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Apr 4, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re one week into the 2024 MLB season, and after the Brewers and Pirates each suffered their first loss of the season on Wednesday, we have one team still undefeated through seven days of play — the Tigers?! We’ve seen hot starts across the league from

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterApr 4, 2024, 12:45 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 LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani is finally on the board. The two-way star cranked his first home run

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterApr 3, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions Welcome to the 2024 MLB Watchability Index! As ESPN NBA writer Zach Lowe would say — and we’re stealing this idea from his annual League Pass

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers reliever Trevor Megill has gone on the seven-day concussion list after passing out while recovering from an apparent case of food poisoning. Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Wednesday that Megill suffered from food poisoning on Saturday during the team’s three-game

Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 10:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The future of the Royals and Chiefs in Kansas City was thrown into question Tuesday night when residents of Jackson County, Missouri, resoundingly voted down a sales tax measure that would helped to fund a new downtown ballpark along with

ESPN News Services Apr 2, 2024, 08:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper‘s first hit of the season was a big one. Same for his second. And his third. Harper homered in each of his first three at-bats for Philadelphia during Tuesday night’s game against Cincinnati. The two-time NL MVP went 0

Apr 2, 2024, 10:55 AM ET Larry Lucchino, the former president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox who oversaw three World Series titles during his tenure, has died at the age of 78, the team announced Tuesday. Lucchino became CEO of the Red Sox upon purchase of the team by the ownership group headed

Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 01:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Luis Gil had a successful outing in his return from Tommy John surgery and the New York Yankees started the season on a five-game winning streak for the first time in 32 years, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 on Monday night. Anthony

ESPN News Services Apr 1, 2024, 10:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Ronel Blanco, making his first start of the season, baffled the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night, pitching a no-hitter in the Houston Astros‘ 10-0 victory. Blanco, coming off a modest 2-1 season in which he finished with a 4.50 ERA,

ESPN News Services Mar 31, 2024, 09:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — Stuck in a four-game losing streak to start the season, and fresh off a playoff appearance the year before, Miami Marlins outfielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. addressed the club’s decision to open the retractable roof on top of LoanDepot Park this weekend.

Associated Press Mar 31, 2024, 04:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Joey Bart, once considered the likely successor to Buster Posey as the San Francisco Giants‘ catcher, was designated for assignment Sunday. San Francisco made the move to open a roster spot for 28-year-old right-hander Daulton Jefferies, who started against San Diego

Associated Press Mar 31, 2024, 06:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Juan Soto had three hits capped by an RBI single with two outs in the ninth inning that lifted the New York Yankees to a 4-3 win Sunday that completed an opening four-game sweep of the Houston Astros. With the score 3-3,

Associated Press Mar 31, 2024, 12:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Pitchers Genesis Cabrera of the Toronto Blue Jays and Yohan Ramirez of the New York Mets were suspended for three games each by Major League Baseball on Sunday for their actions in separate games. And Mets manager Carlos Mendoza was suspended

Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterMar 30, 2024, 10:36 PM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) Open Extended Reactions The city of Oakland will present Athletics ownership with an offer to extend the team’s lease that includes a five-year contract with an opt-out after

ESPN News Services Mar 30, 2024, 05:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Rhys Hoskins drove in four runs, a day after his hard slide into Jeff McNeil caused dugouts to empty, and Yohan Ramirez was ejected for throwing behind the Milwaukee designated hitter’s back the Brewers’ 7-6 victory over the New York

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterMar 30, 2024, 07:00 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 HOUSTON

Associated Press Mar 29, 2024, 01:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker’s family stayed out of Philadelphia on Opening Day. Snitker called out Phillies fans in spring training for what he said was objectionable behavior from them in the playoffs toward his wife and other Atlanta friends and family

Associated Press Mar 29, 2024, 06:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Even on a new team in a different division, it took all of one game for Rhys Hoskins to rile up the New York Mets. Tempers flared Friday during the season opener at Citi Field when the Milwaukee Brewers‘ newcomer —