1:33 PM ET Outfielder Justin Upton has been designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Angels, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Saturday. The Angels will owe him $28 million for this season, the final one in a five-year deal. Given the money still owed to Upton, it’s unlikely any team would deal for his
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12:35 PM ET New York Mets right-hander Max Scherzer is dealing with hamstring tightness and said he isn’t sure whether he will be ready to pitch when the regular season starts next week. Scherzer told reporters that he first felt the issue a few days ago and that it flared up while preparing to pitch
4:01 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom will miss Opening Day after an imaging test showed a stress reaction in his right scapula. In a statement on Friday, the Mets said deGrom won’t
12:53 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago White Sox swapped veteran outfielder AJ Pollock and veteran closer Craig Kimbrel on Friday, a rare one-for-one trade — with no money exchanged — that cleared up uncertainties for two championship contenders. From the Dodgers’ perspective, the deal frees up more playing time for the
7:00 AM ET The universal DH, for all of its uniformity, practicality and Shohei Ohtani, saddens a small few of us, for it eliminates one of the game’s underappreciated elements: pitchers hitting, or not hitting, which, for 150 years, has provided great statistics, stories and smiles. Yes, we still have the amazing Ohtani, but he
10:29 PM ET New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom felt tightness in his right shoulder while throwing long toss and might not be able to make his scheduled spring start Friday, according to manager Buck Showalter. The timing is far from ideal for the Mets, who open the season in a week, with deGrom slated
3:57 PM ET Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson will miss the first two games of the regular season after his three-game suspension, stemming from an incident at the end of the 2021 season, was reduced to two games, a source confirmed to ESPN. During a bench clearing incident with the Detroit Tigers in late
10:38 AM ET The New York Yankees are chasing their first World Series title since 2009, but general manager Brian Cashman thinks there should be a glaring exception within the discussion of a championship drought. Cashman, in an interview Wednesday with The Athletic, disputed the notion that the Yankees are in a prolonged title skid
10:24 PM ET Before you jump all over the concept of Home Run Derby X, think back to when you were a kid and you could only round up five kids in the neighborhood, and you had to invent some sort of knock-off version of baseball. (If you’re a kid right now: Yes, we used
8:22 PM ET ESPN News Services WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Washington Nationals fans have reasons to doubt 2022 will be their year. They got 29 more of them Wednesday. Pitchers Anibal Sanchez and Cade Cavalli allowed 10 runs each while the Nationals were shellacked 29-8 by the St. Louis Cardinals in a spring training
7:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors When the Los Angeles Dodgers signed Freddie Freeman this offseason, they sparked a conversation: Do they have the best lineup in recent memory? And maybe … ever? We decided to dig into what it takes for a lineup to be great. Which 2022 teams — L.A. and perhaps others —
7:00 AM ET The MLB offseason is nearly complete and virtually all of the major free agents have found new seats after baseball’s annual round of musical chairs. Every hot stove question you had about your team has been answered. Unfortunately, for some, that answer did not arrive in the form of a new player,
12:55 PM ET Spring training is ending soon and the 2022 regular season is just about ready to (finally) get underway. As such, it is time to get a little bit bold when it comes to fantasy baseball! There are, of course, different levels of bold. For example, while I believe that White Sox OF
6:44 AM ET The 2022 fantasy baseball game is live! Get the gang back together, or start a brand new tradition.Join or start a league for free >> When healthy, San Diego Padres SS/OF Fernando Tatis Jr. is arguably the top player in all of fantasy baseball — a generational talent providing statistical goodness in
3:07 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — With a wave of his hand and a tip of the cap, Albert Pujols walked back into the world of the St. Louis Cardinals. Wearing a big smile and his familiar red No. 5 jersey, Pujols emerged from beyond the right-field wall at Roger Dean Stadium between
2:00 PM ET Late Sunday night, Albert Pujols and the St. Louis Cardinals agreed to a deal that will bring the future Hall of Famer back to St. Louis after 10 seasons soaking up the sun in Los Angeles. The Cardinals are certainly an organization known for its loyalty, especially to those players whom Cardinals
7:00 AM ET At his introductory news conference with the Colorado Rockies after signing a seven-year, $182 million contract, Kris Bryant was asked about the future of his new franchise. “I take a lot of pride in the fact that I have never played on a losing team in the big leagues, and I don’t
12:45 AM ET Albert Pujols is signing a one-year, major league deal to return to the St. Louis Cardinals, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez. The deal is pending a physical. Pujols, 42, played his first 11 seasons in the majors with the Cardinals, leading them to two World Series titles in 2006 and