May 8, 2023, 12:45 PM ET The Atlanta Braves reinstated catcher Travis d’Arnaud from the concussion injured list Monday. He has been sidelined for a month after an April 8 collision with the San Diego Padres‘ Rougned Odor at the plate. The Braves optioned catcher Chadwick Tromp to Triple-A Gwinnett in a corresponding move. Through
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ESPN News Services May 7, 2023, 07:52 PM ET CINCINNATI — Hanser Alberto had four hits, drove in a career-high four RBIs and Chicago scored 11 runs in the second inning to rout the Cincinnati Reds 17-4 on Sunday. The 11 runs are the most for the team in one inning in 16 years and
ESPN News Services May 7, 2023, 06:22 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Paul Goldschmidt homered three times and the St. Louis Cardinals stopped an eight-game losing streak — their longest skid in 16 years — with a 12-6 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday. Goldschmidt had four hits and four RBIs in his third
May 7, 2023, 11:29 AM ET Former major league pitcher Vida Blue has died. He was 73 years old. The 1971 winner of both the AL MVP and Cy Young awards, Blue’s playing career spanned three decades with the Oakland Athletics, Kansas City Royals and two stints with the San Francisco Giants. Following his award-winning
Associated Press May 6, 2023, 08:21 PM ET Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper has been suspended after uttering a racial slur while describing a trip to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. NBC Sports California said in a statement Saturday that Kuiper will remain off the air until a review of what happened during Friday night’s
May 6, 2023, 07:04 PM ET Toronto Blue Jays star first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was a late scratch from Saturday’s lineup due to left wrist discomfort. Daulton Varsho slid up to No. 3, Guerrero’s traditional slot, in the batting order, and Cavan Biggio entered into the lineup at first base for the second of
May 6, 2023, 01:57 PM ET Just 33 games into Willson Contreras‘ tenure with the St. Louis Cardinals, the team intends to remove him from the regular catching rotation and use him primarily at designated hitter and in the outfield. Contreras, who joined the Cardinals on a five-year, $87.5 million contract as a free agent
Raise your hand if you predicted that, one month into the 2023 season, the Pittsburgh Pirates would be the National League’s winningest team. I shouldn’t see many hands! (Barring, perhaps, those who decided to make a wild dart throw at a team that had +20000 preseason odds to win the World Series.) Remarkably, the Pirates’
May 5, 2023, 07:00 AM ET The National League West is about to get wild. The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres — two powerhouses predicted to battle all season long for the division crown — play six times in 10 days. The start of the season has been full of ups and downs
May 5, 2023, 10:01 AM ET Veteran pitcher Matt Harvey, who lit up New York under his “Dark Knight” moniker while briefly shining for the Mets, announced his retirement from baseball Friday. Harvey addressed his decision in an Instagram post, sharing a photo from an April 2013 appearance with the Mets and discussing how he
Associated Press May 4, 2023, 06:42 PM ET MIAMI — Atlanta Braves slugger Ronald Acuna Jr. was removed from Thursday’s game against the Miami Marlins out of precaution after he fouled a ball off his left knee in the sixth inning, just three days after he was removed against the New York Mets with a
Jeff Passan, ESPNMay 4, 2023, 05:35 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” KANSAS CITY — Austin Hays debuted for the Baltimore Orioles as a late September call-up in 2017 at 21, a year after Baltimore made its last playoff appearance. The
May 4, 2023, 07:00 AM ET We’re just over a month into the new MLB season, and that means it is time to start taking what we’ve seen — for better or worse — a little more seriously as the sample continues to grow. Does that mean we should buy in to unexpected starts in
ESPN News Services May 3, 2023, 11:46 PM ET CHICAGO — It has been more than three years since Major League Baseball issued its report on an electronic sign-stealing scheme by the Houston Astros. Keynan Middleton definitely remembers. The reliever struck out Carlos Correa on a 96.2 mph fastball on Wednesday night, closing out a
Joon Lee, ESPNMay 3, 2023, 06:51 PM ET Close Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate NEW YORK — Brian Cashman knows Yankees fans are ready to smash the panic button. The injury bug is sweeping through the clubhouse, the roster looks like a shell of itself and the team is sitting in
6:10 AM ET Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan — After cheerleaders welcomed him and after receiving the largest ovation of any Yokohama player at the start of the game, Trevor Bauer delivered what was expected Wednesday in his debut with the Yokohama DeNA Baystars. Pitching his first game in just over 22 months — the last
2:57 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Bryce Harper‘s historically rapid return from Tommy John surgery brought with it questions surrounding timing, particularly his ability to catch up to major league pitching after spending so much of these last five months focused mostly on rehabilitation. A different type of timing presented an obstacle. Harper used his
2:42 PM ET Midway through spring training, Bryce Harper paused in front of his locker in the Philadelphia Phillies‘ clubhouse in Clearwater, Florida, and discussed his rehabilitation from an elbow reconstruction. Harper nodded his head as a reporter mentioned the haunting tales of players who pushed beyond the recommendation of their doctors and suffered setbacks,