4:54 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The White Sox placed outfielder Andrew Vaughn on the COVID-19 injured list on Thursday, with general manager Rick Hahn saying the prized rookie was asymptomatic. “Our hope is that, similar to our other IL placements of this nature, he will return shortly to the active roster,” Hahn said

5:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Madison Bumgarner was placed on the 10-day injured list Thursday with inflammation in his throwing shoulder. Bumgarner underwent an MRI on Thursday after leaving Wednesday’s 7-6 loss to the New York Mets early. Bumgarner pitched just two innings in the game — his shortest outing since

12:33 PM ET A 24-year-old sports bettor, who was accused of threatening professional and collegiate athletes on social media, was sentenced to 36 months of probation Thursday in federal court in Tampa, Florida. In March, Benjamin Patz, of Napa, California, pleaded guilty to one count of transmitting threats in interstate or foreign commerce, according to

7:01 PM ET CHICAGO — A collision in left field between San Diego Padres outfielder Tommy Pham and shortstop Ha-Seong Kim in Wednesday’s loss to the Chicago Cubs led to a short confrontation in the visitor’s dugout while Pham and Kim had to leave the game. The incident occurred with the bases loaded in the

8:03 PM ET ESPN News Services Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner is set to undergo an MRI after leaving his start against the New York Mets on Wednesday in Phoenix with left shoulder discomfort, manager Torey Lovullo said. Bumgarner lasted just two innings, his shortest outing since Aug. 9, 2020. He allowed five earned runs

12:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Four minor league pitchers have been suspended this season by Major League Baseball after being caught using illegal foreign substances to doctor baseballs, signaling a stronger crackdown in the game’s feeder system than in the big leagues during a historically dominant stretch by pitchers. Chicago White Sox organization right-hander

9:31 PM ET The San Francisco Giants will celebrate Pride Month by displaying Pride colors on the right sleeve of their home jerseys and on the “SF” logo of their caps for Saturday’s game against the Chicago Cubs, an unprecedented move in Major League Baseball’s ongoing inclusion efforts. Pride Month — a tribute to the

10:27 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Mike Marshall, who became the first reliever to win the Cy Young Award when he set a major league record by pitching 106 games in a season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. He was 78. Marshall died Monday night at home in Zephyrhills, Florida, where

11:16 PM ET Associated Press PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Todd Frazier hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in a two-run first inning, St. Louis Cardinals prospect Matthew Liberatore pitched one-run ball for five innings and manager Mike Scioscia’s United States team beat Nicaragua 7-1 Monday night in the first game of its second chance to

7:00 AM ET Baseball will return to the Olympics this summer in Tokyo for the first time since 2008 as a six-team tournament, with four nations already qualified: Japan, South Korea, Mexico and Israel. The United States is attempting to become one of the other two countries in the Olympic tournament if it can win