12:24 PM ET The Chicago Cubs released right-hander Jake Arrieta on Thursday, ending his second stint with the franchise. Arrieta pitched on Wednesday night, allowing 11 hits and eight runs (seven in the first inning alone) in four innings of the Cubs’ 10-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers to fall to 5-11 with a 6.88
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10:13 PM ET ESPN News Services Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Corbin Burnes tied a major league record by striking out 10 consecutive batters during Wednesday night’s start against the Chicago Cubs. Burnes’ record-tying strikeout came in the bottom of the fifth inning, when Cubs first baseman Frank Schwindel whiffed on an 88 mph slider at Chicago’s
5:35 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Mookie Betts has been placed on the injured list with a right hip injury, manager Dave Roberts said Wednesday. Roberts said Betts would fly back to Los Angeles from Philadelphia and meet with doctors on Thursday.. “We’re going to have some more experts chime
12:25 PM ET The Chicago White Sox placed Cy Young candidate Carlos Rodon on the 10-day injured list with left arm soreness, the team announced Wednesday. Rodon, 28, is 9-5 with a 2.38 ERA in 19 starts this season and could be out longer than the required 10 days. “We’re going to err on the
1:32 AM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — Detroit Tigers outfielders Derek Hill and Akil Baddoo were being evaluated for injuries following their frightening collision while chasing a flyball Tuesday night in Baltimore. Hill and Baddoo both took off after Anthony Santander‘s drive to left-center field in the eighth inning. Each player reached for the
6:39 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Los Angeles Dodgers star outfielder Mookie Betts was a late scratch from the lineup Tuesday night against Philadelphia with a sore right hip that could send him to the injured list. Billy McKinney will bat eighth and play right field in the opener of a three-game series.
7:00 AM ET Above the garbage cans at CHS Field in St. Paul, Minnesota, signs communicated an unusual request: Don’t throw away your beer cups! Bring them to Section 118. It was the evening of July 1, and the St. Paul Saints had set out to break a record. The Saints — known for eye-catching
9:32 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Colorado Rockies said a fan was yelling the name of team mascot Dinger and not a racial slur during Sunday’s game at Coors Field. The Black player who was batting at the time isn’t so sure. Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson said he didn’t hear the fan
1:14 PM ET The Colorado Rockies say that a fan did not yell racial slurs during Sunday’s game against the Miami Marlins and that the man instead was shouting at the team’s mascot. The Rockies said Sunday that they were “disgusted” at what was widely believed to be a racial slur directed at Miami’s Lewis
6:25 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Zack Wheeler pitched a two-hitter and struck out 11, Bryce Harper homered and the first-place Philadelphia Phillies finished off a three-game sweep for their eighth straight victory, 3-0 over the fading New York Mets on Sunday. Jean Segura and J.T. Realmuto also homered for the Phillies, who
10:15 PM ET The Colorado Rockies said they are investigating after a racial slur was used by a fan during an at-bat by Miami Marlins outfielder Lewis Brinson, who is Black, on Sunday at Coors Field. Microphones on the television broadcast picked up a fan yelling the N-word multiple times after the second pitch during
11:15 AM ET New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo has tested positive for COVID-19, manager Aaron Boone announced Sunday. Boone said Rizzo, who turned 32 on Sunday, is experiencing some symptoms and will be placed on the COVID-related injured list. Rizzo joins catcher Gary Sanchez and starting pitchers Gerrit Cole and Jordan Montgomery as
8:00 AM ET CHICAGO – The moment led to two colleagues hugging for the first time in nearly two decades of working together. It also created a raucous atmosphere in the White Sox clubhouse, where high-fives accompanied some hooting and hollering. As the afternoon hours ticked down on MLB trade deadline day, the front office
6:20 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” An autistic man accused longtime major league player Omar Vizquel of sexual harassment while he was managing a Chicago White Sox minor league affiliate, alleging in a civil lawsuit filed this week
2:01 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Boston Red Sox put slugger J.D. Martinez on the COVID-19-related injured list Saturday, further weakening a struggling offense that has scored five runs or fewer in 13 straight games. Martinez is batting .284 with 21 home runs and 68 RBIs in 104 games. “He felt sick last
9:18 AM ET Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan — A Japanese team of All-Stars fulfilled a determined national mission to win the Olympic baseball gold medal for the first time, beating the United States 2-0 Saturday night behind Munetaka Murakami’s third-inning home run. Masato Morishita and four relievers combined on a six-hitter, and the Japanese men
5:35 PM ET Oakland Athletics outfielder Ramon Laureano was suspended 80 games without pay by Major League Baseball on Friday after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. MLB said Laureano, a 27-year-old who is in his fourth season with the A’s, tested positive for Nandrolone, a performance-enhancing drug. Laureano denied that he knowingly took the
1:57 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs placed five-time Gold Glove outfielder Jason Heyward on the 10-day injured list Friday because of inflammation in his left index finger. Manager David Ross said the finger has been bothering Heyward for “a pretty good bit” and he aggravated it taking batting practice at Colorado