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6:14 PM ET Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon has been given a five-game suspension for a public altercation with a fan in Oakland last week, videos of which circulated through social media. The decision was announced by Major League Baseball, specifically senior vice president of on-field operations Michael Hill, on Monday. If Rendon

3:52 PM ET CHICAGO — White Sox fans received a surprise gift at the team’s home opener Monday when closer Liam Hendriks announced he is undergoing his last round of chemotherapy. In a video message played on the scoreboard and posted to the team’s official Twitter account, Hendriks said, “Happy Opening Day, Sox fans. Just

2:55 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Don Zimmer, a popular fixture in professional baseball for 66 years as a manager, player, coach and executive, has become the first person in the Tampa Bay Rays‘ Hall of Fame. Zimmer was honored in a ceremony before Sunday’s game against the Detroit Tigers. He spent

5:16 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Kodai Senga struck out eight in his major league debut, wearing a glove with an image of a ghost and a pitchfork in reference to his “ghost forkball,” leading the New York Mets over the Miami Marlins 5-1 on Sunday. The 30-year-old left-hander agreed to a $75 million,

2:41 PM ET Diamondbacks left-hander Madison Bumgarner has been sent back to Arizona to be evaluated by the club’s medical team after citing arm fatigue following his start against the Los Angeles Dodgers, manager Torey Lovullo said Sunday. Bumgarner (0-1, 11.25 ERA) allowed five runs on four hits with four walks and two strikeouts in

1:23 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Trayce Thompson not only took out his frustrations on a left-hander, he helped one as well with a career night to spark the Los Angeles Dodgers to an easy victory. Thompson hit three home runs, including a grand slam in his first at-bat of the season, and

6:52 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Jack Flaherty survived a career-high seven walks and a hit batter in throwing five no-hit innings, and the St. Louis Cardinals scored three unearned runs in the third on their way to a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday for their first win

3:40 PM ET ESPN News Services Anthony Rendon wasn’t very talkative Saturday, two days after video surfaced of the Los Angeles Angels All-Star swiping at an Oakland fan following an Opening Day loss to the Athletics. “I’m sorry. I can’t comment,” the third baseman told reporters Saturday during a news conference on the field at

2:24 AM ET SAN DIEGO — Jake Cronenworth and the San Diego Padres are in agreement on a seven-year extension, a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday night. The deal, which will become official once it receives approval from Major League Baseball, would begin next year and keep Cronenworth with the Padres through the 2030

4:43 PM ET Major League Baseball says it is investigating a confrontation between Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon and an Athletics fan at Thursday’s season opener in Oakland. In a 12-second video posted on social media, Rendon grabs the fan by the shirt and accuses the fan of calling him a “b—-.” Rendon continues to

7:00 AM ET Major League Baseball’s new rules didn’t impact scoring significantly in spring training, and oddsmakers began the season without adjusting their numbers on runs scored, while taking a wait-and-see approach to the pitch clock and elimination of the infield shift. MLB games have averaged 9.1 runs scored over the past five seasons. Last

9:47 PM ET ARLINGTON — Perhaps there’s some irony in Jacob deGrom‘s first start as a Texas Ranger on Thursday. Known for getting little run support in his years with the New York Mets, deGrom got plenty from his new teammates – except they came after he was chased from the game by the Philadelphia

10:12 PM ET Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani began the 2023 season with a twist: calling his own pitches through a PitchCom device hidden underneath his jersey near his left shoulder. Ohtani’s decision to call his own game is directly related to the pitch clock. “Shohei’s got so many pitches he can throw,” Angels

1:50 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Aaron Judge rang in Opening Day the same way he marked many nights last season: with a home run. In his first game as New York Yankees captain, Judge hit a solo drive in the first inning off San Francisco‘s Logan Webb on Thursday, a 422-foot shot

7:00 AM ET Welcome to MLB Opening Day 2023! After one of the most exciting preludes to a regular season in recent memory — from offseason chaos to players (and fans) learning baseball’s new rules and enjoying shorter, faster paced games to an epic World Baseball Classic — it’s time to play ball. All 30

10:22 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Minor league baseball players and Major League Baseball struck a tentative deal Wednesday on the first collective-bargaining agreement between the sides that will more than double player pay, sources familiar with the

11:33 AM ET The use of a pitch clock shaved 26 minutes off of spring training games this year compared to last year as Major League Baseball is set to use it for the first time in the regular season beginning on Thursday. Games lasted 2:35 this spring compared to 3:01 in 2022 as pitchers

7:00 AM ET It’s opening week, and you know what that means — season predictions! There are lots of questions going into the 2023 season: What does Year 2 of MLB’s expanded playoffs have to offer? How will rule changes play out over the season? Is this the year your favorite team will make a