Associated Press May 25, 2023, 06:11 PM ET SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Police in the Dominican Republic are searching for a former Chicago Cubs minor leaguer suspected of shooting a man dead in a money dispute. Josefrailin Alcantara, an 18-year-old outfielder who signed with the Cubs for a $500,000 bonus in January 2022, is

Joon Lee, ESPNMay 25, 2023, 05:11 PM ET Close Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate NEW YORK — The Yankees are promoting righty Randy Vasquez, who will make his MLB debut Friday with a start against the San Diego Padres. “He did some good things in spring training — good arm, good

May 25, 2023, 11:43 AM ET An eventful holiday weekend lies ahead. Baseball’s two winningest teams since the beginning of the 2020 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays, square off for a three-game series at Tampa Bay’s Tropicana Field from Friday through Sunday, in what is a rematch of the 2020 World

Associated Press May 24, 2023, 07:10 PM ET NEW YORK — Former Seattle Mariners Harold Reynolds and Raul Ibañez will be the managers for the All-Star Futures Game at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park on July 8. Reynolds, an MLB Network analyst, will manage the AL team. Ibañez, Major League Baseball’s vice president of on-field operations, will

Associated Press May 24, 2023, 05:23 PM ET NEW YORK — Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson will start a minor league injury rehabilitation assignment Thursday, and slugger Giancarlo Stanton could begin one as soon as this weekend. New York manager Aaron Boone said Donaldson, sidelined since April 5 by a strained right hamstring, will report

Tristan H. Cockcroft May 24, 2023, 12:29 PM ET Change demands adjustments, even for the most experienced of us. With the advent of ESPN’s new standard league settings, shrinking starting lineups and putting more of an emphasis on the game’s truly elite performers while filling free-agent lists with a greater amount of talent, the time-old

Associated Press May 24, 2023, 02:32 AM ET SEATTLE — J.P. Crawford and Ty France hit back-to-back home runs in a three-run fifth inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat Oakland 3-2 Tuesday night to send the Athletics to their sixth straight loss and 14th in 16 games. Oakland dropped to 10-40, which projects to a

Associated Press May 23, 2023, 08:18 PM ET CINCINNATI — St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado and manager Oliver Marmol were ejected in the third inning of Tuesday night’s 8-5 win over the Cincinnati Reds after plate umpire Will Little angered them with his strike zone. St. Louis was leading 4-1 at Great American

Associated Press May 23, 2023, 12:02 AM ET CLEVELAND — Will Brennan only tried to hit the ball. What happened after that wasn’t by design. The rookie Cleveland Guardians outfielder hit a hard grounder that accidentally killed a bird wandering on the infield grass during the second inning of Monday night’s 3-0 victory over the

ESPN News Services May 22, 2023, 06:49 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Jacob deGrom threw a 32-pitch bullpen session Monday before the Texas Rangers played the Pittsburgh Pirates as the right-hander continues his recovery from elbow inflammation. “It went really, really well,” Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said. “He said he feels great and didn’t feel anything