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Associated Press Jun 26, 2024, 02:43 AM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Jurickson Profar hit a grand slam five innings after being in the middle of a benches-clearing dustup, and Manny Machado also hit a dramatic home run as the San Diego Padres beat the Washington Nationals 9-7 on Tuesday night in another

Associated Press Jun 26, 2024, 01:24 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — Halfway through his first season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani looks quite comfortable with his new surroundings. The Japanese slugger has been a sweet-swinging Hollywood blockbuster so far. The Dodgers are on top of the NL West with a 50-31

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterJun 26, 2024, 12:23 AM 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

ESPN News Services Jun 25, 2024, 07:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NORFOLK, Va. — Top prospect Jackson Holliday was back in the lineup Tuesday night for Triple-A Norfolk after missing nearly two weeks with arm issues. Holliday hadn’t played since June 12 and spent time on the injured list with right elbow inflammation. He

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterJun 25, 2024, 10:00 PM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia‘s Ranger Suarez versus Detroit‘s Tarik Skubal might have been one of the most anticipated pitching matchups of the first half of the 2024 baseball season.

Jun 25, 2024, 05:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Cincinnati Reds first baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand will undergo surgery to repair ligaments in his right wrist, manager David Bell said Tuesday. Encarnacion-Strand, who has been sidelined since early May with a fractured bone in his wrist, will have surgery on July 11 with an expected recovery

Associated Press Jun 25, 2024, 08:20 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox have a plan for Garrett Crochet to help the left-hander with his workload for the rest of the season. Crochet was removed after he retired the first two batters in the sixth inning of Monday’s 3-0 loss to

Field Level Media Jun 25, 2024, 05:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Veteran left-hander Dallas Keuchel, who won the American League Cy Young Award in 2015, was traded from the Seattle Mariners to the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday for cash considerations. Keuchel, 36, was 7-4 with a 3.93 ERA at Triple-A Tacoma after signing a

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterJun 25, 2024, 06:44 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

ESPN News Services Jun 25, 2024, 04:53 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Seattle Mariners starter Bryan Woo, who left Monday’s game in the fourth inning, has been placed on the 15-day injured list with a low-level strain of his right hamstring. The right-hander was hurt on a pitch to the Tampa Bay Rays‘ Taylor Walls

Field Level Media Jun 25, 2024, 04:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Mets right fielder Starling Marte was placed on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday with a bone bruise in his right knee. The move, which was retroactive to Sunday, came after testing on Marte’s ailing knee Monday. It marks the eighth

ESPN News Services Jun 25, 2024, 02:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions After saying in the past that he’d never play for the New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is softening his stance. Guerrero was asked Monday night if he’d reconsider past comments with the Blue Jays languishing in last

Field Level Media Jun 25, 2024, 01:07 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Minnesota Twins placed Chris Paddack on the 15-day injured list Tuesday and recalled fellow right-hander Ronny Henriquez from Triple-A St. Paul. The move is retroactive to Saturday for Paddack, who is dealing with right shoulder fatigue. He had been slated to start

Field Level Media Jun 25, 2024, 01:29 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Cincinnati Reds placed left-hander Nick Lodolo on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with a blister on his left hand. The move is retroactive to Monday. “It was a big deal he was able to pitch with that,” Reds manager David Bell told

ESPN News Services Jun 24, 2024, 08:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DETROIT — The Philadelphia Phillies turned a rare triple play to snuff out a possible Detroit Tigers rally in the third inning Monday night. Trailing 4-0, the Tigers had a chance to get something going when Zach McKinstry and Carson Kelly hit back-to-back

ESPN News Services Jun 24, 2024, 11:33 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants held a pregame ceremony Monday commemorating the life of franchise legend Willie Mays. The approximately 30-minute tribute was held at San Francisco’s first home game since the team’s beloved star died Tuesday at the age of 93. “He

Associated Press Jun 24, 2024, 09:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Seattle Mariners starter Bryan Woo left in the fourth inning of Monday night’s game at Tampa Bay with right hamstring tightness. The right-hander was hurt on a pitch to Taylor Walls with a runner on first. He couldn’t complete a

Associated Press Jun 24, 2024, 08:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Texas Rangers right-hander and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer indicated he felt a little thumb soreness a day after throwing five scoreless innings in his season debut. Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said it was only natural that Scherzer might be