8:02 PM ET New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard left his second rehab start in the minors after one inning as a precautionary measure due to soreness in his right elbow, the team announced. Pitching for Class A St. Lucie, Syndergaard was scheduled to pitch at least four innings as he returns from Tommy John
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8:38 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Corey Kluber‘s bid to match Johnny Vander Meer’s feat of consecutive no-hitters ended when Toronto’s Bo Bichette reached on an infield single with one out in the third on Tuesday night, and the New York Yankees removed the 35-year-old right-hander after the inning. Two innings later,
7:17 PM ET Minute Maid Park in Houston opened at full capacity on Tuesday, just in time to welcome the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, a team that seemingly hasn’t forgotten about how the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal might have cost them another title four years ago. “It’ll always be something weird there,”
7:05 PM ET Add the latest entry to the book chronicling bizarre baseball injuries. Cleveland manager Terry Francona said Tuesday the team will place right-handed starter Zach Plesac to the injured list with a non-displaced fracture of his right thumb. The 26-year old suffered the injury while “rather aggressively ripping off his shirt” and catching
4:00 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla — Kansas City Royals shortstop Adalberto Mondesi has been reinstated from the 10-day injured list after missing the first 45 games of the season with a right oblique sprain. Mondesi was hitting seventh in the Royals’ posted lineup for Tuesday night’s game at Tampa Bay. “I feel
5:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Toronto Blue Jays pitcher David Phelps will miss the rest of the season following surgery to repair the latissimus dorsi muscle on the right side of his back. The team said the 34-year-old right-hander had the procedure Monday. Phelps last pitched May 2 against Atlanta. Three days
3:28 PM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies placed slugger Bryce Harper on the 10-day injured list with a bruised left forearm on Tuesday. The move was made retroactive to Sunday. The outfielder, who is in an 0-for-16 slump, was held out of the Phillies’ lineup for the past two games. Manager Joe Girardi
10:00 AM ET The 2021 MLB draft is less than two months away, with this year’s event scheduled to be held July 11-13 in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game festivities. The Pittsburgh Pirates have the No. 1 pick, followed by the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. While there
Sep 16, 2020 Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on September 16, 2020. White Sox broadcaster Ken “Hawk” Harrelson was furious with MLB umpire Joe West, as many have been these past 44 years. On this day in 2010, West had called a second balk of the game on Mark Buehrle, and Hawk was so
8:23 PM ET Not that anybody has questioned Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s raw power anytime lately, but the first of his two home runs on Monday was a booming testament to his strength. Ryan Yarbrough threw a first-pitch, 78-mph changeup on the outer third of the plate. Guerrero, knees slightly bent, hands cocked on the handle
7:07 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets right fielder Michael Conforto and second baseman Jeff McNeil have hamstring injuries that are likely to keep them out for another month. “They’re significant hamstring strains,” general manager Zack Scott said Monday during a lengthy recounting on the Mets’ injuries. They currently have a major league-high
6:48 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The birds-on-the-bat uniforms, the players in the other dugout, the opposing manager, it all looked familiar to Tony La Russa. Too familiar. The 76-year-old Hall of Fame manager of the Chicago White Sox found himself in a strange spot Monday night: Leading his club against the team he
10:11 PM ET It wasn’t all that long ago — two Sundays ago, actually — when it felt as if everyone was worried about the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were losing, they were injured, and the landscape of the National League West made it seem as if the Dodgers, poised to challenge the wins record
4:52 PM ET ESPN News Services St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday, a day after leaving his first major league start since the 2019 playoffs with forearm tightness. Mikolas, who won 18 games in 2018, was activated Saturday for his first major league start since the 2019
12:40 PM ET Associated Press DUNEDIN, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier has another freaky injury: left eye irritation stemming from an eyelash. Kiermaier left Saturday night’s game against Toronto in the fifth inning after first experiencing discomfort while shagging balls during batting practice. “A couple minutes in, I was like, dang
2:12 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Pitchers Homer Bailey, Edwin Jackson and David Robertson, catcher Matt Wieters, infielder Todd Frazier and outfielders Matt Kemp and John Jay were among 28 players announced Sunday for a U.S. training camp ahead of the Americans’ second chance to qualify for the Olympic baseball tournament. Left-hander Clayton
12:30 PM ET ESPN News Services The Minnesota Twins have placed right-hander Kenta Maeda on the 10-day injured list with a right adductor strain, the team announced Sunday. Maeda suffered the injury during Saturday’s 5-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians, when he was pulled before the sixth inning after allowing three runs and three hits
12:19 PM ET Ace Jacob deGrom will rejoin the New York Mets on Tuesday, the team announced Sunday. DeGrom has been on the injured list since May 11 with tightness in his right side and lower back. The right-hander made one rehab start for the Mets’ low Class A affiliate on Thursday, striking out eight