2:22 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole has recovered from COVID-19 and will start Monday against the Los Angeles Angels. Cole is 10-6 with a 3.11 ERA in 21 starts. The four-time All-Star was placed on the COVID-19 injured list after testing positive on Aug. 3. Four days earlier,
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4:32 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Indians starter Triston McKenzie retired the first 23 Detroit batters in order before Harold Castro lined a single to right with two out in the eighth inning and Cleveland beat the Tigers 11-0 Sunday. “It was a pretty good fastball, but I didn’t get it past him,” McKenize
1:18 AM ET A T206 Honus Wagner baseball card sold for $6.606 million — which includes a 20% buyer’s premium — early Monday morning, shattering the record for highest-selling sports card of all time. The previous record belonged to a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card that sold for $5.2 million in January, a record later
4:14 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Boston Red Sox right-hander Adam Ottavino left Sunday’s 6-2 victory against Baltimore in the seventh inning after getting hit by Jorge Mateo‘s hard liner on his left shoulder. Ottavino walked around the mound somewhat dazed and pointed to the front of his left shoulder while chatting with
3:19 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Veteran outfielder Adam Eaton has been designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Angels after 25 games with the club. The Angels made the move Sunday in the latest indication the injury-plagued team has decided to focus on the future with little hope of ending its six-year
12:00 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer — already on administrative leave by Major League Baseball following allegations of sexual misconduct — was given a temporary order of protection last year after allegedly physically abusing an Ohio woman and making a death threat toward her, according to The Washington Post. According to sealed
4:49 PM ET ESPN News Services The St. Louis Cardinals are getting their ace back, as right-hander Jack Flaherty has been activated from the 60-day injured list to start Friday’s game against the Kansas City Royals. Flaherty has not pitched since suffering a left oblique strain at the end of May. The 25-year-old is 8-1
5:20 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox starter Carlos Rodon will continue on a prescribed schedule of rest after tests on his left shoulder did not reveal a significant injury, according to the team. Rodon, 28, was placed on the 10-day injured list earlier this week with left shoulder fatigue. He has been a
5:47 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Francisco Giants and shortstop Brandon Crawford have agreed to a two-year, $32 million contract extension, the team announced Friday. The extension, which has a base salary of $16 million for each season, runs through the 2023 season. Crawford’s reliable play in the infield and his offense are
6:48 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Mets put newly acquired infielder Javier Baez on the 10-day injured list with back spasms before Friday night’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Báez was injured in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game in Philadelphia when the Mets said he had left hip
4:35 PM ET Mookie Betts, the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ superstar outfielder, received an injection that helped subside some of the pain in his troublesome right hip, but he is not currently partaking in any physical activity. Betts has a bone spur in that hip, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts revealed Friday. But the Dodgers hope to
5:38 PM ET New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom won’t pick up a baseball for at least another two weeks as the team continues to monitor inflammation in his throwing elbow, manager Luis Rojas said Friday. DeGrom, 33, flew to Los Angeles earlier in the week to have an MRI read by doctors. It showed
11:52 AM ET The administrative leave for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer has again been extended by a week through Aug. 20 — his fifth extension — a source confirmed to ESPN on Friday. A civil hearing for the temporary restraining order that was obtained against Bauer is scheduled for Aug. 16-19 in L.A.
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3:05 AM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani grinned and laughed after Vladimir Guerrero Jr. bounced a single to left field in the Toronto Blue Jays slugger’s first career plate appearance against the Los Angeles Angels‘ two-way superstar. When he struck out Guerrero with a wicked slider two innings later, Ohtani smiled
2:06 AM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — Yu Darvish left a rocky start early with lower back tightness, and the Arizona Diamondbacks took advantage to beat the San Diego Padres 12-3 on Thursday night. Darvish exited in the third inning. The right-hander didn’t look comfortable on the mound and was pulled after throwing a
8:17 PM ET Brianna Williams The Field of Dreams game was delayed but not denied. The Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees met for the rescheduled event in MLB’s first-ever game in Iowa on Thursday. Kevin Costner, who starred as Ray Kinsella in the 1989 film, made the trip to Dyersville, Iowa, as he
11:30 PM ET ESPN News Services DYERSVILLE, Iowa — Tim Anderson recently admitted he has never watched the movie “Field of Dreams.” Well, he just submitted a pretty good script for a sequel. Anderson hit a two-run homer with one out in the ninth inning into the cornfield to end the “Field of Dreams” game