11:18 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Marla Miller is stepping down after 21 years as Major League Baseball’s senior vice president of special events. Miller, MLB’s first female senior vice president, has been in charge of planning for the All-Star Game and World Series, arranging ceremonies and entertainment, including national anthem singers. She

5:37 PM ET If Philadelphia Phillies right-fielder Bryce Harper is to get back to the postseason for the first time since 2017, he knows his team will have to earn it by getting through a stacked NL East. “I think this is the best division in baseball, I don’t think that’s even a question,” the

11:51 AM ET Francisco Lindor continues to endear himself to the fan base of his new team, rocking a replica of the New York Mets jacket worn by Eddie Murphy in the classic movie “Coming to America” while making his entrance at the team’s spring training facility Thursday morning. Francisco Lindor wearing the jacket from

6:57 AM ET The Seattle Mariners made some unfortunate news in the past week, but perhaps getting lost in the shuffle is the relative clarification — and this is a positive — that the franchise intends to promote awesome outfield prospect Jarred Kelenic in April. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean Opening Day, because he needs

7:05 PM ET Shohei Ohtani said he topped out at 97 mph while throwing live batting practice on Wednesday, an encouraging development that further supports the enthusiasm voiced by prominent members of the Los Angeles Angels throughout the offseason. Ohtani, the two-way player from Japan who hasn’t pitched regularly since the start of the 2018

3:26 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — A day after addressing his teammates, New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German publicly apologized for his actions that resulted in a suspension under baseball’s domestic violence policy. “I want to take this opportunity before answering questions to sincerely apologize to the Steinbrenner family, my teammates, the

10:18 AM ET Outfielder Jarred Kelenic, a top prospect for the Seattle Mariners, says he’s convinced that his service time is being manipulated by the team based on comments from former team president and CEO Kevin Mather that has drawn the ire of the MLBPA. Among multiple controversial comments made in an online video that

7:36 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Trevor Story‘s priority list this season includes being a more vocal leader, taking his base stealing to another level, crushing early count fastballs and honing his footwork in the field. Not near the top of the list: Fretting about his long-term future with the Colorado Rockies. That’s outside

6:20 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. TAMPA — Add Yankees ace Gerrit Cole to the growing list of major leaguers that have sounded off on the way some MLB teams think internally about players in the wake of former Mariners president Kevin Mather’s inflammatory comments

8:02 AM ET ESPN News Services If there was any concern as to how dynamic shortstop Tim Anderson and old-school manager Tony La Russa would get along, Chicago White Sox fans can breathe a sigh of relief at the start of spring training. Anderson, who laughingly said that he wouldn’t “change my style, the way