12:11 PM ET ESPN News Services Catcher Salvador Perez has been activated off the injured list by the Kansas City Royals and will be in the lineup against the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. Perez missed nine games after suffering a sprained thumb in a game against the Chicago White Sox on May 17. He was
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10:46 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels superstar Shohei Ohtani was out of the lineup Friday night against the Toronto Blue Jays with back soreness, and teammate Anthony Rendon sat with a right wrist issue. Manager Joe Maddon said the reigning AL MVP was available off the bench as a pinch-hitter.
10:40 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. LOUIS — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Brandon Woodruff left his start Friday night against the St. Louis Cardinals with right ankle discomfort. Woodruff was warming up to pitch the bottom of the fifth when catcher Omar Návarez summoned the team’s training staff to the mound. After a brief meeting
5:49 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Former All-Star pitcher Carlos Martínez was suspended for 80 games Friday under baseball’s minor league drug program following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance Ibutamoren, which increases Human Growth Hormone. The 30-year-old right-hander signed a minor league contract with San Francisco on March 19. He was
6:16 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Reds outfielder Tommy Pham and San Francisco Giants outfielder Joc Pederson were involved in a brief altercation before Friday’s series opener at Great American Ball Park. While the Giants were warming up in the outfield, Pham confronted Pederson in the outfield. The pair quickly were separated and
6:35 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets reliever Yoan Lopez had his three-game suspension cut to one game and was set to serve the penalty Friday night when New York played the Philadelphia Phillies. Lopez was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse before the game and had to immediately sit out. Mets manager Buck Showalter
4:28 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson has been placed on the 10-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation, it was announced Friday. The move, which is retroactive to Tuesday, transfers Donaldson from the COVID-19 injured list to the regular injured list. Donaldson also is appealing a one-game suspension
3:55 PM ET ESPN News Services As details of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, continue to unfold, San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler on Friday wrote that he is “not okay with the state of this country” and that he “felt like a coward” for not protesting “the lack of delivery on the
2:55 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Gil Hodges, who helped the Dodgers win World Series titles in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, will have his No. 14 jersey retired. The pregame ceremony will take place on June 4, when the New York Mets visit Dodger Stadium. Hodges played his final two seasons with the
10:00 AM ET The Colorado Rockies have unveiled their City Connect uniforms, inspired by the mountains and pine trees of Colorado, the state’s license plate and the state’s “Welcome to Colorful Colorado” signs. The Rockies will debut the new on-field look on June 4 against the Atlanta Braves. 1 Related The uniforms feature the Rocky
9:48 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” In a pointed letter to teams last week, Major League Baseball said numerous clubs’ stadiums “fall embarrassingly below the high standards” necessary for women who are part of the game’s traveling parties
7:57 PM ET While their players competed against each other on the field, the social media teams for the Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees joined in collaboration Thursday night in an effort to raise awareness about gun violence in the United States. In wake of the recent mass shootings in Buffalo, New York,
8:29 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Cleveland Guardians put slugger Franmil Reyes on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a tight right hamstring and selected the contract of Oscar Gonzalez from Triple-A Columbus. Gonzalez hit a single up the middle off Detroit lefty Tarik Skubal in the first at-bat of his major league
6:55 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and the players’ association are allowing teams to have an additional pitcher through June 19. MLB and the union said March 31 that a 13-pitcher limit would be enforced starting May 2, then on April 16 announced the date had been pushed back to
4:14 PM ET The New York Yankees have signed three-time All-Star Matt Carpenter, adding a veteran infielder to a roster that has been beset by injuries. The Yankees announced Thursday that Carpenter, who spent parts of the last 11 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, signed a major league contract and has been added to
10:34 AM ET ESPN News Services Josh Donaldson has apologized to Jackie Robinson’s wife and family for using the barrier-breaking Hall of Famer’s name in reference to Tim Anderson last week, saying Robinson “was a true American hero” and that he holds his name “in the highest regard.” Donaldson issued his apology as part of
7:00 AM ET When Alex Cora came into the 2022 MLB season sporting a salt-and-pepper beard, it was a notable change: The Boston Red Sox manager had always kept a clean-shaven face. But the new look lasted only a month. On May 10, with the Red Sox in last place behind even the rebuilding Baltimore
7:00 AM ET The last week in baseball, a couple powerhouse offenses stuttered, while squads that seemed destined for a skid have started stringing together wins. We’re just seven weeks into the MLB season, so there’s plenty of baseball left to play. Will the surging San Diego Padres be able to catch up to the