Oct 31, 2021 ESPN News Services Jerry Remy, a former player for the Boston Red Sox who later became part of the broadcast booth covering the team for NESN, died Saturday night at the age of 68. Remy had stepped away from his role as a NESN analyst for Red Sox games on Aug. 4

1:25 PM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com Noah Zavolas heard the news while standing in the driveway of his mother’s home in Stow, Massachusetts. Weeks removed from pitching for the Biloxi Shuckers, the Milwaukee Brewers‘ Class AA affiliate, Zavolas had just learned that he and other minor league players face a possible COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Zavolas, 25,

Oct 28, 2021 Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The San Diego Padres hired Bob Melvin to a three-year contract as their new manager Thursday, bringing on one of the most respected figures in baseball after the Oakland Athletics granted him

7:30 PM ET ESPN staff Stop us if you’ve heard this before: The Atlanta Braves relied on clutch relief pitching and clutch home runs to earn the win on Saturday night. The only difference between Atlanta’s Game 4 victory over the Houston Astros and the others that came before it was how it thrust the

2:40 AM ET ATLANTA — At this moment in time, no human being on the planet has more self-esteem than Braves left fielder Eddie Rosario, who is easing into the role of postseason star like it’s gradually taking on the shape of his body. Rosario sat back casually at the podium after the Braves’ Game

Oct 29, 2021 Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Albert Pujols is set to fulfill a promise of playing in the Dominican Professional Baseball League this winter and said he wants to continue playing in the majors until “I feel I can’t play anymore.” Pujols, who was officially introduced Friday as the newest player on the

Oct 28, 2021 Shohei Ohtani, Bryce Harper, Max Scherzer and Robbie Ray highlighted the list of those who claimed Players Choice Awards for the 2021 season. The awards, announced Thursday on ESPN, are presented by the Major League Baseball Players Association and are voted on by the players themselves. Ohtani and Ray were named Outstanding

Oct 28, 2021 Associated Press ATLANTA — Houston’s 7-2 win over Atlanta in World Series Game 2 drew 10,539,000 viewers on Fox, Fox Deportes and Fox streaming apps. Wednesday night’s game averaged a 5.8 rating, 14 share and 10,280,000 viewers on Fox, up 13% from 9,105,000 for Tampa Bay’s 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles

3:00 AM ET ATLANTA — Here it comes, the ultimate analytics move, another egregious attack on the heart of the game. After five no-hit innings in Game 3 of the World Series, manager Brian Snitker walked toward Ian Anderson in the Braves’ dugout and informed his starting pitcher that he was taking him out before

11:38 AM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Shortstop Miguel Rojas and the Miami Marlins announced a two-year, $10 million contract on Thursday, the first big step the team has taken this offseason. The deal has the 32-year-old under contract through 2023. He will make $5 million in each of the next two seasons. Rojas batted