12:50 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Two major league players and two staff members were positive for COVID-19 during the past week among 13,978 tests, a 0.03% positive rate. There have been 17 positive tests — 12 for players, five for staff — among 72,751 monitoring tests during spring training, a rate of
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9:48 AM ET A week ago, the Boston Red Sox announced Eduardo Rodriguez as the team’s Opening Day starter, but for the second straight season, the left-handed starter will be scratched from the season’s first game, this time after dealing with a dead arm. Rodriguez missed Opening Day last year after being diagnosed with myocarditis,
10:22 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays reliever Nick Anderson has a partially torn ligament in his pitching elbow and likely will be sidelined beyond the All-Star break, according to multiple reports. Anderson, who is not expected to need surgery, has been a key component of Tampa Bay’s bullpen
10:18 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — Reigning NL batting champion Juan Soto left Washington’s 7-3 exhibition loss against the Miami Marlins in the middle of the first inning Thursday with what manager Dave Martinez said was a cramp in his right calf. “I didn’t want to take any chances,” Martinez said. The Nationals
8:05 PM ET Associated Press PEORIA, Ariz. — Right-hander Yu Darvish is scheduled to start Opening Day for the San Diego Padres next Thursday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, manager Jayce Tingler said. Darvish, 34, was obtained from the Chicago Cubs along with catcher Victor Caratini on Dec. 29 in exchange for Zach Davies and four
3:27 PM ET Associated Press Bobby Brown, an infielder who played on five World Series champions with the New York Yankees and later became a cardiologist and president of the American League, has died. He was 96. He died Thursday in Fort Worth, Texas, the Yankees said. Brown played with the Yankees from 1946 to
4:08 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — Pitcher Gio González says he has retired after 13 major league seasons. The 35-year-old left-hander signed a minor league contract with the Miami Marlins and made one exhibition appearance, allowing seven runs and eight hits last Saturday while getting just one out against Washington, his former team.
4:53 PM ET Associated Press The Colorado Rockies were fearing the worst when lefthander Kyle Freeland bent down after tossing a pitch in an exhibition game and grabbed his shoulder. So it was promising news Thursday when an MRI revealed no further damage than a strain in his pitching shoulder, which will sideline him for
3:34 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Max Fried will make his first Opening Day start for the Atlanta Braves, getting the nod in the wake of two stellar seasons. Manager Brian Snitker told Fried on Thursday that he would go in the opener at Philadelphia against the Phillies. Fried went 7-0 with a 2.25
2:17 PM ET Chicago White Sox left fielder Eloy Jimenez will have surgery for a ruptured pectoral tendon and will miss five to six months, general manager Rick Hahn said Thursday. Jimenez injured his left shoulder when he tried to make a leaping grab at the wall on Sean Murphy‘s solo homer for Oakland in
10:59 AM ET Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. — Matt Harvey is back in the major leagues with the Baltimore Orioles. Baltimore selected the contract of the right-hander on Thursday, one week before its season opener at Boston. Harvey, who turns 32 on Saturday, gets a one-year, $1 million contract and the chance to earn performance
7:00 AM ET What do you do with Jose Altuve when you are ranking the top 100 MLB players for 2021? MVP in 2017, All-Star in 2018, a career-high 31 home runs in 2019 … and then came the sign-stealing scandal, the pandemic and a terrible 2020 season in which he hit .219 (only to
8:20 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Chicago White Sox left fielder Eloy Jimenez hurt his left shoulder when he tried to make a leaping grab at the wall on Sean Murphy’s solo homer for Oakland in the second inning of their exhibition game on Wednesday. Jimenez’s left arm barely moved as he walked
8:10 PM ET ESPN News Services SURPRISE, Ariz. — Newly acquired Texas Rangers slugger Khris Davis will miss the start of the MLB season because of a quadriceps strain suffered while running out a bunt single on Tuesday. General manager Chris Young said Wednesday that an MRI showed that Davis has a Grade 2 quad
5:57 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone said he received the COVID-19 vaccine last week, and he will encourage his players and staff to do so once they are eligible. “I got vaccinated about a week ago.
6:37 PM ET Associated Press Star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. was feeling better a day after coming out of a game due to left shoulder discomfort, leaving the San Diego Padres and their fans breathing easier. “He’s feeling really good today. In fact he was lobbying to get in the lineup today, so I thought
6:33 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Bryan Shaw has pitched his way back into Cleveland’s bullpen. The 33-year-old right-hander, who signed a minor league deal with the Indians this offseason, was told Wednesday that he will make the club’s Opening Day roster. He will get a one-year contract paying a $1 million salary in
4:24 PM ET Right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. and the Houston Astros are in agreement on a five-year, $85 million contract extension, sources familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. McCullers is coming off a solid 2020 when he returned after missing a season following Tommy John surgery. He went 3-3 with a 3.93 ERA