4:23 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark is confident that at least 30% of minor league players will sign recently distributed union authorization cards in the coming days and weeks, paving the way for thousands more players to potentially join the organization. “There was tremendous response,”

9:31 PM ET As Albert Pujols continues to climb the all-time home run list during his farewell season, he’s also setting major league records in the process. On Monday night in Cincinnati, the St. Louis Cardinals slugger hit career home run No. 694, and it came against a 450th different pitcher, a big league record.

2:12 AM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — Corbin Carroll‘s ability to hit helped the Arizona Diamondbacks win in his big league debut Monday night. The top prospect’s ability to run helped him dodge a would-be postgame shower. Carroll had a go-ahead, two-run double to break a fifth-inning tie and the Diamondbacks climbed out of

7:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Despite what has thus far been a forgettable 2022 season for the Boston Red Sox, the team has no plans to move on from chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom or manager Alex Cora, according to team president and CEO Sam Kennedy. “I am very comfortable saying Chaim and Alex

Aug 27, 2022 Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. OAKLAND, Calif. — In the latest chapter of Aroldis Chapman‘s disappointing 2022 season, the New York Yankees placed their former closer on the 15-day injured list because of what manager Aaron Boone called “a pretty bad infection” on Chapman’s

3:35 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander left his start on Sunday after three innings and 60 pitches, with the team later announcing he has right calf discomfort. Verlander struck out six — including all three in the first inning — and allowed three hits and one walk to

Aug 26, 2022 Drew Smyly was working into the seventh inning of a scoreless duel against the St. Louis Cardinals and knew one mistake could change the game — especially to a hitter like Albert Pujols, up for his third at-bat in Monday’s game. To his delight, the Chicago Cubs left-hander threw the pitch exactly

1:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Braves reliever Jackson Stephens has been placed on the seven-day injured list with a concussion after he was hit in the side of the head by a line drive Friday night. Stephens had walked off the field in the ninth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals but was

1:54 AM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher 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. The wait is over. After more than a month of fanfare, the 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle card with a

Aug 26, 2022 ESPN News Services Bryce Harper hit a two-run single in his first at-bat after a 52-game absence due to a broken left thumb, helping the streaking Philadelphia Phillies to a 7-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night. Harper grounded out twice and lined out sharply in his three other at-bats