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Anthony Olivieri, ESPN.comAug 2, 2024, 07:32 PM ET The Kansas man who pleaded guilty to stealing a Jackie Robinson statue from a Wichita youth baseball league earlier this year was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison for multiple cases, police said. Ricky Alderete, 45, had pleaded guilty in May to theft, related to the

Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 07:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ARLINGTON, Texas — Three-time Cy Young Award winner and active career strikeout leader Max Scherzer was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday because of right shoulder fatigue. Scherzer (2-4) has made only eight starts since his season debut June 23 following offseason back

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterAug 2, 2024, 06:20 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 Aug 2, 2024, 04:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago White Sox placed right-hander Drew Thorpe on the 15-day injured list Friday with a right flexor strain. The 23-year-old rookie is 3-3 with a 5.48 ERA and a .212 opponents’ batting average in nine starts since his June 11 debut. The

ESPN News Services Aug 2, 2024, 04:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Infielder Coby Mayo, one of the top prospects in baseball, will make his major league debut Friday night for the Baltimore Orioles. The Orioles called him up from Triple-A Norfolk and penciled him into the lineup against the Cleveland Guardians. He will play

Associated Press Aug 2, 2024, 03:24 PM ET A jury reached a split verdict Friday in the case of a mother charged with abandoning her newborn in subfreezing temperatures after giving birth in the woods. Jurors found 27-year-old Alexandra Eckersley, daughter of baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley, guilty of reckless conduct and endangering

Field Level Media Aug 2, 2024, 01:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The New York Yankees added recently acquired right-handed pitcher Enyel De Los Santos to the active roster Friday as they prepare to open a three-game series against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays. De Los Santos was shipped to the Yankees on Tuesday in

Associated Press Aug 1, 2024, 08:18 PM ET Open Extended Reactions First-round picks Trey Yesavage and Vance Honeycutt agreed to contracts as all but four of the top 315 players selected in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft last month struck deals before Thursday’s deadline. East Carolina right-hander Yesavage, taken 20th by the Toronto Blue Jays,

Aug 1, 2024, 07:44 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Freddie Freeman, who was placed on the family emergency list last weekend, revealed Thursday that his 3-year-old son, Maximus, is suffering from Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare neurological disorder. Freeman, who has missed the Dodgers’ past four games, updated his son’s condition

ESPN News Services Aug 1, 2024, 05:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout will miss the remainder of the season after sustaining another meniscus tear, general manager Perry Minasian told reporters Thursday. Earlier this week, the Angels shut down the rehab for Trout after his recent setback in his recovery

Field Level Media Aug 1, 2024, 04:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cleveland Guardians right-hander Tanner Bibee will not make his scheduled start Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles because of a sore right shoulder, manager Stephen Vogt said Thursday. Rookie left-hander Joey Cantillo is expected to start in Bibee’s place for the Guardians, in first

Tisha Thompson, ESPNAug 1, 2024, 04:04 PM ET Close Tisha Thompson is an investigative reporter for ESPN based in Washington, D.C. Her work appears on all platforms, both domestically and internationally. Open Extended Reactions The illegal bookmaker at the center of the sports betting scandal focused on Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter of Los Angeles

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2024, 02:57 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 Major League Baseball’s new postseason schedule includes the flexibility for an earlier start to the World Series if

Field Level Media Aug 1, 2024, 02:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Baltimore Orioles placed All-Star infielder Jordan Westburg on the 10-day injured list Thursday as part of a flurry of eight transactions. Westburg, 25, sustained a broken right hand when he was hit by a pitch from Yerry Rodriguez in the fifth inning

ESPN Betting Aug 1, 2024, 10:06 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With the MLB trade deadline behind us, the Los Angeles Dodgers remain the favorites to win the World Series. The Dodgers opened at +550, moved to +450 after signing Shohei Ohtani in the offseason and now sit at 3-1 at ESPN BET. The Philadelphia

Aug 1, 2024, 09:45 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Bryce Harper is mired in the worst slump of his career, and the Philadelphia Phillies‘ once-commanding lead atop the National League East is starting to dwindle. After Philadelphia was swept at home for the first time in over two years — in a loss punctuated by

Aug 1, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The MLB trade deadline is in the rearview mirror — and a number of teams look fairly different because of it. Two of our top-10 teams — the Dodgers and Padres — went for it at the deadline and were considered two of the biggest winners

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 1, 2024, 01:30 AM 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 SAN DIEGO — Clayton Kershaw had made 423 regular-season starts and recorded at least one strikeout in every