2:40 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. HOUSTON — The Astros quickly ran out of superlatives in describing Justin Verlander‘s performance in their 4-2 victory over the New York Yankees in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Wednesday night. Echoes of “first-ballot Hall
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7:30 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” At the beginning of the Houston Astros‘ 2019 spring training, Michael Brantley couldn’t believe what he was witnessing. Brantley is regarded as one of the purest professional hitters of his generation, a
10:57 PM ET SAN DIEGO — Juan Soto and Josh Hader absorbed most of the attention, but Brandon Drury and Josh Bell were in-season acquisitions of similar importance to the San Diego Padres — a belief further emphasized by Fernando Tatis Jr.’s ensuing suspension. Bell and Drury represented key power bats in the middle of
9:10 AM ET Joe DeMartinoESPN Editor Close General Editor Joined ESPN in 2006 Massachusetts native, Northwestern graduate Aaron Nola and Austin Nola are about to make postseason history. The two brothers — Aaron, a pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies, and Austin, the primary catcher for the San Diego Padres — will face off against one
1:28 AM ET SAN DIEGO — There are only so many ways human beings can describe an event that occupies fewer than three seconds of their lives, a fact that was put to the test repeatedly after Kyle Schwarber hit a 488-foot home run in Game 1 of the National League Championship Series on Tuesday
7:29 PM ET NEW YORK — Houston, here come the Yankees. Riding off a strong start from lefty Nestor Cortes, the New York Yankees booked a ticket to the American League Championship Series with a 5-1 victory over the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday. The Game 5 victory capped a back-and-forth series in which the Yankees
7:00 AM ET Well, excuse the San Diego Padres and Philadelphia Phillies for crashing the party. The 101-win Mets, with a rotation featuring Max Scherzer and Jacob deGrom and their most wins in a regular season since 1986? Gone from these MLB playoffs. The 101-win Braves, trying to defend their World Series championship with a
9:43 PM ET ESPN News Services The Houston Astros will have to wait at least another day to find out their opponent in the AL Championship Series. Monday night’s scheduled Game 5 of the AL Division Series between the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees in the Bronx was postponed due to weather. Major League
8:02 PM ET Suspended San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. had a second surgery on his left wrist last week, but the recovery time isn’t expected to alter his status for the 2023 season. Tatis missed the first four months of this season with a broken left wrist, which he had surgery on in
7:00 AM ET WHEN HARRISON BADER found out that his childhood dream was coming true, his first reaction was unexpected: disappointment. St. Louis, where he’d spent the past five and a half seasons as a member of the Cardinals, had become home. The team drafted Bader out of Florida in 2015, and when he was
12:19 AM ET CLEVELAND — The New York Yankees signed Gerrit Cole for games like this. With the Yankees’ 99-win season on the brink, Cole spun seven sparkling innings, propelling New York to a 4-2 win over the upstart Cleveland Guardians on Sunday as the Bombers knotted the American League Division Series at two games
4:30 PM ET The New York Yankees shook up their lineup before staving off elimination Sunday night with a 4-2 win over the Guardians in Cleveland. Rookie Oswaldo Cabrera replaced Isiah Kiner-Falefa at shortstop, while Aaron Hicks took over for Cabrera in left field. The moves came after defensive miscues from Kiner-Falefa cost the Yankees
1:58 AM ET Eight teams started Saturday still in the 2022 postseason. After today’s league division series games, that number shrank considerably. The Philadelphia Phillies eliminated the Atlanta Braves with an 8-3 National League Division Series Game 4 victory that had Philly’s Citizens Bank Park rocking. The Seattle Mariners played their first home playoff game
2:05 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Nights like these, when the weekend arrives and the Dodgers are in town, don’t often feel like a home-field advantage for the Padres. So many Dodgers fans make the 125-mile drive south that Petco Park is often called “Dodger Stadium South” when the two teams match up. But that
10:41 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — Jeremy Peña homered in the 18th inning, and the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 on Saturday to advance to the American League Championship Series for the sixth straight year. Peña, who had been 0-for-7 in the game, drove a slider from Penn Murfee deep to
1:24 PM ET PHILADELPHIA – Phillies reliever David Robertson is hopeful to return from a calf injury in time for the NLCS provided his team advances to the next round. Robertson, 37, injured himself while jumping in the air to celebrate teammate Bryce Harper’s home run against the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 2 of
2:33 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Time after time, the Los Angeles Dodgers have put themselves in premium run-scoring opportunities and failed to capitalize. An 0-for-8 showing with runners in scoring position in Wednesday’s Game 2 of the National League Division Series was followed by an 0-for-9 showing in Friday’s Game 3. Their hitless streak
10:06 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — It’s not like Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Rhys Hoskins needed extra motivation, but when the Atlanta Braves walked Kyle Schwarber intentionally, just before Hoskins stepped to the plate in the third inning of Game 3 of the NLDS on Friday, his focus narrowed just a little bit more. “Yes, of