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5:23 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Astros starter Luis Garcia was placed on the 15-day injured list Tuesday, the second Houston starting pitcher to be put on the list this week. Garcia left Monday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants after eight pitches with right elbow discomfort. His injury came on the same

6:54 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Bryce Harper has always enjoyed playing at Dodger Stadium. His game for the Philadelphia Phillies might top them all. Harper was activated off the injured list and was in the lineup at designated hitter when the Phillies took on the Los Angeles Dodgers in the middle

5:16 PM ET ESPN News Services Colorado Rockies right-hander German Marquez will undergo Tommy John surgery, the veteran starter told reporters Tuesday. Marquez was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday with right elbow inflammation. He does not have a date yet for the surgery. Rockies starter Antonio Senzatela, who could take Marquez’s spot in

5:05 PM ET ESPN News Services The Kansas City Royals placed infielder Nicky Lopez on the 10-day injured list with appendicitis and called up prized prospect Maikel Garcia on Tuesday. Lopez, 28, is batting .200 with seven RBIs through 24 games in his fifth season with the Royals. Garcia was ranked No. 78 among MLB’s

4:06 PM ET The Miami Marlins placed outfielder Avisail Garcia on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with back tightness. Garcia, 31, is batting .188 with three home runs and eight RBIs through 22 games this season. A 2017 All-Star, he is a career .264 hitter with 138 homers and 518 RBIs in 1,071 games with

2:42 PM ET Midway through spring training, Bryce Harper paused in front of his locker in the Philadelphia Phillies‘ clubhouse in Clearwater, Florida, and discussed his rehabilitation from an elbow reconstruction. Harper nodded his head as a reporter mentioned the haunting tales of players who pushed beyond the recommendation of their doctors and suffered setbacks,

11:48 AM ET New York Yankees outfielder Harrison Bader was reinstated from the 10-day injured list on Tuesday. The move comes one day after the Yankees placed reigning American League MVP and fellow outfielder Aaron Judge on the injured list with an ailing hip. Bader, 28, began the season on the IL while nursing a

8:38 AM ET Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan — Trevor Bauer will pitch his first official game for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars on Wednesday and, to promote the start, a local department store is to unveil a seven-story poster of the former Cy Young winner on its facade. Bauer was unwanted this season by Major League

7:00 AM ET Shorter games. More action in the batter’s box and on the bases. Outs becoming hits again. Major League Baseball’s new rules seem to have near universal appeal among fans. But what do the players think? We asked ESPN MLB reporters Alden Gonzalez, Joon Lee and Jesse Rogers to sit down with a

2:03 AM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits, scored once and fired up the crowd in his return to Petco Park, and Ha-Seong Kim hit a tiebreaking three-run homer as the San Diego Padres beat the Cincinnati Reds 8-3 on Monday night for their third straight win. The

10:53 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The thought throughout baseball was that Bryce Harper wouldn’t rejoin the Philadelphia Phillies until after the All-Star break, possibly later. Tommy John surgery, the procedure Harper underwent in late November, requires a rehabilitation process that is lengthy, even for position players looking solely to hit. But Harper had his

6:02 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — The San Francisco Giants placed shortstop Brandon Crawford and outfielder Mike Yastrzemski on the 10-day injured list Monday before the start of a series against the Houston Astros. Crawford, who has a strained right calf, was injured in the fourth inning of San Francisco’s 16-11 loss to

6:34 PM ET NEW YORK — The Yankees placed captain Aaron Judge on the 10-day injured list Monday, delivering a big blow to a team currently sitting in last place. Judge is dealing with a mild right hip strain, an injury the Yankees have been patient with. The IL move is retroactive to Friday, when

5:53 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. was removed from the second game of Monday’s doubleheader against the New York Mets after getting hit in the left shoulder with a 93 mph fastball from Tylor Megill. Leading off the game, Acuna was drilled with an 0-2 pitch.

5:52 PM ET The Houston Astros placed right-handed starting pitcher Jose Urquidy on the 15-day injured list Monday because of right shoulder discomfort. The Astros recalled right-hander Brandon Bielak from Triple-A Sugar Land in a corresponding move. Urquidy left Sunday night’s start against the visiting Philadelphia Phillies after 5 1/3 innings with soreness in his

5:07 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers activated shortstop Miguel Rojas from the 10-game injured list before Monday’s home game against the Philadelphia Phillies. Rojas, 34, missed the past 10 games because of a left hamstring strain. He was struggling with a .125 average (4-for-32) before the injury. The Dodgers acquired Rojas from the Miami

3:52 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Two-time MVP Bryce Harper was cleared to return to play barely five months after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his throwing elbow and is expected to rejoin the Philadelphia Phillies at designated hitter

3:06 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Guardians traded left-hander Konnor Pilkington to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday for $100,000. Pilkington appeared in 15 games for the AL Central champions last season, going 1-2 with a 3.88 ERA. The 25-year-old began this season with Triple-A Columbus before being recalled by the Guardians last week.