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6:05 PM ET Alden Gonzalez Close ESPN Staff Writer 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. Jeff Passan Close ESPN ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” MLB handed

11:32 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Ronald Acuna Jr. was the star attraction in his first game back with the Braves since tearing his ACL on July 10, 2021. Acuna went 1-for-5 with two stolen bases in his return to the Braves’ lineup, while Kyle Wright turned in another stellar performance, giving Atlanta

3:12 PM ET More than 1,000 minor league baseball players have signed a petition requesting that Major League Baseball teams provide players with payment for spring training. The petition — organized by Advocates for Minor Leaguers and submitted to MLB on Thursday — follows a federal court ruling in March that said minor leaguers are

7:10 PM ET St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado and pitcher Genesis Cabrera have each received suspensions from Major League Baseball for their roles in the benches-clearing brawl in their 10-5 win Wednesday over the New York Mets at Busch Stadium. Arenado received a two-game suspension for “contributing to the incitement of the incident,”

7:00 AM ET While the National League continues to dominate the top of our Power Rankings, three weeks into the MLB season the American League is starting to make a splash as well. Which red hot AL squad is contending with the likes of the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Francisco Giants and New York Mets?

11:37 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton became the seventh-fastest player to reach 350 career home runs, launching a 417-foot drive to help the New York Yankees top the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Wednesday night. Stanton reached the milestone in 1,341 games. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only players to

5:12 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — The New York Mets‘ hit-by-pitch frustrations boiled over Wednesday when reliever Yoan Lopez threw a pitch near Nolan Arenado‘s head, sparking a benches-clearing brawl that led to Arenado’s ejection in the St. Louis Cardinals‘ 10-5 victory. Arenado reached base four times and drove in three runs before

12:09 PM ET High school right-hander Dylan Lesko, the top pitching prospect in the 2022 MLB draft, had Tommy John surgery Tuesday, a source told ESPN. Lesko, the No. 8 overall prospect in the draft rankings, had the procedure done by Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the head team physician for MLB’s Los Angeles Dodgers and the

1:21 AM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — New York Mets right-hander Chris Bassitt expressed frustration and concern for his teammates after three more Mets batters were plunked in Tuesday night’s 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals, raising the team’s major league-leading total to 18. Bassitt blamed the baseballs, which he says are

3:34 PM ET A years-old letter sent by Major League Baseball to the New York Yankees and obtained by ESPN on Tuesday details illicit use of technology that was relatively benign within the context of the sign-stealing scandals that occurred around the game at the same time. Earlier this month, the U.S. Second Court of

7:00 AM ET We are nearly three weeks into the new MLB season, with teams across the majors approaching their 20th game played. In the grand scheme of a 162-game schedule, what has happened so far means — well, not a whole lot. But what’s the fun in saying that? With that in mind, we

11:07 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer filed suit Monday against the San Diego woman who accused him of sexual assault, claiming defamation and tortious interference while seeking unspecified monetary and punitive damages. In the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Bauer’s attorneys say that the

5:19 PM ET ESPN News Services TORONTO — The Boston Red Sox put right-handers Tanner Houck and Kutter Crawford on the restricted list before Monday night’s game in Toronto, the opener of a four-game series north of the border. To enter Canada, the Canadian government requires a person must have received a second vaccine dose

7:00 AM ET Watch Bo Bichette move through the clubhouse and across the field before games, and it’s immediately apparent. The Toronto Blue Jays‘ 24-year-old shortstop walks around like he knows people think he’s the man, but also like he knows he’s the man. “You want to have that,” said Blue Jays reliever Jordan Romano.

11:34 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Kyle Schwarber was ejected in the ninth inning for arguing balls and strikes as frustrations boiled over in the Philadelphia Phillies‘ 1-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers Sunday night. Schwarber struck out looking in the final frame, turned around from home plate umpire Angel Hernandez, slammed his

5:14 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — The Reds ended an 11-game losing streak, their longest in six years, jumping to a first-inning lead and beating the St. Louis Cardinals 4-1 on Sunday as former first-round draft pick Nick Lodolo got his first major league win. Colin Moran drove in two runs for the Reds,

11:27 AM ET Chicago White Sox outfielder Eloy Jimenez is expected to miss six to eight weeks after suffering a hamstring strain in Saturday’s loss to the Minnesota Twins. Jimenez landed awkwardly on first base after hitting a ground ball to Twins third baseman Luis Arraez in the second inning. He immediately went to the

5:51 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Fans in the right-field bleachers pelted Cleveland Guardians outfielders with bottles, cans and debris in a chaotic scene moments after Isiah Kiner-Falefa and pinch-hitter Gleyber Torres notched run-scoring hits with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the New York Yankees to a 6-5 victory