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Mar 28, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Welcome to MLB Opening Day! All 30 teams were scheduled to be in action Thursday before rain postponed the scheduled Milwaukee Brewers–New York Mets and Atlanta Braves–Philadelphia Phillies openers to Friday. The Los Angeles Angels and Baltimore Orioles will get things started with new O’s ace

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterMar 28, 2024, 09:53 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 LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani was pleased with the quality of his at-bats and “grateful” for the warm

Mar 28, 2024, 01:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday the league is committed to its investigation of the scandal surrounding Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani and hopes it will take a “short” time to resolve. Last week Ohtani’s interpreter Ippei Mizuhara was fired after questions surrounding at least

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterMar 28, 2024, 07:00 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 WHEN JUAN SOTO began to initiate himself with the New York Yankees, his third team in less than

Jeff Passan, ESPNMar 27, 2024, 02:52 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions Catcher Will Smith and the Los Angeles Dodgers are finalizing a 10-year, $140 million contract extension, sources told ESPN, the latest deal in an offseason of

Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterMar 27, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) Open Extended Reactions SHOHEI OHTANI WALKED from the left-field corner to the right-field corner of Dodger Stadium on Sunday afternoon to have a festive conversation with a group

Mar 27, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Opening Day is tomorrow, so you know what that means — it’s time for season predictions! There are lots of questions going into the 2024 season: What does Year 3 of MLB’s expanded playoffs have to offer? Will we continue to see top teams knocked out

Tisha Thompson Close Tisha Thompson ESPN Tisha Thompson is an investigative reporter for ESPN based in Washington, D.C. Her work appears on all platforms, both domestically and internationally. Paula Lavigne Close Paula Lavigne ESPN Staff Writer Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist,

ESPN News Services Mar 26, 2024, 04:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions With Dylan Carlson sidelined for several weeks with a shoulder injury, speedster Victor Scott will be the starting center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals on Opening Day, manager Oliver Marmol said Tuesday. An MRI revealed that Carlson suffered a sprained AC joint

Associated Press Mar 25, 2024, 01:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TAMPA. Fla. — New York Yankees leadoff hitter DJ LeMahieu will start the season on the injured list because of a bruised right foot, the latest injury setback for the former batting champion. The 35-year-old third baseman has been sidelined since fouling a ball

ESPN News Services Mar 26, 2024, 12:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions MEXICO CITY — New York Yankees outfielder Oscar Gonzalez suffered a right orbital fracture on Monday night, according to multiple reports. Gonzalez was taken to the hospital after fouling a ball off his face Monday night during an exhibition game in Mexico against

ESPN News Services Mar 25, 2024, 06:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani said Monday he never bet on sports and interpreter Ippei Mizuhara stole money from him and told lies. Ohtani held a news conference at Dodger Stadium, five days after Mizuhara was fired by the Dodgers following

ESPN News Services Mar 24, 2024, 07:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Robinson Cano hit a home run and had two RBIs, and Trevor Bauer pitched three scoreless innings on Sunday as the Diablos Rojos del Mexico beat the New York Yankees 4-3 in the first of two exhibition games in Mexico City. The 41-year-old

ESPN News Services Mar 24, 2024, 05:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani plans to speak to the media Monday for the first time since the illegal gambling and theft allegations involving the Los Angeles Dodgers star’s former interpreter emerged during the team’s trip to South Korea. The interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara,

Associated Press Mar 24, 2024, 12:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff says he won’t pitch this season while he recovers from surgery to his throwing shoulder. When Woodruff underwent the surgery in October, the Brewers said the two-time All-Star was expected to miss most, if not all, of

Associated Press Mar 23, 2024, 08:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — J.D. Martinez and the New York Mets finalized a $12 million, one-year contract on Saturday. The 36-year-old designated hitter gets a $2.5 million signing bonus, $2 million this year and $7.5 million in deferred money, payable in $1.5 million

Associated Press Mar 23, 2024, 09:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — San Diego Padres stars and executives remembered late owner Peter Seidler with laughter and some emotional moments on Saturday while vowing to fulfill his dream of bringing a World Series championship to his adopted hometown. A celebration of life was held

Associated Press Mar 23, 2024, 03:02 PM ET BALTIMORE — Peter Angelos, owner of a Baltimore Orioles team that endured long losing stretches and shrewd proprietor of a law firm that won high-profile cases against industry titans, died Saturday. He was 94. Angelos had been ill for several years. His family announced his death in