12:24 AM ET If only all these position players could hit as well as Atlanta Braves pitcher Huascar Ynoa, we wouldn’t be hyperventilating about the feeble state of batting averages across the majors leagues. The 22-year-old right-hander has now homered in consecutive starts, including a grand slam in Tuesday’s 6-1 victory over the Nationals. Two
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7:00 AM ET Minor League Baseball finally returns to ballparks across the country, with Tuesday marking the first games since 2019 after all of last season was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Opening Day will feature 55 contests across four levels, though not every team that took the field two years ago will be
3:22 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels scratched Shohei Ohtani from his scheduled start against the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday, one day after he took a fastball to his right elbow while hitting. But the two-way star went 2-for-4 as the Angels’ designated hitter, highlighted by his 427-foot, two-run shot over the ficus trees
3:26 PM ET ESPN News Services DENVER — The Colorado Rockies have appointed Bill Schmidt as their interim general manager after parting ways with Jeff Bridich. Schmidt has been with the team for nearly 22 years and has been in his current role of vice president of scouting since Jan. 2, 2007. Schmidt also was
May 2, 2021 Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Jose Alvarado, suspended three games earlier in the day by Major League Baseball, allowed three runs and two crucial walks in an eighth-inning appearance on Sunday, allowing the visiting New York Mets just enough breathing room for an 8-7 victory that wasn’t complete until a dramatic, overturned home
3:49 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Corey Kluber was so good, he even smiled. The New York Yankees right-hander handcuffed Tigers batters Sunday to earn his 100th career win with his most dominant performance since 2018. The pitcher nicknamed Klubot for his robot-like demeanor grinned when congratulated in the dugout after his final
9:20 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Max Scherzer delivered in a hurry, tossing a five-hitter to lead the Washington Nationals over the Miami Marlins 3-1. Then it was on to more important matters. Scherzer hustled out of Nationals Park after a game that took only 2 hours, 37 minutes, hurrying to be with
1:24 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Dustin May was put on the 10-day injured list Sunday with an arm ailment, the latest setback for the pitching staff of the World Series champions. May threw just 27 pitches Saturday before leaving a game the Dodgers eventually lost 6-5 to Milwaukee in
11:56 AM ET The Chicago White Sox have activated right-hander Lance Lynn from the 10-day injured list, the team announced Saturday. Lynn missed nearly two weeks after being placed on the IL with a strained right trapezius April 18. The 33-year-old is 1-1 with an 0.92 ERA this season, his first with the White Sox
11:10 PM ET Rachel MarcusESPN Editor Close ESPN Editor Joined ESPN in 2013 Maryland native, Syracuse graduate We’ve all been in this situation — your friend is on a date and you really want to know how it’s going. But you need them to answer you! Well, Connor Buckley, aka “BuckArmy,” took matters into his