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7:00 AM ET Shorter games. More action in the batter’s box and on the bases. Outs becoming hits again. Major League Baseball’s new rules seem to have near universal appeal among fans. But what do the players think? We asked ESPN MLB reporters Alden Gonzalez, Joon Lee and Jesse Rogers to sit down with a

10:53 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The thought throughout baseball was that Bryce Harper wouldn’t rejoin the Philadelphia Phillies until after the All-Star break, possibly later. Tommy John surgery, the procedure Harper underwent in late November, requires a rehabilitation process that is lengthy, even for position players looking solely to hit. But Harper had his

6:34 PM ET NEW YORK — The Yankees placed captain Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list Monday, delivering a big blow to a team currently sitting in last place. Judge is dealing with a mild right hip strain, an injury the Yankees have been patient with. The IL move is retroactive to Friday, when

7:01 PM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Twins right-hander Tyler Mahle will be shut down for at least four weeks after tests revealed a posterior impingement and flexor pronator strain in his pitching elbow. Mahle left his most recent start last Thursday against Kansas City after four innings, showing diminished velocity. Mahle said

2:58 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Rangers ace Jacob deGrom is “definitely frustrated” that he’s landed on the injured list with right forearm tightness. “I want to be out there,” deGrom said Sunday, speaking to the media for the first time since he was placed on the IL on Saturday. “There’s a little

7:58 PM ET ESPN News Services Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper will have a follow-up appointment on his reconstructed right elbow Monday in Los Angeles, and if cleared, he is expected to make his season debut Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, according to manager Rob Thomson. The two-time National League MVP underwent Tommy John surgery

9:11 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Drew Maggi got his first major league hit Saturday night, three days after making his big league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates following 13 years in the minor leagues. The 33-year-old lined a 2-2 splitter from Hobie Harris into center field for an RBI single in the seventh

11:51 PM ET CHICAGO — After jogging lightly to first base on a ground ball back to the pitcher, White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr was pulled from the team’s 12-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Leading off the bottom of the first inning, Robert hit a ground ball to the

6:17 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge has a mild hip strain that manager Aaron Boone said the team will continue to evaluate through the weekend before determining whether the reigning AL MVP will go on the injured list. “In the grand scheme of things and big

1:48 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer MEXICO CITY — By the time the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants take the field Saturday for their historic two-game series at Mexico City’s Alfredo Harp Helu Stadium, a flurry of Major League Baseball officials will have waxed poetic about the capital city’s warm reception and appetite

10:00 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers ace Jacob deGrom unexpectedly exited his start against the New York Yankees after giving up his first hit with two outs in the fourth inning Friday night. DeGrom retired his first 10 batters and had a 5-0 lead when he walked Anthony Rizzo. Ahead of

4:24 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-hander Justin Verlander completed a 69-pitch rehab outing Friday for Double-A Binghamton and could be in line to make his New York Mets debut next week against the Detroit Tigers. Verlander, who opened the season on the injured list with a teres major strain near his right armpit, went

10:04 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees star outfielder Aaron Judge exited Thursday’s 4-2 win at the Texas Rangers early because of right hip discomfort, the team said. Judge struck out in his only two at-bats, once with the bases loaded, before he was replaced in right field in the bottom of the

9:21 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — On what was in many ways a difficult afternoon, Shohei Ohtani still came strikingly close to accomplishing something unprecedented. He missed by only a few feet. Ohtani came to bat in Thursday’s eighth inning with a chance to become the first player in baseball history to hit for the

7:11 AM ET MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers had just finished one of the most successful road trips in their history, a 7-3 romp through the western regions of the big leagues, when the team returned home to bad news. Garrett Mitchell, a rookie who had had a blistering first three weeks as the team’s

7:00 AM ET We’re around the one-month mark of the 2023 MLB season, and while it’s still too early to be paying too much attention to the standings, five of the six division leaders are teams that didn’t win their divisions last year. We’re not even out of April yet and there’s a long season

9:53 PM ET ESPN News Services Drew Maggi‘s long road to the major leagues culminated in his first career at-bat Wednesday night. The 33-year-old infielder, who had played 1,155 games across 13 minor league seasons before getting called up by the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier this week, appeared as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning,

5:03 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Seattle Mariners left-hander Robbie Ray will have surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his pitching elbow and will miss the rest of the season. Seattle manager Scott Servais made the announcement before the Mariners played Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Ray, in the second season of a $115