9:59 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets right-hander Tylor Megill left his start Thursday night against the Milwaukee Brewers with shoulder discomfort, the latest setback in a promising season for the second-year pitcher. Megill came off the injured list last week after missing a month with right biceps inflammation. He will have an
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1:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred said the Tampa Bay Rays and Oakland Athletics need to reach new ballpark deals soon and left open the possibility of considering relocation if agreements are not struck. “There is urgency with respect to Tampa,” Manfred said Thursday during a news conference following
7:00 AM ET While the Yankees continue to inch closer to 50 wins on the season thanks to their powerhouse offense, other teams have seen a change in momentum. The Dodgers are not only coming off a tough series sweep this past weekend but are now faced with playing the remainder of the season without
5:54 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — Houston starter Luis Garcia and reliever Phil Maton each threw an immaculate inning — nine pitches, three strikeouts — after a big opening offensive outburst for the Astros. Martin Maldonado, their 35-year-old veteran catcher, was in the middle of it all. Maldonado had a two-run double
8:51 PM ET Left-handed pitcher Chris Sale, a veteran with 241 starts in his career, told reporters Tuesday at Fenway Park that he’d be willing to return from injury as a relief pitcher. Working his way back to the Boston Red Sox after suffering a stress fracture in his rib cage, Sale, 33, threw a
6:35 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr.’s surgically repaired left wrist hasn’t progressed to the point where the electrifying All-Star shortstop can start swinging a bat, general manager A.J. Preller said Tuesday. Tatis had a three-month follow-up exam in Arizona on Monday with Dr. Donald Sheridan, who operated on his broken
10:27 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Miles Mikolas fell one strike short of a no-hitter for the St. Louis Cardinals against the Pittsburgh Pirates when Cal Mitchell doubled with two outs in the ninth inning Tuesday night. Mitchell drove a 2-2 curveball just over the head of Gold Glove center fielder Harrison
12:15 PM ET ESPN News Services St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Jack Flaherty will make his season debut Wednesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates. He will be limited to 60 pitches. Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol made the surprise announcement before the first game of a day-night doubleheader against the Pirates on Tuesday. Flaherty had been scheduled to
7:00 AM ET I WAS STANDING behind home plate on Feb. 24 at Buford High School in Georgia watching right-hander Dylan Lesko, the best prep pitching prospect in the 2022 MLB Draft, arguably the best prep pitching prospect in years. A scouting director of a team picking in the middle of the first round took
11:08 PM ET Atlanta Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies left Monday’s game against the Washington Nationals in the fifth inning after he fractured his left foot, the team announced. Albies suffered the injury in the batter’s box on a swing, and as the ball left the bat, the veteran hobbled a step down the first-base
8:07 AM ET ESPN News Services The Orioles will “never leave” the city of Baltimore. So says team chairman and CEO John Angelos, who made this declaration Monday in a strongly worded statement that comes in the midst of a family legal battle. Thursday, Louis Angelos filed a lawsuit alleging his brother John was trying
6:25 AM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Not many teams can claim having a no-hitter, posting a franchise-record losing streak, firing a manager and then having a player hit for the cycle in the span of nearly five weeks. Well, the Los Angeles Angels can. Jared Walsh continued one of the wildest spans in
3:30 PM ET ESPN News Services The Boston Red Sox placed starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi on the 15-day injured list Sunday with lower back inflammation. The move was made retroactive to June 9. Eovaldi is 4-2 with a 3.16 ERA and 72 strikeouts in 12 starts this season. The right-hander hasn’t allowed a run in
3:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Chicago White Sox right-hander Michael Kopech exited Sunday’s game against the Texas Rangers with an injury after throwing just 13 pitches in the first inning. Kopech, who is 2-2 with a 1.94 ERA, was checked on by the training staff with a full count and two outs against Adolis
7:30 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Loud chants of “Fire Tony!” broke out at Guaranteed Rate Field as manager Tony La Russa and the Chicago White Sox blew a five-run lead and lost to the Texas Rangers 11-9 in 10 innings on Saturday. La Russa has been under increased scrutiny this week since
2:47 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Former Dodgers player Steve Sax says his 33-year-old son, who had always dreamed of being a pilot, was among five U.S. Marines killed during a training flight crash earlier this week in the California desert. Capt. John J. Sax was among the aircrew of an Osprey tiltrotor
7:49 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — A day after ordering a two-strike intentional walk that backfired, Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa said he’d do it all over again. In the sixth inning of Thursday’s 11-9 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers, La Russa walked right-handed hitting speedster Trea Turner with a
1:43 AM ET Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Walker Buehler will undergo an MRI on Saturday after leaving his start early due to discomfort in his right elbow in a 7-2 loss Friday night to the San Francisco Giants. Buehler said he felt something in the elbow in the last couple of innings of the start