ESPN News Services Apr 9, 2024, 01:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Boston Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a fracture in his shoulder, chief baseball officer Craig Breslow told reporters Tuesday. Story, 31, is expected to be sidelined for six months after the surgery, which is scheduled for Friday,
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Associated Press Apr 9, 2024, 01:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox placed right-hander Nick Pivetta on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with a right elbow flexor strain, their latest key player to be sidelined in a week. Boston is off to a 7-3 start and hosts Baltimore in its
Howard Bryant, ESPN Senior WriterApr 9, 2024, 08:30 AM ET Close Senior Writer, ESPN.com and ESPN The Magazine Author of “The Last Hero: A Life of Henry Aaron” Author of “Juicing the Game” Open Extended Reactions IT’S A LATE SATURDAY morning at the Los Angeles Angels spring training facility in Tempe, Arizona. As the sun
Apr 9, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ronald Acuña Jr. started 2024 as the best player in baseball, according to us. Who will end it as such? The Atlanta Braves superstar was No. 1 on our preseason MLB Rank Top 100 after winning National League honors with his historic 40-home run/70-stolen base 2024
ESPN News Services Apr 9, 2024, 02:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a go-ahead, two-run home run with two outs in the eighth, two innings after the Padres scored seven runs, and San Diego stunned the Chicago Cubs 9-8 Monday night. On the 20th anniversary of the first
ESPN News Services Apr 9, 2024, 01:38 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — It all felt pretty strange for Blake Snell. No spring training with his new team to work out the kinks. Finally facing big league hitters for the first time in April. He couldn’t wait to get back out there. Lane
ESPN News Services Apr 8, 2024, 09:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions With just 38 major league games under his belt, center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela has agreed to a contract extension with the Boston Red Sox, according to multiple reports. It will be an eight-year deal worth $50 million, per reports, meaning Rafaela will be
Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 08:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom began throwing from 90 feet Monday, another step in his rehab from right elbow surgery 10 months ago with the hope of pitching for the Texas Rangers down the stretch this season. While deGrom,
Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 08:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — There’s a sideshow at every ballpark Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers visit, with the two-time MVP and two-continent superstar playing on a $700 million contract and under investigation by Major League Baseball for his former interpreter’s alleged involvement in illegal
Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 07:41 PM ET CINCINNATI — Reds infielder Jonathan India was scratched Monday after he was hit by a batted ball during batting practice, adding another issue to the team’s long list of injuries. The Reds also announced that reliever Tejay Antone is going to have season-ending surgery on his right
Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterApr 8, 2024, 05:52 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
Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 05:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — The Houston Astros scratched All-Star left-hander Framber Valdez from his scheduled start Monday night against the Texas Rangers. There was no immediate word on a reason. The Astros called up right-hander Blair Henley from Triple-A Sugar Land to start in place
Jeff Passan, ESPNApr 8, 2024, 01:45 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions It’s all so ugly. Every day, it seems, another ulnar collateral ligament falls prey to the mere act of throwing a baseball. In a recent 48-hour
Associated Press Apr 8, 2024, 12:35 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — Baseball’s Hall of Fame will unveil a bronze statue of Hank Aaron on May 23 on the first floor of its museum in Cooperstown, New York. The hall made the announcement Monday on the 50th anniversary of Aaron’s 715th home run, which
Tristan H. Cockcroft Apr 8, 2024, 11:40 AM ET Open Extended Reactions It has been a rough past week on the starting pitching front. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Between the news that both Shane Bieber and Eury Perez require season-ending Tommy John surgery, and Spencer Strider has a sprained ulnar collateral ligament in his right
Field Level Media Apr 7, 2024, 10:48 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Jerry Grote, the longtime New York Mets catcher and part of their 1969 World Series championship team, died Sunday because of respiratory failure after a heart procedure in Austin, Texas, his family announced. He was 81. Grote, known especially for his defense, played
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, 07:09 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers reliever Josh Sborz was placed on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a right rotator cuff strain. Sborz felt pain in his shoulder while pitching the eighth inning Saturday night against Houston. The right-hander, who got the finals seven