7:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The fan who hit Boston Red Sox left fielder Alex Verdugo with a baseball thrown from the Yankee Stadium stands has been banned for life from attending big league games. The decision was confirmed Sunday by spokesmen for both the New York Yankees and Major League Baseball.
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2:17 PM ET Associated Press When the gunshots started to echo all around Nationals Park, San Diego Padres star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. quickly thought about the team’s family members and friends in the seats. Tatis bolted from the bench down the left field line Saturday night, helped open a gate to the stands and
9:59 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — The game between the San Diego Padres and the Washington Nationals was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting outside Nationals Park that caused echoes of gunfire inside the stadium and prompted fans to scramble for safety in the dugout. The shooting, an exchange
2:23 AM ET ESPN News Services A fan threw a baseball at Boston Red Sox left fielder Alex Verdugo and hit him in the back during Saturday night’s game at Yankee Stadium, leading manager Alex Cora to briefly pull his players off the field in the sixth inning. Verdugo began yelling at fans and was
6:18 PM ET New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom is dealing with forearm tightness and will miss his scheduled start Monday against the Cincinnati Reds, manager Luis Rojas said Saturday. An MRI on deGrom’s forearm revealed no structural damage, according to Rojas, and he is considered day-to-day. Rojas said deGrom felt the tightness while throwing
12:39 AM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani donated his winnings from this week’s Home Run Derby to members of the Los Angeles Angels‘ support staff, according to multiple reports. The news was first reported by the OC Register. Ohtani donated the $150,000 he received to more than a couple of dozen
10:48 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — San Diego Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth hit for the cycle for the first time in his major league career Friday night against the Washington Nationals. After lining out in the first inning, Cronenworth had a two-run double in the second, an RBI triple in the third, a
12:18 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are expected to return to action Friday, sources told ESPN’s Enrique Rojas, after positive COVID-19 tests for Yankees players caused Thursday’s game to be postponed. In testing since, there have been no new positive cases, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, with
2:24 PM ET Seattle Mariners left-hander Hector Santiago‘s 10-game suspension for having a foreign substance on his glove has been upheld after an appeal, sources tell ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan. Santiago was the first and only pitcher so far to be ejected and subsequently suspended after Major League Baseball’s crackdown on pitchers using
9:16 PM ET The Atlanta Braves acquired outfielder Joc Pederson from the Chicago Cubs for minor league first baseman Bryce Ball, the teams announced on Thursday. Pederson, 29, had 11 home runs and a .718 OPS in 73 games for the Cubs after signing a one-year, $4.5 million deal that included a $10 million mutual
4:49 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The Yankees’ post-All-Star break opener against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night was postponed because of positive COVID-19 tests within New York’s organization. Major League Baseball said the postponement was to allow for more testing and contact tracing. New York was among the first major
9:31 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays won’t find out by this weekend whether they will get permission from the federal government to play in Canada soon, according to multiple reports. A team spokeswoman said the club continues to work with the federal government toward playing games at Rogers Centre
6:38 PM ET The administrative leave for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer has been extended by nearly two weeks to July 27, sources told ESPN. The move pushes Bauer’s leave past a scheduled July 23 hearing for a domestic violence restraining order filed by a woman in L.A. County Superior Court. Major League Baseball
10:18 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Fashion forward? Maybe more like fashion faux pas. The fans on social media weren’t exactly raving about the new MLB All-Star jerseys that were on display Tuesday night. No classic birds-on-a-bat design for the St. Louis Cardinals at Coors Field, no sweet script for the Los Angeles Dodgers.
1:50 AM ET DENVER — Tuesday’s bottom of the first began with Fernando Tatis Jr., arguably the most magnetic star in the sport, digging in against Shohei Ohtani, undoubtedly the most unique talent in baseball history. A quick acknowledgement was followed by two fastballs, then a slider, then a splitter, then another slider. Ohtani induced
11:39 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” DENVER — After dropping a dramatic first-round Home Run Derby matchup to Juan Soto on Monday night, Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani said he wants a return engagement. Following a wild
7:00 AM ET For years, the question has been: “Who is the face of baseball?” Ahead of the 2021 MLB All-Star Game though, three new superstars have proved there doesn’t need to be just one face of the sport. Fernando Tatis Jr. of the San Diego Padres, Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels and
1:13 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” DENVER — About 15 minutes before Shohei Ohtani made the most anticipated debut in Home Run Derby history and kicked off the madcap 24 hours in which he also would start the