RANGERS
Jeffress arrested
ARLINGTON, Texas -- Texas Rangers reliever Jeremy Jeffress, twice suspended in the minor leagues for violating drug rules, was away from the team Friday following his overnight arrest in Dallas on a drunken driving charge.
The club placed Jeffress on the restricted list before a game against Cleveland, but general manager Jon Daniels said he expected the former Milwaukee closer acquired in a trade Aug. 1 to be back with the team Saturday.
Daniels said the AL West leaders were exploring the matter while Dallas police and Major League Baseball also conducted investigations.
"I'm glad no one was hurt from it," Daniels said. "I don't want to minimize the severity of what could've happened. Beyond that, we need to get our arms around some more of the specifics regarding the due process."
A Dallas police spokesman said an officer made a traffic stop at 2:24 a.m. Friday and arrested the 28-year-old Jeffress after "detecting a sign of intoxication."
Online records for the Dallas County jail show he was booked around 5:15 a.m. on a driving while intoxicated charge and that he was released on $500 bond. No attorney information was available for Jeffress.
The Brewers drafted Jeffress as the 16th selection overall in 2006. The right-hander was suspended for 50 games in 2007 and for 100 games in 2009, both times when he was in the minors.
BLUE JAYS
Navarro returns
TORONTO -- The Toronto Blue Jays have added depth at catcher for the stretch run by re-acquiring veteran switch-hitter Dioner Navarro from the Chicago White Sox.
The Blue Jays sent minor league left-hander Colton Turner to Chicago in Friday's waiver deal. Navarro is likely to be the backup in Toronto behind Russell Martin.
Navarro, 32, spent two seasons with the Blue Jays before signing a one-year, $4 million deal with the White Sox as a free agent in December. He has struggled this season, hitting .210 with six homers and 32 RBIs in 85 games.
Navarro is expected to join the Blue Jays in Baltimore on Monday, General Manager Ross Atkins said. Knuckleballer R.A. Dickey, who typically works with catcher Josh Thole, is set to start against Minnesota on Sunday.
METS
DeGrom skipped
NEW YORK -- Trying to make a push in the crowded NL playoff race, the New York Mets plan to skip struggling right-hander Jacob deGrom the next time through the rotation.
The team said it hadn't decided who will start in deGrom's place Monday night against Miami, another club in the wild-card hunt. New York manager Terry Collins rattled off five potential candidates Friday: Sean Gilmartin, Seth Lugo, Logan Verrett, Gabriel Ynoa and Rafael Montero.
The latter three are in the minors. Lugo, who earned his first major league win Thursday night at St. Louis, would have only three days of rest after throwing 82 pitches against the Cardinals. He exited with cramping in his right calf but was fine by Friday, the Mets said.
The 2014 NL Rookie of the Year, deGrom is 7-7 with a 2.96 ERA in 143 innings. He had been on an extended roll, lowering his ERA to 2.29, before getting rocked for 13 runs and 25 hits over 9 2/3 innings in his last two outings, against San Francisco and St. Louis.
The Mets said deGrom has responded well to time off in the past and they think a brief break will help him correct a mechanical flaw they've discovered in his delivery.
Still, the move was somewhat surprising considering the defending NL champions already were piecing together the back end of a banged-up rotation.
DIAMONDBACKS
Pollock activated
PHOENIX -- As expected, the Arizona Diamondbacks activated center fielder A.J. Pollock on Friday and he was in the lineup for Friday night's game against the Cincinnati Reds.
Pollock, an All-Star and Gold Glove winner last season, broke his right elbow in a head-first slide at home in a preseason game two days before the start of the regular season.
Pollock was second in the batting order against the Reds behind Jean Segura and ahead of Paul Goldschmidt.
The Diamondbacks sorely missed Pollock's offense and defense in a season that went south in a hurry.
Pollock was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list and outfielder David Peralta (right wrist inflammation) took his place.
Outfielder Mitch Haniger was optioned to Class AAA Reno after Thursday night's game to make room for Pollock's return.
Sports on 08/27/2016