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Sep 19, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We have our first official playoff teams! The Brewers clinched the season’s first postseason spot on Wednesday with a Cubs loss, and the Yankees followed suit later that night by beating the Mariners in extra innings to secure their trip to October. Now, with 11 days

Associated Press Sep 19, 2024, 01:16 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — A year ago, the New York Yankees were knocked out of playoff contention with a week to go in the regular season, ending a string of six straight postseason appearances. Remembering what that was like made wrapping up a playoff berth with

Associated Press Sep 18, 2024, 05:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers became the first major league team to clinch a division championship Wednesday when it sealed its third National League Central title in the past four years. The Chicago Cubs‘ 5-3 loss to the Oakland Athletics enabled the Brewers to

ESPN News Services Sep 18, 2024, 02:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Moments after Jose Altuve was ejected for taking off his left cleat and sock trying to prove a point, his replacement, Grae Kessinger, scored the go-ahead run in the 10th inning and then made a sensational play at second base

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 17, 2024, 11:09 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 MIAMI — The Los Angeles Dodgers‘ recent series at the Atlanta Braves marked the first time in more

Jeff Passan, ESPNSep 17, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Last week, hours after the Chicago White Sox‘s latest attempt to win a baseball game fell apart in typically absurd fashion, Davis Martin could

ESPN News Services Sep 17, 2024, 08:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Left-hander Jordan Montgomery, who was sent to the bullpen in August after a seven-start stretch in which he posted a 7.88 ERA, will return to the Arizona Diamondbacks‘ rotation against the Colorado Rockies on Tuesday. Montgomery made four relief appearances for the Diamondbacks

ESPN News Services Sep 16, 2024, 10:23 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Mike Trout, working his way back from two knee surgeries, acknowledged that a move away from center field could be in his future. The Los Angeles Angels superstar had his left meniscus repaired in early May and needed a second operation on the

Field Level Media Sep 16, 2024, 04:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New York Mets received some relieving news Monday when an MRI on star shortstop Francisco Lindor‘s back came back clean. Lindor told reporters that he “should be back” before the end of the season and that the “best-case scenario” would be a

Associated Press Sep 15, 2024, 10:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox won back-to-back games for the first time in nearly three months, beating the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on Sunday behind home runs from Gavin Sheets and Bryan Ramos to end a streak of 20 consecutive series losses. A day

Associated Press Sep 15, 2024, 09:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — David Peralta hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning, and the San Diego Padres overcame Heliot Ramos becoming the first right-handed batter to homer into McCovey Cove with a 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday that completed

Associated Press Sep 15, 2024, 03:12 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Boston Red Sox radio broadcaster Joe Castiglione said Sunday he is retiring at the end of the season, his 42nd calling the team’s games. Castiglione, 77, made the announcement on the WEEI broadcast as the Red Sox batted in the fourth

Howard Bryant, ESPN Senior WriterSep 15, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Senior Writer, ESPN Author of “The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron” Author of “Juicing the Game” Author of “Full Dissidence” Open Extended Reactions IT WAS A JOURNEY that was never intended to be a quest. Life simply turned it into one —

ESPN News Services Sep 14, 2024, 04:38 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole stuck out four fingers on his pitching hand, then pointed toward first base as Rafael Devers looked on incredulously. Having held the first 10 Red Sox batters hitless, the New York Yankees ace handed Boston’s slumping star an

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2024, 06:14 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 ATLANTA — Tyler Glasnow has a sprained right elbow and is “highly unlikely” to pitch again this season,

ESPN News Services Sep 13, 2024, 09:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Detroit Tigers took a perfect game into the eighth inning and fell one out short of a combined no-hitter in a 1-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night. Gunnar Henderson hit a two-out triple just past the glove of diving

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterSep 13, 2024, 10:15 PM 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

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 13, 2024, 07:25 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 ATLANTA — The thought of Shohei Ohtani pitching in the playoffs is suddenly not impossible, even if it