4:17 PM ET The Miami Marlins have hired Skip Schumaker as the team’s new manager, a source told ESPN, confirming multiple reports. A first-time manager, Schumaker played 11 seasons in the majors, with the first eight coming with the St. Louis Cardinals. He won a World Series with the Cardinals in 2011. Schumaker spent this
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2:27 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers have hired Tampa Bay scouting director Rob Metzler as vice president and assistant general manager, the team announced Tuesday. Metzler spent 15 seasons with the Rays, working the past seven years as the team’s senior director of amateur scouting. He will lead the Tigers’ amateur
7:45 AM ET INSTEAD OF A bank vault or a Brink’s truck, the betting slips from what could be the largest payout in sports gambling history are being guarded by nothing more than an old, tattered Houston Astros backpack. On a recent Tuesday afternoon in Houston, with the MLB playoffs about to begin, the faded
2:56 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Bruce Bochy has won a World Series in Texas, something the Rangers haven’t done. Now he is coming out of a three-year retirement in hopes of getting the home team back there. Bochy, who won the first of his World Series titles with the San Francisco Giants
10:57 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” NEW YORK — There’s a hardness to this Houston Astros team, one honed by years hearing every insult imaginable, existing as flypaper for vitriol, living a life of perpetual villainy. It’s something
4:23 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — When Aaron Judge took his last swing Sunday night — a grounder for the final out of the 2022 American League Championship Series — the biggest question of the Yankees offseason began: Would the presumptive AL
11:54 PM ET Seventy minutes after hitting the most important home run of his life Sunday, a two-run blast that won the Philadelphia Phillies the National League Championship Series, Bryce Harper was at the center of the clubhouse, surrounded by his teammates as beer and champagne soaked anyone within spraying range. “Give me all of
12:08 AM ET The 2022 World Series matchup is set. Starting Friday, the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies will clash for the Commissioner’s Trophy in a meeting of one league’s favorite and the other league’s biggest underdog. Under MLB’s new playoff format, the Phillies entered as the sixth and final seed in the National League
12:09 AM ET NEW YORK — The Houston Astros freight train will roll into the World Series. Houston swept the New York Yankees on Sunday night, winning Game 4 by a 6-5 score in a battle that went back and forth as New York put up a fight to try to extend their season another
7th Bregman singled to right center, Peña scored, Alvarez to second. 6 5 7th Alvarez singled to right, Altuve scored, Peña to third. 5 5 6th Bader homered to left (378 feet). 4 5 4th Rizzo singled to center, Bader scored. 4 4 3rd Gurriel singled to right, Alvarez scored, Tucker to second. 4 3
10:15 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — New York Yankees starter Nestor Cortes was taken out of the do-or-die Game 4 of the American League Championship Series against the Houston Astros in the third inning due to a left groin injury. On a
6:20 PM ET NEW YORK — The New York Yankees are looking toward their archrival — and digging up a painful memory — for inspiration ahead of Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Sunday night. With the Bronx Bombers down 3-0 to the Houston Astros in the ALCS, manager Aaron Boone said
6:15 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Welcome to the World Series, Bryce Harper. The superstar slugger the Philadelphia Phillies brought in three years ago to turn around a franchise stuck in mediocrity delivered one of the biggest home runs in franchise history to send the Phillies to their first World Series since 2009. Harper’s two-run rocket
8:14 AM ET The 2022 MLB playoffs are down to just four teams. After today, it could be down to two. Will the Philadelphia Phillies and Houston Astros punch their tickets to the World Series? Or will the San Diego Padres and New York Yankees save their seasons? A potential double-elimination Sunday begins with Game
12:32 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” NEW YORK — The empty blue seats started to grow in numbers during the sixth inning, by which time it had become abundantly clear that the first two games of the American
12:57 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — In a sport that often defies logic, Philadelphia Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos had a simple explanation for the Phillies’ comeback from a disastrous top of the first inning Saturday in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series: “It’s tough to play in the jungle, man.” After the San
10:59 PM ET NEW YORK — The New York Yankees clubhouse went silent. During the regular season — win or loss — New York always played music over the speakers after games. But that pattern died on Saturday after the Yankees lost 5-0 in Game 3 of the ALCS, putting them in a 3-0 deficit
5th Castellanos singled to center, Harper scored. 6 8 5th Harper doubled to center, Realmuto scored. 6 7 5th Hoskins homered to left center (417 feet), Schwarber scored. 6 6 5th Soto homered to right (383 feet), Profar scored. 6 4 4th Stott singled to left, Castellanos scored, Stott out stretching at second. 4 4