Jul 2, 2021 Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — The New York Yankees held a players-only meeting earlier this week, called by All-Star outfielder Aaron Judge, to air out their issues amid a deepening slump. Judge said that he requested the sit-down on Tuesday to

7:00 AM ET BRIAN MULHERN CLICKED on the link and began to read. It was about his favorite baseball team. One of his favorite players. Just like this story, it was about the Oakland A’s and right fielder Stephen Piscotty. At first, the account was devastating. A tale of an incurable disease, death and sadness.

9:14 PM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — New month, same story for Shohei Ohtani. The Angels slugger, hours after being named American League Player of the Month for June, upped his major-league-leading home run total to 30 with two dingers against the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night at Angel Stadium. Ohtani also stole

11:06 PM ET Associated Press Thomas M. Reich, a pioneering baseball agent with an ebullient, oversized personality who helped players gain multimillion dollar salaries in the early years of free agency, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 82. Reich had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2019. “Tom Reich

7:00 AM ET As Toronto Blue Jays fans clicked on second baseman Marcus Semien‘s name to make him the American League’s starting second baseman for this year’s All-Star Game, they did so undoubtedly without ever having seen him play in person. That is, unless they’ve been to Dunedin, Florida, or Buffalo, New York, this season.

4:35 PM ET Major League Baseball placed Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer on a seven-day administrative leave Friday amid allegations of sexual assault. Bauer, who had been scheduled to pitch Sunday in Washington, D.C., has denied the allegations and released a statement that he will not appeal MLB’s decision. As we await the next

12:20 PM ET A day after throwing two innings of live batting practice, Chris Sale feels like he’s getting ready to return “sooner rather than later” and that combined with the performances of the Boston Red Sox rotation already this season, he could be one of the last pieces that makes the team a strong

9:30 PM ET This won’t be your typical All-Star break for Major League Baseball. It’s been two years since the last Midsummer Classic, so baseball fans will have plenty to celebrate during what will be an action-packed three days in Denver. The 2021 MLB All-Star Game will take place Tuesday, July 12, at Coors Field

7:28 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The major league batting average jumped to .246 in June amid a crackdown by the commissioner’s office on foreign substances utilized by pitchers, raising the season average to .239. The season average is the lowest through June since it was .233 in 1968, the Elias Sports Bureau

7:57 PM ET Minnesota Twins third baseman Josh Donaldson responded sharply to Chicago White Sox starter Lucas Giolito on Wednesday, one day after Giolito called him a “pest” and “classless” after the slugger appeared to yell, “Not sticky anymore,” following a first-inning home run in Tuesday night’s game. “He called me a pest, right?” Donaldson