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2:42 PM ET Associated Press LAKELAND, Fla. — The Detroit Tigers selected the contract of right-hander Julio Teheran to the major league roster on Wednesday, solidifying his spot on the team after the former All-Star signed a minor league deal last month. Manager AJ Hinch also said left-hander Tarik Skubal has made the team. Hinch

7:00 AM ET Multiple Contributors Over the past three days, we have revealed our MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in baseball for the 2021 season. Now that the full ranking has been unveiled, it’s time for the real fun to begin — debating who is too high, too low and who should

10:27 AM ET In an attempt to crack down on the use of foreign substances on baseballs for the upcoming season, Major League Baseball will inspect balls taken out of play, analyze spin rate data and increase monitoring of dugouts and clubhouses. The new policies, outlined in a memo obtained by ESPN on Wednesday and

7:00 AM ET Who will be the best player of the 2021 MLB season? With Opening Day nearly upon us, it’s time to break down how baseball’s elite stack up. To create our annual MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in the sport, we presented our panel of ESPN baseball experts with multiple

8:53 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Texas Rangers designated hitter Khris Davis strained his left quadriceps running out a bunt single in a Cactus League game Tuesday and could start the season on the injured list. 2 Related Davis pulled up before reaching first base and left the game against the Los Angeles

9:37 PM ET Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen has a hairline fracture in his right forearm, casting more doubt on his ability to open the season on the active roster. The 25-year-old Gallen hurt his forearm after getting jammed while taking batting practice nearly two weeks ago. Gallen said

6:10 PM ET Star San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. left his team’s spring training game Tuesday against the Cincinnati Reds because of left shoulder discomfort. Tatis, who throws with his right hand, left the game in the third inning after making a defensive play at shortstop. Tatis moved to his right to field

5:36 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins optioned prized prospect Alex Kirilloff to their alternate training site on Tuesday, leaving a wide-open competition for playing time in left field while giving the 2016 first-round draft pick more time to develop. Jake Cave, Kyle Garlick and Brent Rooker are the primary candidates at

5:24 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Blue Jays reliever Kirby Yates is expected to have season-ending surgery on his right elbow, general manager Ross Atkins said Tuesday. The Blue Jays also reported two other injuries: Outfielder George Springer will miss the next four or five days because of a strained oblique muscle, and left-hander

3:11 PM ET Associated Press Milwaukee Brewers reliever Josh Hader expects to remain more of a traditional ninth-inning closer this season after occasionally working multiple innings earlier in his career. “The closer rule is a good fit, especially with the bullpen arms we have,” Hader, a two-time All-Star, said Tuesday from the Brewers’ spring-training site

7:00 AM ET With Opening Day right around the corner, we wanted to figure out who will be the best players of the 2021 MLB season. To create our annual MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in the sport, we presented a panel of ESPN baseball experts with multiple pairings of the biggest

11:01 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays say right-hander Kirby Yates will miss several weeks because of a strained muscle in his forearm. Yates was expected to be Toronto’s closer after signing a $5.5 million, one-year deal with the team in the offseason. Yates last pitched Saturday against Philadelphia, striking out

8:20 PM ET Kelly CohenESPN When superstar right fielder Mookie Betts helped the Boston Red Sox win a World Series championship in 2018, fans of the team were hopeful he and his talents would be there for years to come. But, in February 2020, Boston traded Betts to the Los Angeles Dodgers — the team

5:29 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Zac Gallen is being evaluated for soreness in his right forearm and might not be ready for the start of the regular season on April 1. The 25-year-old Gallen said he first felt the injury when he was jammed during batting practice about

1:47 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — The Texas Rangers are expecting to be without one-time closer Jose Leclerc for an extended time because of right elbow soreness, the latest setback for a bullpen already missing another key late-inning arm for at least two months. General manager Chris Young said Monday that Leclerc reported

1:07 PM ET Associated Press The Kansas City Royals reassigned four of their top prospects to their minor league camp Monday, including touted shortstop Bobby Witt Jr., whose brilliant spring training nearly caused the club to put him on the Opening Day roster. The Royals also sent outfielder Kyle Isbel and pitchers Jackson Kowar and

7:00 AM ET Who will be the best players of the 2021 MLB season? As the countdown to Opening Day (Thursday, April 1) continues, we gathered ESPN’s baseball experts to determine our annual MLB Rank list of the top 100 players in the sport. To reach our final order, we presented our panel with pairings

7:00 AM ET To coincide with ESPN’s ranking of the top 100 players in baseball for 2021, the exercise here is to predict who will be the next to make our MLB Rank list from each of the 30 clubs among those who did not this year. For the most part, that means either they