6:20 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” An autistic man accused longtime major league player Omar Vizquel of sexual harassment while he was managing a Chicago White Sox minor league affiliate, alleging in a civil lawsuit filed this week

3:11 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — On the same diamond where Roy Halladay pitched himself into baseball history and the hearts of Philadelphia fans, the Phillies retired the late Hall of Famer’s No. 34 jersey in a touching tribute Sunday. Former teammates Jimmy Rollins, Ryan Howard and Raúl Ibañez as well as pitching coach

11:26 AM ET Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale is coming back, and it can’t come soon enough for Boston. Red Sox manager Alex Cora told reporters that Sale has completed his minor league rehab assignment and will start Saturday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles. Sale made five rehab starts in the minors, and Cora said

7:02 AM ET THE SEARCH PARTY gathers at midnight with six traps and an assortment of fish juice, and five volunteers fan out. Under a glow of cellphone flashlights, they methodically sift through the bushes on a muggy summer night in a downtown St. Louis park. It’s Aug. 11, 2017, a little more than a

4:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Catcher Gary Sanchez became the latest New York Yankees player to test positive for the coronavirus on Thursday after starting pitchers Jordan Montgomery and Gerrit Cole were sidelined by COVID-19 earlier in the week. Manager Aaron Boone said that the positive result for Sanchez came from a

7:45 PM ET The administrative leave for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer was extended a fourth time on Thursday, this time by an extra seven days through Aug. 13, according to a league official. A civil hearing for the temporary restraining order that was obtained against Bauer will begin three days after that in

5:09 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Los Angeles Angels third baseman Anthony Rendon will have season-ending surgery on his right hip, finishing off an injury-plagued second year in Southern California. The club made the announcement before Wednesday’s game at Texas. Rendon, who was limited to 58 games, had been on the injured list

4:36 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers‘ pitching staff has taken two more hits with John Axford now out for the season with elbow trouble and Eric Lauer joining the team’s growing COVID-19 injured list. Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Axford has significant elbow damage and is going over his options after

2:35 AM ET Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan — For Triston Casas, the Olympics feel as comfortable as spring training. That’s because when he stepped to the plate in the United States’ elimination game against the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, he was facing Boston Red Sox Double-A teammate Denyi Reyes. “I have one career at-bat off

9:04 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays ace Tyler Glasnow will undergo Tommy John surgery on Wednesday that will sideline him for the rest of this year and possibly all of next season as well. The team announced the news during Tuesday night’s 4-2 loss to the Seattle Mariners.