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ESPN News Services Aug 26, 2024, 07:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Baez will undergo season-ending surgery on his right hip after struggling through another poor campaign. The Tigers are still determining when and where the surgery will take place. Baez batted just .184 with six homers and 37 RBIs in

Field Level Media Aug 26, 2024, 03:28 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Kansas City Royals starter Cole Ragans exited Monday afternoon’s game against the host Cleveland Guardians in the fifth inning due to cramps in his left calf and hamstring. After Ragans walked Lane Thomas to open the home half of the fifth, Kansas City

ESPN News Services Aug 26, 2024, 02:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions BOSTON — Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen became the first player in major league history to appear in the same game for both teams when he took the field for Boston on Monday in the resumption of a rain-delayed game he started for

Field Level Media Aug 26, 2024, 12:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Kansas City Royals placed reliever Will Smith on the 15-day injured list Monday with low back spasms. The 35-year-old left-hander is 0-4 with a career-worst 6.53 ERA through 45 relief appearances this season. Royals reliever Will Smith has been placed on the

ESPN News Services Aug 26, 2024, 09:51 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Outfielder Dylan Crews is expected to make his major league debut for the Washington Nationals on Monday when they open a three-game series with the visiting New York Yankees. Crews was called up from Triple-A Rochester on Monday, one day after Washington optioned

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 26, 2024, 07:15 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 HIS CONFIDENCE BEAMED, even as his aura faded. “In my mind,” Vladimir Guerrero Jr. said earlier this month,

Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 09:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — It was fitting that Enrique Hernandez would have a great game on an afternoon when former Lakers great Kobe Bryant was honored at Dodger Stadium. With fans wearing special jerseys honoring Bryant, Hernandez — who wears No. 8 for the Dodgers,

ESPN News Services Aug 25, 2024, 06:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Andy Ibanez homered and had three RBIs as the Detroit Tigers sent the Chicago White Sox to their 100th loss with a 9-4 victory on Sunday. Andrew Vaughn doubled, homered and had two RBIs for the White Sox (31-100), who need

Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 03:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — After Taylor Ward offered a critical take on Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Bowden Francis‘ latest strong start, fellow starter Chris Bassitt made sure he had his teammate’s back. Francis struck out a career-high 12 in Toronto’s 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles

Field Level Media Aug 25, 2024, 04:22 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Mets right-hander Paul Blackburn landed on the 15-day injured list Sunday with a bruised right hand. Blackburn exited his start Friday at the San Diego Padres in the third inning after being hit in the hand by a comebacker. Mets manager

Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 03:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Plate umpire Nick Mahrley exited in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game between the New York Yankees and Colorado Rockies when he was hit in the neck by Giancarlo Stanton‘s shattered bat. Stanton’s bat broke when he hit a bloop single

ESPN News Services Aug 25, 2024, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 50th and 51st home runs of the season in Sunday’s 10-3 win over the Colorado Rockies, putting him on pace to break his own American League home run record. Home run No. 50 came

ESPN News Services Aug 25, 2024, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 50th homer of the season Sunday, connecting in the first inning against the Colorado Rockies. Judge drove a 0-2 changeup from Austin Gomber into the visiting bullpen in left-center to give the Yankees a

Associated Press Aug 25, 2024, 12:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Yankees shuffled their bullpen Sunday, designating Michael Tonkin for assignment and selecting the contract of Phil Bickford from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Tonkin was 3-2 with a 3.38 ERA in 39 appearances since being claimed off waivers from the New York Mets

Dan Hajducky, ESPNAug 25, 2024, 06:08 AM ET Close Hajducky is an associate editor for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. Open Extended Reactions In perhaps the most anticipated sports memorabilia auction ever, the jersey worn

Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 11:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MINNEAPOLIS — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras is headed to the injured list for the second time this season after he broke a finger when he was hit by a pitch in Saturday’s 6-0 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Contreras was leading off

ESPN News Services Aug 24, 2024, 10:08 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani threw off a mound Saturday for the first time since having elbow surgery last year that has kept the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar from pitching this season. Ohtani has been rehabbing his pitching arm while making history with

Associated Press Aug 24, 2024, 08:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates reliever Hunter Stratton was carted off in the fourth inning of Saturday night’s game against Cincinnati with a left leg injury suffered while trying to chase down the ball behind home plate. Stratton was pitching to Tyler Stephenson with two