10:48 PM ET When Memorial Day weekend reached Sunday, the slate of games in the National League teased the possibility of a full day when generational pitchers were dominating the highlight reels. You know them by their last names, that’s how famous they are, but we’ll give you first names, too: Max Scherzer. Clayton Kershaw.
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1:32 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay reliever Ryan Thompson and his teammates will have no problem getting motivated when the Rays and New York Yankees renew their intense American League East rivalry Monday. “I think a lot of it has to do with their attitude toward us. They hate us,
10:04 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Atlanta Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna was arrested Saturday and charged with felony assault after a domestic incident in Sandy Springs, Ga., according to jail records on the Fulton County (Ga.) website. Ozuna,
10:53 PM ET There may actually be good news in the midst of what might have been the lowest point in history of the Colorado Rockies, and we’ll get to that in a moment. In the meantime, here’s what happened Saturday: The Pittsburgh Pirates shut out the Rockies in both games of a doubleheader, holding
6:00 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Cody Bellinger is back in the lineup for the Los Angeles Dodgers with a new appreciation for the game. Bellinger, the 2019 NL MVP, was out for nearly two months with a hairline fracture in his left leg. He had offseason shoulder surgery after the Dodgers won
3:43 AM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Albert Pujols lingered near the batter’s box after connecting. Many LA players jumped the dugout rail. And lots of fans at Dodger Stadium raised their arms, all ready to celebrate. Mike Tauchman had other ideas. Tauchman remarkably reached over the left-field wall to rob Pujols of
9:31 PM ET A second woman is alleging sexual misconduct by Roberto Alomar in 2014, prompting the Toronto Blue Jays to launch an investigation into what happened and how it was handled by the team. The woman, Melissa Verge, alleged in a story published Friday by the Toronto Star that Alomar propositioned her for sex
1:49 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Braves right-hander Mike Soroka, who was expected to return to the rotation this season after having surgery to repair a torn right Achilles tendon, will miss the 2021 season, manager Brian Snitker said Friday. “He’s down for the year,” Snitker told MLB Network on Friday. “Hopefully we’ll get
10:47 AM ET New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard has been shut down for six weeks with right elbow inflammation, manager Luis Rojas said Thursday. “It’s big. We were just counting on him being here a month from now,” Rojas told reporters. “This happening is tough. … We pray he can pitch for us this
8:43 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — A traffic jam kept Shohei Ohtani from making it to the ballpark in time for his regular pregame pitching routine, and he was scratched from his scheduled start Thursday night against the Oakland Athletics and shifted to designated hitter. Because of an accident on the Bay Bridge
10:00 AM ET The 2021 MLB draft is less than two months away, with this year’s event scheduled to be held July 11-13 in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game festivities. The Pittsburgh Pirates have the No. 1 pick, followed by the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. While there
7:00 AM ET After a two-week run at the top by the Chicago White Sox, a new team has overtaken the AL Central leaders for the No. 1 spot in our MLB Power Rankings this week. Will the Los Angeles Dodgers regain their place there after looking more like the team we expected to see
8:42 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Giovanny Gallegos got into a sticky situation with the St. Louis Cardinals clinging to a one-run lead and two on in the seventh inning. It quickly became a heated one. Umpire Joe West ordered Gallegos to switch caps because apparently there was sunscreen on the bill. Cardinals
4:18 PM ET Los Angeles Angels pitching coach Mickey Callaway, accused by multiple women of sexual harassment and mistreatment, has been placed on the ineligible list, banning him from Major League Baseball at least through the end of the 2022 season. Commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement that an investigation found that “Callaway violated
7:17 PM ET Minute Maid Park in Houston opened at full capacity on Tuesday, just in time to welcome the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, a team that seemingly hasn’t forgotten about how the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal might have cost them another title four years ago. “It’ll always be something weird there,”
8:38 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Corey Kluber‘s bid to match Johnny Vander Meer’s feat of consecutive no-hitters ended when Toronto’s Bo Bichette reached on an infield single with one out in the third on Tuesday night, and the New York Yankees removed the 35-year-old right-hander after the inning. Two innings later,
3:28 PM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies placed slugger Bryce Harper on the 10-day injured list with a bruised left forearm on Tuesday. The move was made retroactive to Sunday. The outfielder, who is in an 0-for-16 slump, was held out of the Phillies’ lineup for the past two games. Manager Joe Girardi
6:48 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The birds-on-the-bat uniforms, the players in the other dugout, the opposing manager, it all looked familiar to Tony La Russa. Too familiar. The 76-year-old Hall of Fame manager of the Chicago White Sox found himself in a strange spot Monday night: Leading his club against the team he