts and five walks.

Concerns about his velocity and control kept Kimbrel off the Mets’ Opening Day roster. The right-hander could have opted to become a free agent but instead stayed with the Mets to build himself up at the team’s spring complex in Port St. Lucie, Florida.

Kimbrel made an appearance for the Mets’ Single-A affiliate on Tuesday and reached 94.2 mph with his fastball, which apparently compelled all sides to consider him ready. Adding him to the major-league roster will boost the value of Kimbrel’s contract up to $2.5 million.

The Mets’ bullpen has been effective early on, compiling a 2.85 ERA in 14 games. But with 43 strikeouts in 53 2/3 innings, perhaps the belief is that the relief corps needs more strikeout stuff behind closer Devin Williams.

“We continue to believe he can help us this year; he wants to help us,” said Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns, via SNY.

“We have a stable pen so far. We haven’t made a move, but eventually we will,” he added. “He’s certainly a candidate when we have an opportunity.”

Last season, Kimbrel appeared in 13 games for the Houston Astros and one for the Atlanta Braves. He totaled a 2.25 ERA with 17 strikeouts and seven walks in 12 innings.

For his career, Kimbrel has a 3.58 ERA with a strikeout rate of 14 batters per nine innings. With 440 career saves, he ranks fifth among MLB’s all-time leaders. Among active pitchers, he’s second to Kenley Jansen, currently with the Detroit Tigers at 478 career saves.

However, Kimbrel didn’t record a single save last season after earning 23 in each of the previous two seasons, one with the Philadelphia Phillies and the other with the Baltimore Orioles. That isn’t likely to change with Williams established as the Mets’ closer.