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Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterOct 24, 2024, 08:41 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — New York Yankees lefty Carlos Rodon will start Game 2 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday, and righty Clarke Schmidt will

Associated Press Oct 24, 2024, 03:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Mark Carlson will be the World Series umpire crew chief, and Andy Fletcher, Mark Ripperger and Carlos Torres will make their Fall Classic debuts. Torres, a 46-year-old who began his big league career in 2015, will work the plate for the

Associated Press Oct 24, 2024, 03:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves hired Tim Hyers as hitting coach Thursday after a shake-up of manager Brian Snitker’s staff. Hyers, 53, joins the Braves after spending the last three seasons in the same capacity with the Texas Rangers, where he was part of

Associated Press Oct 24, 2024, 02:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CINCINNATI — New Reds manager Terry Francona has hired hitting coach Chris Valaika away from the Cleveland Guardians, Cincinnati announced Friday. Valaika, 39, has been Cleveland’s hitting coach for three years, dating back to Francona’s time running the team. The former infielder played in

ESPN News Services Oct 24, 2024, 02:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Dodgers will honor franchise great Fernando Valenzuela with a jersey patch in the World Series and during the 2025 season. The team unveiled the patch on Thursday — a circular design with a black background, his name in white and

Jeff Passan, ESPNOct 24, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Open Extended Reactions WHATEVER FINALLY BROUGHT Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge together, be it fate or kismet or financial might or a lucky draw or some combination therein, understands

Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 06:27 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Before his news conference Wednesday to wrap up an exhilarating season, New York Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns bumped into pending free agent Pete Alonso at Citi Field. “I told him I was about to answer a lot of

Associated Press Oct 23, 2024, 04:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Major League Baseball’s postseason goes into its dream World Series matchup with its most-watched League Championship Series in seven years. According to Nielsen, the two series averaged 5.35 million viewers on Fox, FS1 and TBS, its highest numbers since 2017. According to MLB, Game

Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2024, 11:38 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The days off between the ALCS and the World Series have been especially helpful for New York Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo as he continues to recover from two

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2024, 07:00 AM 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 Before

Dan Hajducky, ESPN Staff WriterOct 23, 2024, 01:32 AM ET Close Dan Hajducky is a staff writer for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Shohei Ohtani‘s 50th home run

ESPN News Services Oct 22, 2024, 10:59 PM ET Fernando Valenzuela, the impetus behind “Fernandomania” while winning National League Cy Young Award and Rookie of the Year honors in 1981 as the Los Angeles Dodgers captured the world championship, has died at the age of 63. The Dodgers announced the news, saying Valenzuela died Tuesday

ESPN News Services Oct 22, 2024, 07:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Jack Flaherty will start for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series opener against the New York Yankees. The right-hander opposes Gerrit Cole on Friday night at Dodger Stadium in a matchup of area natives. Flaherty is from nearby

ESPN News Services Oct 22, 2024, 06:51 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Stephen Vogt lingered in the dugout after the season’s final out, letting the moment fill him with both pain and purpose. As the New York Yankees embraced on the field following their Game 5 win that clinched their first AL pennant

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterOct 22, 2024, 04:39 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

Field Level Media Oct 22, 2024, 12:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Mets right-hander Paul Blackburn underwent a procedure to repair a cerebrospinal fluid leak earlier this month and will be sidelined at least four to five months, the team announced Tuesday. The surgery was performed by Dr. Wouter Schievink on Oct. 11

Associated Press Oct 22, 2024, 01:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Major League Baseball hopes to find the Tampa Bay Rays a temporary home near their fan base at least for the start of the 2025 season if the damage to Tropicana Field from Hurricane Milton cannot be repaired in time.

Field Level Media Oct 22, 2024, 01:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Minnesota Twins on Tuesday named Matt Borgschulte as their hitting coach for the 2025 season. Borgschulte, 33, spent the past three seasons as a co-hitting coach for the Baltimore Orioles. He previously spent three seasons as a hitting coach in the Twins