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ESPN News Services Aug 4, 2024, 08:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman and his wife said Sunday their 3-year-old son, Maximus, was home from the hospital after being treated for Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a rare neurological disorder. In a joint social media post, the Freemans said Maximus had returned

Associated Press Aug 4, 2024, 03:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Nathan Eovaldi‘s franchise record streak of innings without a walk has ended after the Texas Rangers right-hander walked Boston’s Masataka Yoshida with one out in the first inning. Eovaldi got ahead 0-2 before throwing four consecutive balls Sunday. Yoshida checked his

ESPN News Services Aug 4, 2024, 01:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels pitcher Ben Joyce retired all four hitters he faced in 1⅓ innings for his first big league save, and concluded the effort with a 104.7 mile per hour fastball, the fastest pitch in the majors this season,

ESPN News Services Aug 4, 2024, 12:44 AM ET Open Extended Reactions OAKLAND, Calif. — Jack Flaherty pitched six sharp innings in his Dodgers debut and Los Angeles snapped a three-game losing streak by defeating the Oakland Athletics 10-0 on Saturday night. Shohei Ohtani stole three bases for Los Angeles to give him 31 on

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2024, 07:27 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — It felt like a moment that couldn’t even have been scripted. Just hours after the St. Louis Cardinals acquired Tommy Pham from the Chicago White Sox at

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterAug 3, 2024, 01:21 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2024, 10:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions San Francisco Giants left-hander Blake Snell threw the third no-hitter of the major league season, blanking the Reds 3-0 in the first complete game of his career Friday night. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner struck out 11 Reds and walked three

ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2024, 04:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Infielder Coby Mayo, one of the top prospects in baseball, will make his major league debut Friday night for the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles called him up from Triple-A Norfolk and penciled him into the lineup against the Cleveland Guardians. He will play

ESPN News Services Aug 1, 2024, 05:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout will miss the remainder of the season after sustaining another meniscus tear, general manager Perry Minasian told reporters Thursday. Earlier this week, the Angels shut down the rehab for Trout after his recent setback in his recovery

Tisha Thompson, ESPNAug 1, 2024, 04:04 PM ET Close Tisha Thompson is an investigative reporter for ESPN based in Washington, D.C. Her work appears on all platforms, both domestically and internationally. Open Extended Reactions The illegal bookmaker at the center of the sports betting scandal focused on Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles

Aug 1, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The MLB trade deadline is in the rearview mirror — and a number of teams look fairly different because of it. Two of our top-10 teams — the Dodgers and Padres — went for it at the deadline and were considered two of the biggest winners

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2024, 01:30 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Clayton Kershaw had made 423 regular-season starts and recorded at least one strikeout in every

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterJul 31, 2024, 09:54 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Jack Flaherty joined his new team on Wednesday and downplayed concerns surrounding a back issue

ESPN News Services Jul 31, 2024, 02:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jackson Holliday returned to the Baltimore Orioles in grand style. Hours after being officially recalled from the minors, Holliday belted a towering grand slam in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays. It was the first career major league

Jul 31, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago White Sox didn’t deal their most coveted pitcher at the MLB trade deadline. The San Diego Padres went all-in for a bullpen upgrade. And the Los Angeles Dodgers in a last-minute flurry landed this deadline’s top starting pitcher. Which clubs made the right calls?

Jul 30, 2024, 06:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The National League-West leading Los Angeles Dodgers made a major move to upgrade their rotation just before Tuesday’s trade deadline passed, agreeing with the Detroit Tigers to acquire right-hander Jack Flaherty, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The Dodgers also reached a deal with the the Toronto

Buster Olney, ESPN Senior WriterJul 30, 2024, 02:56 PM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Open Extended Reactions The Baltimore Orioles traded for Marlins left-handed starter Trevor Rogers on Tuesday, using some of the minor league talent they have stockpiled in recent years.

Jul 30, 2024, 12:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Former World Series MVP Jorge Soler is heading back to Atlanta after the Braves swung a trade Monday night with the San Francisco Giants. The Braves acquired Soler at the trade deadline exactly three years ago Monday and the slugger helped Atlanta win its first World