5:17 PM ET ESPN News Services Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Wright has been suspended three games and manager Tony La Russa for one stemming from an incident in which both were ejected after Angels slugger Shohei Ohtani was hit by a pitch on Thursday. La Russa will serve his suspension during Saturday’s game vs.
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12:35 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays placed center fielder Kevin Kiermaier on the COVID-19-related IL due to general illness symptoms, and purchased the contract of right-hander Joey Krehbiel from Triple-A Durham before Saturday’s game against Detroit. Kiermaier was pinch hit for during the sixth inning of
11:18 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani will pitch for the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday after his sore arm apparently felt much better in a bullpen session. Ohtani threw about 30 pitches Friday, and the Angels decided their two-way superstar isn’t done yet on the mound as they finish out another
12:30 PM ET October is right around the corner. Wondering which teams will be playing in the 2021 MLB playoffs? Well, we’re about to find out. With the final stretch of the Major League Baseball season in full swing, teams are getting ready to clinch postseason berths — whether it’s a division crown and a
7:34 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — When the Seattle Mariners started down the path of bidding for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the target was 2024 or later to host for a third time. When MLB came back to the club earlier this year to ask if 2023 was a possibility, the Mariners
3:39 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Two-way star Shohei Ohtani won’t pitch Friday for the Los Angeles Angels because of a sore right arm that could sideline him as a pitcher for the rest of the season. “If there’s any kind of lingering soreness, you may not see him pitch,” Angels manager Joe Maddon
6:24 PM ET ESPN News Services KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Royals slugger Salvador Perez tied Johnny Bench’s record for homers in a season by a catcher with his 45th in a 7-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday. Perez hit a two-run homer in the first inning, matching Bench’s total from 1970
7:00 AM ET We’re halfway through September and there is still a lot to be settled in MLB’s playoff races. Only two teams have clinched a postseason berth so far. Have the red-hot Toronto Blue Jays vaulted up the rankings? Will the San Francisco Giants finally find breathing room in their race against the Los
8:52 PM ET San Diego Padres left-hander Blake Snell went on the 10-day injured list Wednesday due to a left adductor groin strain, the team announced. The Padres also signed right-hander Vince Velasquez to a minor league contract and recalled right-hander Shaun Anderson from Triple-A El Paso. Snell, 28, injured his groin in the first
7:38 PM ET CHICAGO — Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout isn’t expected to play the rest of the season, according to manager Joe Maddon. Trout, 30, has been out of action since mid-May with a right calf injury. With only weeks remaining in the regular season, Maddon doesn’t see time being on his side.
7:45 AM ET Devin Gordon ONE SURE SIGN of true charisma is a multitude of nicknames, and along with the legendary name he inherited, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., the Toronto Blue Jays’ powerful first baseman, also answers to Vlad Jr., Vladdy and Vladito. Then there’s Plákata, which is more of a synonym for Guerrero than a
1:33 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers are chasing the San Francisco Giants in the National League West. They caught their rival in one big way by becoming the second team in the majors to clinch a postseason berth. Max Muncy, Trea Turner and Will Smith homered in an 8-4
12:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Ryan Braun, the 2011 National League MVP and franchise home run king for the Milwaukee Brewers, announced his retirement Tuesday. The six-time All-Star selection has not played this season after becoming a free agent when the Brewers declined to exercise a $15 million mutual option in his contract last
11:11 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Seattle has been chosen to host Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game in 2023, sources familiar with the decision told ESPN on Tuesday. Plans to bring the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby
11:23 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — All on one swing, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. topped his Hall of Fame father and moved ahead of Shohei Ohtani. Guerrero hit his major-league-leading 45th home run, Alek Manoah set a career high by pitching eight shutout innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Tampa Bay Rays
12:37 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Gleyber Torres is being moved back to second base from shortstop by the New York Yankees. Torres, 24, was primarily a second baseman during his first two seasons with the Yankees in 2018 and 2019. He filled in at shortstop when Didi Gregorius got hurt and was
9:59 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge left Sunday night’s game at the New York Mets in the middle of the third inning after feeling some dizziness during his first at-bat, according to manager Aaron Boone. “Hopefully, it’s something that subsides here over the next little bit and [we]
12:39 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor broke an eighth-inning tie with his third homer, sending a drive whistling into the right-field seats after a pitch tipping spat with Giancarlo Stanton, and the Mets beat the Yankees 8-7 Sunday night in a heated Subway Series finale that nearly turned into a