Anthony Rizzo should have been called for interference on his controversial slide into home plate Monday, Major League Baseball has determined.

ESPN and MLB.com reported that the Cubs and Pirates had both been informed of the league’s take on the slide, which was deemed legal by the umpires on the field and video review during Monday’s game.

The play occurred with the bases loaded and nobody out in the eighth inning on a ball hit by Cubs catcher Chris Gimenez. Pirates shortstop Sean Rodriguez threw home to force out Rizzo, who was at least 15 feet up the line when Elias Diaz caught the ball and dragged his foot across the plate. But Rizzo slid on the infield side and hooked Diaz’s legs, prompting the catcher’s throw to first base to sail into right field and allowing two runs to score.

There is precedent for this move, as the Kansas City Royals did the exact same thing with TCU’s Brandon Finnegan in 2015, allowing Finnegan to be the first player to ever pitch in the College World Series and Major League World Series in the same year. While that is certainly one path teams could take with Singer, others could go a more traditional route and give the righty a few years in the minors before calling him up.

Whatever course he ends up on, Singer will not remain on the board long, as most believe he will not make it past the tenth pick.

The 20-year-old rookie left Atlanta’s game Sunday against the Red Sox with a leg injury that the Braves’ initial report described as knee and lower-back pain.

The injury occurred while Acuna was attempting to beat out a ground ball to shortstop in the top of the seventh inning. He extended his leg toward first base and landed awkwardly before falling. Acuna was credited with an infield single on the play.

With three more games against the Reds, then a three-time-zone trip to Los Angeles for four against the Dodgers before returning to Chicago — without any days off — will test the mettle of the whole team, not just the bullpen. It won’t be a surprise if the Cubs can only play .500 baseball during this stretch, but one place they can get some help from is their starting rotation. Outside of Jon Lester, and a recent run by Mike Montgomery, the rotation has been iffy.

When our starter can go six, it really helps, Maddon said.

Hendricks failed the sixth-inning test in a big way Thursday, leaving Rosario with a mess he could not clean up. A solid turn or two from Chicago’s starting staff could take a ton of pressure off some green relievers while giving needed rest to Cishek and Strop.

In 2011 Jerome Harrison was in his sixth season as an NFL running back when the Lions traded him to the Eagles. The routine physical the Eagles gave him when he joined the team discovered something that shocked him: A brain tumor.

Harrison had brain surgery that left him, for a time, severely disabled. But Harrison is doing well now, and over the weekend he posted a video with an inspiring message.

[If] they let me wear my Packer stuff on the field, it’s over and done with, that’s what I always said, Beckman told Grimm. Now, I think if I was approached by the [NFL Players Association] or one of the players who kneel, I would go ahead with the case.

At a time when the NFLPA is contemplating which case(s) to go ahead with as it relates to the league’s decision to unilaterally eliminate a right to protest that the league previously had given to the players and confirmed on multiple occasions, maybe the first battle will come within the confines of Beckham’s existing lawsuit.

So, yes, he’s going to hear it. A lot. Although he seemed to handle well the foul stuff he heard on Friday night during his preseason debut, the first time won’t be the last time.

He’ll hear it from more players as he plays in more games. And he’ll hear it from fans once he leaves the friendly-as-they’ll-ever-be confines of Hamilton, where his preseason debut occurred.

Now he finds himself in a situation completely foreign to his time in Washington. Despite overtaking one-time Redskins golden boy Robert Griffin III in 2015 and leading the team to a division title while posting prolific passing statistics, Cousins never enjoyed a full embrace from his original squad. The front office questioned his worth and difference-making ability. Some teammates rallied behind Cousins, yet others always peered at him with a critical and wary eye.

The ultra-aware Cousins always understood the situation. Sure, owner Dan Snyder and team president Bruce Allen beamed and slapped him on the back when he led Washington to the playoffs. But lowball offers, lack of outward appreciation (like that frequently showered upon Griffin) and blame Cousins received for team shortcomings — as opposed to the excuses once made for RG3 — always signaled to him that the Redskins never were (nor ever would be) all-in.

You’re disappointed but not surprised because, at the end of the day, the league is all about money, it’s a business, Smith said. But to try to silence guys when they’re trying to do the right thing for our country, I mean, I really don’t know what to say about it.

Smith thinks the new policy could stir things up, which is the problem because you’re stirring things up because you’ve been told to be quiet.

The real question is whether the NFL would ever be willing to admit that it dropped the ball last week, and then to once again change the policy. This time with real input from the players and a true compromise — not one among those who run the sport but one among those who own the teams and those who are the sport.

Stribling started 18 games in Ann Arbor and left school with 68 tackles, four tackles for loss, one sack, one forced fumble and six interceptions in 47 overall appearances.

Cirino signed with the Colts this month after trying out for the team at rookie minicamp. He played his college ball at Adams State.

But it was tough. It was a tough feeling just knowing that I had reached my peak of playing, you know, starting as a freshman, after not playing high school football. Two games [in], I break my leg and had to do this all over again. It was tough.

Perez didn’t start the first game at Southwestern his sophomore year, but eventually got in the game and largely took over from there. Both quarterbacks played thanks to their different styles — Perez being a pocket passer, his counterpart, Isaraelu Paopao, being more of a running quarterback — and Perez was on the field enough to catch the attention of A&M Commerce.

Jared May didn’t realize Perez hadn’t played high school football until after the quarterback hopeful got to campus.