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Jeff Passan, ESPNJun 16, 2023, 07:18 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” JAC CAGLIANONE WAS a freshman in high school in 2018 when Shohei Ohtani arrived in Major League Baseball. Like so many, the 15-year-old Caglianone marveled at Ohtani’s ability to

ESPN News Services Jun 15, 2023, 08:23 PM ET Nevada governor Joe Lombardo signed a bill on Thursday that gives public funding for a portion of a proposed $1.5 billion stadium in Las Vegas for the Oakland Athletics. With the legislation signed, the next step is for MLB owners to approve Oakland’s relocation, which is

Jun 15, 2023, 07:00 AM ET The Tampa Bay Rays still rule, but the Baltimore Orioles are coming on fast in this week’s MLB Power Rankings. The O’s — led by American League Player of the Week Gunnar Henderson — move up a spot to enter the top five, one of four AL East teams

Joon Lee, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 03:36 PM ET Close Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate NEW YORK — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred fired back Thursday against the backlash facing Oakland Athletics owner John Fisher, who hopes to move the team to Las Vegas. “I feel sorry for the fans in

Associated Press Jun 14, 2023, 09:27 PM ET CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Oakland Athletics cleared a major hurdle for their planned relocation to Las Vegas after the Nevada Legislature gave final approval on Wednesday to public funding for a portion of a proposed $1.5 billion stadium with a retractable roof. The deal still needs

Jun 14, 2023, 08:43 PM ET The Oakland Athletics are a charter member of the American League, a franchise that dates to 1901, and in their nomadic century-plus of existence they’ve bounced from Philadelphia to Kansas City to Oakland. Now, they’ll head to Las Vegas. With a pair of rubber stamps from the Nevada Assembly

Jun 14, 2023, 03:49 PM ET Houston Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. will miss the remainder of the season after undergoing surgery Tuesday on his injured right forearm. The Astros announced that McCullers had surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his pitching arm and to remove a bone spur. The injury-plagued right-hander is expected

Jeff Passan, ESPNJun 13, 2023, 06:41 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Nevada state Senate passed a $380 million bill Tuesday to help fund a new stadium for the Oakland A’s in Las Vegas, the first step toward the expected

Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterJun 13, 2023, 11:46 PM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) OAKLAND, Calif. — On the same day the Nevada Senate voted to approve $380 million in public money for a Las Vegas ballpark for the Athletics, fans in

Joon Lee, ESPNJun 13, 2023, 03:55 PM ET Close Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate NEW YORK – Anthony Volpe may be struggling, but Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner made clear that the shortstop’s not going anywhere. Speaking at MLB headquarters ahead of the Owners Meetings, Steinbrenner said the team has had “zero

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterJun 13, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. An unusual thing happened Monday night in Seattle: Miami Marlins second baseman Luis Arraez failed to get a hit. It was an occurrence that hadn’t happened in more than a week. In

ESPN News Services Jun 12, 2023, 08:30 PM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — Jacob deGrom had reconstructive surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow Monday, and Texas Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said the procedure went well. The typical recovery time after this type of operation is at least 12-14 months. Rangers

Jun 12, 2023, 02:44 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels purchased the contract of Daniel Murphy from Long Island of the independent Atlantic League and signed him to a minor league contract. The move was announced by the general manager of the Ducks. Murphy, who turned 38 in April, last played in the major leagues

Jun 11, 2023, 11:28 AM ET The Chicago White Sox have placed right-handed reliever Liam Hendriks on the 15-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Hendriks, 34, has appeared in five games since making his season debut on May 29 after missing the start of the year following a diagnosis of stage 4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

ESPN News Services Jun 11, 2023, 05:39 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Shane McClanahan is making a serious case to be the American League starter again in next month’s All-Star Game. McClanahan became the first 10-game winner in the major leagues and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Texas Rangers 7-3 on Sunday, taking

ESPN News Services Jun 11, 2023, 04:29 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Andrew McCutchen recorded his 2,000th hit, Jack Suwinski hit his 12th home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates edged the Mets 2-1 on Sunday, New York’s eight loss in nine games. McCutchen became the 291st player and fifth active player to reach 2,000 hits when

Associated Press Jun 11, 2023, 12:36 AM ET NEW YORK — Yankees radio broadcaster John Sterling was hit by a foul ball from Justin Turner in the ninth inning of New York’s 3-1 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night and continued his commentary. “Ow! Ow! Ow! It really hit me, I didn’t

Associated Press Jun 10, 2023, 06:52 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Phillies manager Rob Thomson was ejected in the sixth inning of Saturday’s 9-0 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers for arguing when plate umpire Roberto Ortiz apparently wouldn’t reset the pitch clock after Aaron Nola requested a new baseball. While facing David Peralta with two