10:40 AM ET Tristan H. Cockcroft Fantasy baseball‘s Week 7 presents us with a good number of widely available, value-pick options from the two-start pitcher list, with two in particular heading up Monday’s list of recommended pickups. Experience the 2022 WNBA season like never before with the first full-featured fantasy league game dedicated to a
MLB
10:25 AM ET The San Diego Padres placed right-hander Mike Clevinger on the 15-day injured list Sunday because of a triceps strain. The move was made retroactive to Saturday. Clevinger, who didn’t pitch last season after recovering from his second Tommy John surgery, said he felt tightness in the area of his right triceps after
8:31 AM ET The reeling San Francisco Giants were swept at home by the San Diego Padres this past weekend and lost another key player to injury, but manager Gabe Kapler is optimistic that the defending National League West champs are still “in good shape.” The Giants announced Sunday that first baseman Brandon Belt, who
7:00 AM ET It was 325 days ago that Major League Baseball first placed Trevor Bauer on administrative leave, the start of a process that has become more prolonged and more complex than either side could have anticipated. Bauer, at that point a reigning Cy Young Award winner and one of the sport’s highest-paid players,
12:33 AM ET Struggling New York Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman said Sunday that he’s been dealing with an issue with his left Achilles. Chapman allowed a tiebreaking home run to AJ Pollock in the ninth inning of New York’s 3-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox in Game 1 of a doubleheader Sunday in the
10:48 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Tim Anderson hit a three-run homer and then put a finger to his lips to silence fans booing and chanting “Jackie” at him, capping a tumultuous weekend at Yankee Stadium and helping the Chicago White Sox beat New York 5-0 Sunday night for a doubleheader sweep.
9:29 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — New York Mets pitcher Chris Bassitt has an $8.65 million salary this season as part of a one-year contract. Bassitt is guaranteed $8.8 million as part of the deal, which avoided an arbitration hearing set for Monday. The deal includes a $19 million mutual option for 2023 with
7:21 PM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers starter Freddy Peralta left in the fourth inning of an 8-2 loss to the Washington Nationals with shoulder tightness on Sunday. Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Peralta will undergo an MRI on Monday and will be heading to the injured list. “Hopefully, it’s nothing that
7:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Washington Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg will begin a rehabilitation assignment on Tuesday with Single-A Fredericksburg. Nationals manager Dave Martinez said they’re planning for Strasburg to work four innings and throw 60-plus pitches. Strasburg is recovering from thoracic outlet syndrome surgery and has pitched a total of 26 2/3 innings
6:01 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers agreed to a one-year contract extension with right-handed reliever Blake Treinen, the team announced Sunday. Treinen, 33, is 1-1 with a 3.00 ERA in three innings pitched this season. He has been on the injured list since April 22 because of shoulder discomfort and is expected to be
Considering the sheer number of things that happen in a baseball game, there are plenty of opportunities for absurdities to occur — players hitting balls that bounce in the dirt, fielders making multiple errors on the same play, Bartolo Colon launching home runs, and so on. The one that gets everyone excited, though, is when
4:25 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — Albert Pujols hit two home runs, then caught the warm-up tosses when star catcher Yadier Molina made his first pitching appearance to close out the St. Louis Cardinals‘ 18-4 romp over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. Molina gave up a pair of homers and four runs while
3:07 PM ET Josh Donaldson says he was “joking around” when he referred to Tim Anderson as “Jackie,” but at least one member of the Chicago White Sox isn’t buying the former MVP’s explanation. “Usually you have inside jokes with people you get along with, not people who don’t get along at all,” White Sox
1:57 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees reliever Chad Green will undergo Tommy John surgery, manager Aaron Boone announced Sunday. Boone said Green, who was placed on the injured list Saturday because of his ailing right elbow, is still deciding on who will perform the surgery, which will end his season. “It’s tough
2:24 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Diamondbacks third baseman Josh Rojas is out of the starting lineup for Sunday’s series finale against the Cubs because of a left hand contusion. Rojas got hurt when he struck out in the first inning of Saturday’s 7-6 victory over the Cubs. He hit his first three home
6:37 PM ET ESPN News Services A heated afternoon on the field continued off it afterward, with Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson taking offense to being called “Jackie” by the New York Yankees‘ Josh Donaldson, a comment deemed “racist” by manager Tony La Russa. Donaldson admitted after the game to calling Anderson “Jackie” —
8:57 PM ET The Seattle Mariners have signed veteran outfielder Justin Upton, the team announced Saturday. The team said the 34-year-old Upton will report to extended spring training in Peoria, Arizona. The Los Angeles Angels released Upton last month. He was in the final season of a five-year, $106 million deal he signed to stay
3:22 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper returned to the lineup as the designated hitter for the Phillies on Saturday after he missed the previous five games because of soreness from a platelet-rich plasma injection in his right elbow. The reigning NL MVP hit third against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 29-year-old Harper