10:17 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Gerrit Cole once again showed a glimpse of what New York Yankees fans can expect this season out of their $324 million ace. In his first intrasquad scrimmage Tuesday night, Cole threw five innings of one-hit ball, which required
MLB
7:00 AM ET The Tampa Bay Rays are going to win the 2020 World Series. Honestly, it seems a little silly to be making predictions in this most unpredictable of seasons for Major League Baseball, but assuming we do play ball and get through 60 games and the playoffs without cancellation, the Rays will be
10:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff As Major League Baseball attempts to start a 60-game 2020 MLB season during the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of players have announced that they will not be participating as their teams begin training camp with Opening Day scheduled for July 23 and 24. Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Mike Leake was the
12:15 AM ET The annual release of the Major League Baseball schedule is usually a pretty fun night. You get to see what’s lined up for Opening Day. You see how specialty games — such as the one in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, or the once-planned series this year in London — fit onto the calendar. Most
7:00 PM ET We all know the 2020 MLB season will be unlike any other (assuming it gets off the ground in the first place), with the usual 162-game marathon being replaced by a 60-game sprint. And now that the abbreviated schedule has been announced, we’ve got some actual games to talk about. How it
8:00 AM ET The Tampa Bay Rays‘ Tyler Glasnow was on the Baseball Tonight podcast recently and reported enthusiastically that when the shortened season begins — when summer camp, which kicked off this past weekend, begins — he’ll be ready to go, full speed. An evaluator with another team listened to that and thought to
8:11 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Pablo Sandoval’s size and round middle have ignited the internet and brought out the body critics as baseball begins again. Manager Gabe Kapler said Sunday the San Francisco Giants fully expect their “Kung Fu Panda” to be ready and in game shape to contribute by opening day
11:50 AM ET Frank Robinson made his major league debut five years after Willie Mays’ first season, two years after Henry Aaron broke in, one year after Roberto Clemente joined the Pittsburgh Pirates, and there wasn’t a lot of leftover stage among those peers, who went on to become all-time greats. Yet Robinson wedged his
5:09 PM ET LOS ANGELES — David Price, the former Cy Young Award winner who was heading into his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, became the latest player to opt out of the 2020 season on Saturday, alluding to health concerns because of the coronavirus pandemic. Price joins Ryan Zimmerman and Joe Ross
11:32 PM ET Felix Hernandez is opting out of the 2020 season, his agent announced on Saturday. The longtime Seattle Mariner signed a minor league deal with the Braves in January and was competing for a spot in the rotation. Hernandez, 34, is coming off his worst season in the majors. He went 1-8 with
7:00 AM ET It was Wednesday afternoon and a veteran relief pitcher was in his car, driving to his team’s home city with the intention of playing baseball in the midst of a pandemic. He spent the prior days in a remote location wondering whether he should drive north to his house or head west
8:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Even great athletes will tell you about a day when their career almost didn’t happen: a time early when they considered quitting their sport, an injury that was almost more serious, an
8:44 PM ET The Cleveland Indians will “determine the best path forward” regarding their team name amid renewed calls for racial equality and social justice, the team announced in a club statement Friday. The move comes hours after the NFL’s Washington Redskins announced they will “undergo a thorough review” of their nickname amid renewed pressure.
9:30 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Training camps around Major League Baseball officially open Friday, marking another step toward the game’s return. As momentous as that might sound, as positive as that might seem, Friday is a vital
7:00 AM ET The past three months, baseball has given us 1,000 reasons to hate it. In the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, the players and owners have acted like petulant children bickering over money, settling scores and improving bargaining position for future negotiations instead of understanding that all that mattered this year was agreeing
7:00 AM ET A 60-game baseball season is without precedent — almost. If every team plays its full schedule in 2020, it would tie the 1877 season for the shortest in MLB history. In 1877, the league consisted of six teams, and its home run champion, Lip Pike, finished with a total of four round-trippers.
7:00 AM ET The 2020 MLB season, which will be limited to 60 games because of the coronavirus pandemic, is likely to produce wildly different results than we would see over the course of a full 162-game season. Last year, the Phillies and Cubs led their divisions after 60 games, but neither made the playoffs.
7:00 AM ET Major League Baseball is aiming for a 60-game 2020 MLB season as training camps begin in ballparks across the country this week. If they do play, that means we’ll have pennant races and a postseason and MVP awards to hand out. I thought it would be fun to go over the past