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2:44 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday with a left calf contusion. Bellinger has missed the Dodgers’ past two games with the injury, which occurred when he was spiked by Oakland Athletics reliever Reymin Guduan on Monday while beating out an infield single in the

7:00 AM ET The reigning 2020 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers enter the 2021 season as a favorite to repeat. In fact, the best-case scenario for this year’s L.A. squad is downright scary. But that doesn’t mean the rest of the league is just going to lie down and watch the Dodgers waltz to

7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The first week of baseball is only a small taste of the 162-game main course that is an MLB season. But we’re not about to let that stop us from having some fun in early April as the sport returns to a full schedule after last year’s shortened 60-game campaign.

10:32 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox hurler Lance Lynn became the first pitcher to throw a complete-game shutout this season, stymieing the Kansas City Royals 6-0 in the White Sox’s home opener on Thursday. “It’s awesome to get the first one, but it’s behind me,” Lynn said after the game. “They scored some

6:58 PM ET Oakland Athletics right-handed reliever Trevor Rosenthal underwent surgery on Thursday after he was diagnosed with severe neurovascular compression. The procedure, involving the removal of Rosenhal’s first rib, a pec minor release and scalene release, was performed by Dr. Gregory Pearl in Dallas, Texas. Rosenthal will remain in Dallas until Sunday and return

6:18 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Craig Kimbrel‘s two-year journey through the wilderness appears to be over. The seven-time All-Star stuff is back. And the Chicago Cubs closer used every bit of it while finishing off the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates in a 4-2 win on Thursday to become the 12th pitcher in major league

7:12 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — Eduardo Rodriguez won in his return from heart inflammation that caused him to miss the 2020 season, allowing three runs over five innings to lead the Boston Red Sox over Baltimore 7-3 in the Orioles’ home opener Thursday. Rafael Devers and Enrique Hernandez homered for the Red

5:50 PM ET Even the New York Mets called Thursday’s walk-off 3-2 victory over the Miami Marlins a lucky break. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the ninth after Jeff McNeil had tied the game with a home run leading off the inning, a 1-2 pitch on the inside corner

3:56 PM ET Fans at Camden Yards gave Trey Mancini a standing ovation Thursday in his first home at-bat since returning from colon cancer. He also received applause from the Boston Red Sox players in the field. Mancini tipped his batting helmet in appreciation of the ovation. Mancini then beat out a double-play grounder and

3:37 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Infielder Ketel Marte was placed on the 10-day injured list by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday, a day after hurting his right hamstring against the Colorado Rockies. Arizona recalled Andrew Young, who had been with its taxi squad, ahead of Thursday’s game at Coors Field. Marte was injured

2:51 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets reliever Dellin Betances was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday with a right shoulder impingement. The team announced the move a little less than 90 minutes before the first pitch of its home opener against the Miami Marlins. New York selected right-hander Trevor Hildenberger to

7:00 AM ET How much can really change in one week of a 162-game MLB season? Exactly one week since the excitement of Opening Day had fans of, well, almost every MLB team thinking positive thoughts about the possibilities to come in 2021, our first regular-season rankings of the young season offer something of a

4:12 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge was held out of New York’s lineup Wednesday night with soreness in his left side. Judge had a homer, three hits and four RBI in a 7-2 win on Tuesday night but wasn’t back in the lineup against the O’s a day later.

4:38 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The postponed season-opening series between the Nationals and Mets has been rescheduled, with two of the games moved to June and the other to September. A coronavirus outbreak on the Nationals prompted Major League Baseball to scrap the games originally slated to be played in Washington on Thursday,

2:44 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Mariners placed left-handed starter James Paxton on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a forearm strain in his pitching arm. Seattle also put starting left fielder Jake Fraley on the 10-day IL with a left hamstring strain he suffered while making a diving catch in Tuesday’s loss

2:10 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — George Springer is now dealing with another issue while waiting to make his debut with the Toronto Blue Jays, after starting the season on the injured list with a strained left oblique muscle. Springer was on track to play Thursday for the Blue Jays in their first

1:16 PM ET ESPN News Services The Chicago White Sox have placed shortstop Tim Anderson on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring, the team announced Wednesday. The move, which is retroactive to Monday, came after Anderson left in the first inning of Sunday night’s loss to the Los Angeles Angels. The 2019

11:39 AM ET The Toronto Blue Jays and general manager Ross Atkins have agreed to a five-year contract extension, the team announced Wednesday. Atkins was hired as Blue Jays general manager in the 2015 offseason, with Toronto reaching the playoffs twice during his tenure, in 2016 and 2020. “I cannot wait to continue our pursuit