ESPN News Services Apr 14, 2024, 02:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Texas Rangers left-hander Cody Bradford, who is off to a 3-0 start this season, was placed on the 15-day injured list on Sunday with a low back strain. Right-hander Michael Lorenzen will be activated from the 15-day IL and make his Rangers debut
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Field Level Media Apr 14, 2024, 01:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Pittsburgh Pirates placed left-hander Marco Gonzales on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a left forearm muscle strain. The Pirates recalled right-hander Ryder Ryan from Triple-A Indianapolis to take the place of Gonzales, who has a 2.65 ERA without recording a decision
Field Level Media Apr 14, 2024, 11:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Minnesota Twins reinstated left-handed reliever Caleb Thielbar from the 15-day injured list on Sunday. Thielbar started the season on the IL due to a left hamstring strain. He made two rehab appearances at Triple-A St. Paul, giving up one run on two
Field Level Media Apr 14, 2024, 11:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Phillies returned right-hander Orion Kerkering from his rehab assignment with Single-A Clearwater on Sunday and reinstated him from the 15-day injured list. Kerkering will slot into the roster spot previously held by right-hander Nick Nelson, who was optioned to Triple-A Lehigh
ESPN News Services Apr 14, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers received some special footwear Saturday, courtesy of Kobe Bryant’s widow. On the eighth anniversary of Bryant’s last NBA game, Vanessa Bryant gave members of the Dodgers exclusive sneakers in a team color scheme
Associated Press Apr 14, 2024, 01:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions FRISCO, Texas — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander pitched four innings Saturday night for Double-A Corpus Christi in what is expected to be his final minor league rehab outing before rejoining the major-league rotation. The three-time Cy Young Award winner gave up six runs
Field Level Media Apr 14, 2024, 12:14 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Dodgers placed right-hander Bobby Miller on the 15-day injured list Saturday with right shoulder inflammation. The move is retroactive to Wednesday, when Miller exited after four innings of two-run ball in the Dodgers’ 3-2 road loss to the Minnesota Twins.
ESPN News Services Apr 13, 2024, 05:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — Third baseman Zach McKinstry accounted for six runs allowed in a bizarre 12th inning, as the Detroit Tigers dropped a lengthy 11-5 decision to the Minnesota Twins in the opening game of a doubleheader on Saturday. Already leading 5-4 in the
Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 05:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Colorado Rockies outfielder Kris Bryant left Saturday’s game at Toronto in the fourth inning because of a stiff back. A four-time All-Star and the 2016 NL MVP, Bryant crashed into the outfield wall after making a catch on Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s deep
Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 03:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Texas Rangers reliever Brock Burke broke his non-throwing hand while punching a wall following a poor outing Friday night against the Houston Astros. Manager Bruce Bochy said Burke, who is a left-hander, broke his right hand when he punched the wall “out
ESPN News Services Apr 13, 2024, 11:21 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Minnesota Twins placed shortstop Carlos Correa on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a right oblique strain. Correa suffered the injury in Friday night’s 8-2 loss to the Detroit Tigers Correa was seen grabbing at his right side during a third-inning at
Apr 13, 2024, 09:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Atlanta Braves ace Spencer Strider will miss the rest of the 2024 season after undergoing surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow. The Braves announced Saturday that Strider had the surgery Friday, with Dr. Keith Meister in Arlington, Texas, using an internal
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterApr 13, 2024, 07:00 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 struck out March 28 against St. Louis Cardinals reliever Riley O’Brien and took
Field Level Media Apr 13, 2024, 06:45 AM ET Former New York Yankees left-hander Fritz Peterson, who famously traded wives with a teammate, has died. He was 82. Northern Illinois University, where Peterson starred before his major league career, announced his death Friday. No cause was revealed. In an interview with the New York Post
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterApr 13, 2024, 02:44 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‘s first game since what amounted to vindication from the betting scandal that surrounded
Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 12:42 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BALTIMORE — The benches cleared quickly, and then relievers came running in from the bullpens. Why it all happened remains a mystery. That sixth-inning altercation between the Baltimore Orioles and Milwaukee Brewers didn’t escalate into any real fighting, and the two main participants —
Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 01:12 AM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Looking to help Francisco Lindor out of his early funk, New York Mets fans gave him the Trea Turner treatment. Cheers instead of catcalls. Warm ovations rather than angry boos. And the star shortstop was certainly appreciative. “I wasn’t expecting it
Associated Press Apr 13, 2024, 12:18 AM ET DETROIT — Minnesota Twins shortstop Carlos Correa left Friday night’s game against the Detroit Tigers with an oblique strain after striking out in the third inning. “It’s like a gut punch,” outfielder Byron Buxton said following Detroit’s 8-2 win. The banged-up Twins have been without infielder Royce