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ESPN News Services Apr 7, 2024, 04:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Yankees ace right-hander Gerrit Cole will start playing catch this week as he continues to rehab his ailing right elbow. Yankees manager Aaron Boone told reporters Sunday that Cole could begin throwing Monday or Tuesday. The team placed Cole on the

ESPN News Services Apr 7, 2024, 06:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Justin Verlander allowed six earned runs and struck out six in pitching into the fourth inning of his first injury rehabilitation start Sunday for the Houston Astros‘ Triple-A Sugar Space Cowboys. The 41-year-old right-hander, a three-time Cy Young Award winner,

Associated Press Apr 7, 2024, 05:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. LOUIS — The Miami Marlins ended their team-record nine-game losing streak starting the season when Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Nick Gordon hit three-run homers in a six-run first inning that lifted them over the St. Louis Cardinals 10-3 on Sunday. Miami had been

Associated Press Apr 6, 2024, 08:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Stephen Strasburg, the 2019 World Series MVP whose career was derailed by injuries, officially was listed by Major League Baseball on Saturday as being retired. This had been the expected outcome for quite some time, but it was unclear when — and how —

ESPN News Services Apr 6, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The head of the baseball players’ association thinks a shorter pitch clock has contributed to a series of pitcher injuries. “Despite unanimous player opposition and significant concerns regarding health and safety, the commissioner’s office reduced the length of the pitch

ESPN News Services Apr 6, 2024, 04:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Spencer Strider, the Atlanta Braves‘ ace and the major league leader in wins and strikeouts last season, has damage to the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the team said on Saturday. Atlanta said the diagnosis came after and MRI and that

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterApr 6, 2024, 08:00 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 NEW

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 11:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story left Boston’s game against the Angels in the fourth inning Friday night after injuring his shoulder on a backhand dive to stop a hit by Mike Trout. Story got his glove on Trout’s hard grounder, but

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterApr 5, 2024, 12:03 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

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterApr 5, 2024, 08:52 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 NEW

ESPN News Services Apr 4, 2024, 11:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Athletics will spend the next three seasons playing at a minor league ballpark in West Sacramento before their planned move to Las Vegas for the 2028 season. The team announced Thursday that it would play at Sutter Health Park — the home

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

Apr 4, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Entering the 2024 MLB season, two superteams have stood out from the crowd. In fact, the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers were in a tier of their own at the top of our initial MLB Power Rankings and are the clear projected favorites to win

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

ESPN News Services Apr 3, 2024, 05:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions With injuries and bad weather draining their rotation already, the New York Mets have agreed to a contract with veteran starter Julio Teheran, according to multiple reports. Teheran, a longtime Mets nemesis with rival Atlanta, spent spring training with Baltimore. The right-hander opted

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

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

Field Level Media Apr 2, 2024, 12:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Texas Rangers are calling up Justin Foscue to replace the injured Josh Jung, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Tuesday. Foscue, 25, was a first-round pick (14th overall) in 2020 and can play first, second and third base. Jung, 26, suffered a