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Anthony Gharib, ESPNAug 14, 2024, 08:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Worlds collided on Tuesday with the long-awaited meeting between Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Max Muncy and Oakland Athletics shortstop Max Muncy. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Not only do the two players share the same name and profession, but they were both born on Aug.

Field Level Media Aug 14, 2024, 06:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Yankees infielder/outfielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. was placed on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with what the team labeled as a left elbow sprain. The Yankees are still determining the severity of the injury to Chisholm and whether surgery will be necessary.

Field Level Media Aug 14, 2024, 07:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday activated right-hander Walker Buehler from the injured list after he recovered from right hip inflammation. Buehler is scheduled to start Wednesday’s road game against the Milwaukee Brewers. To make room on the active roster, right-hander Landon Knack

Associated Press Aug 14, 2024, 07:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Long before he built the Florida Panthers’ Stanley Cup championship roster, Bill Zito was a teenager working as a Milwaukee Brewers clubhouse attendant during the franchise’s lone pennant-winning season. The Panthers’ general manager and president of hockey operations returned to his roots

ESPN News Services Aug 14, 2024, 03:59 PM ET The Boston Red Sox placed left-hander Cam Booser on the 15-day injured list Wednesday because of left elbow inflammation. In other moves, the Red Sox activated outfielder Jarren Duran, recalled left-hander Brennan Bernardino from Triple-A Worcester, optioned second baseman Enmanuel Valdez to Worcester and signed right-hander

Field Level Media Aug 14, 2024, 03:14 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Atlanta Braves reinstated center fielder Michael Harris II from the 60-day injured list Wednesday. Harris, 23, has been out since June 14 with a strained left hamstring. He hit .435 in six games during his rehab assignment at Triple-A Gwinnett. In corresponding

Field Level Media Aug 14, 2024, 02:05 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Arizona Diamondbacks optioned center fielder Alek Thomas to Triple-A Reno on Wednesday. In a corresponding move, the team recalled rookie infielder Blaze Alexander. Thomas, 24, is scuffling with a .191 average and three home runs in 37 games. He had been the

Associated Press Aug 14, 2024, 02:53 AM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — George Springer knew he was going to be ejected for arguing after a replay call. That didn’t stop the Toronto Blue Jays outfielder from showing his frustration. Springer got into a heated argument with plate umpire Manny Gonzalez during the seventh

ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2024, 11:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Juan Soto had his first career three-homer game, Nestor Cortes tossed seven shutout innings and the New York Yankees held off the Chicago White Sox 4-1 on Tuesday night to take sole possession of the American League East lead. Soto tagged

Associated Press Aug 13, 2024, 06:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Mets rookie Christian Scott has started a throwing program with the hope of rejoining the New York lineup this season after being sidelined due to a sprained ligament in his pitching elbow. The Mets’ top pitching prospect threw 35 times at

Associated Press Aug 13, 2024, 05:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Justin Verlander will make his second minor league rehab start Thursday night as he eyes a return to the Houston Astros‘ rotation. The 41-year-old right-hander went three innings for Triple-A Sugar Land in his first outing Saturday night. The three-time

ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2024, 06:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. is likely headed to the injured list with a UCL injury, manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday. It is not yet known whether Chisholm will need surgery. Chisholm left Monday night’s loss to the Chicago White

Field Level Media Aug 13, 2024, 02:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Philadelphia Phillies reinstated right-hander Taijuan Walker from the 15-day injured list on Tuesday. Walker, celebrating his 32nd birthday, will start Tuesday night’s game against the visiting Miami Marlins. Walker (3-3, 5.60 ERA) landed on the injured list June 23 with inflammation in

ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2024, 03:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays recalled infielder Junior Caminero, the No. 2 prospect in Major League Baseball, from Triple-A Durham on Tuesday. Caminero, 21, hit .276 with 13 homers and 34 RBIs in 53 games for Durham. He has been

ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2024, 01:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions A day after announcing that rookie right-hander River Ryan will miss the rest of the season with an elbow injury, the Los Angeles Dodgers said Tuesday that he will require Tommy John surgery. The injury occurred during Rivers’ fourth career major league start

Michael A. Fletcher, ESPNAug 13, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close Michael Fletcher is a senior writer with ESPN’s enterprise and investigative team. Before that, he wrote for ESPN’s The Undefeated, focusing on politics, criminal justice and social issues. He spent 21 years at The Washington Post, where his beats included the national economy, the White

ESPN News Services Aug 13, 2024, 12:08 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Gavin Sheets matched a career high with four hits and drove in four runs, Korey Lee and Brooks Baldwin homered, and the Chicago White Sox gave interim manager Grady Sizemore his first win, pounding the New York Yankees 12-2 Monday night

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 12, 2024, 09:41 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions The Miami Marlins, in the early stages of another rebuild, have made a deluge of firings under first-year