5:00 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN The 2020 MLB playoffs are less than two weeks away, even though it seems like only yesterday that the regular season kicked off. The compressed 60-game schedule is rapidly coming to a close, and the MLB standings are tight heading to the finish with wild-card positioning, postseason seeding and the
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7:00 AM ET ESPN.com Staff We’re just two weeks from the MLB playoffs, and the 2020 version promises to be full of thrills. Not only do we have an expanded 16-team format that should bring a March Madness feel to the best-of-three first round, we’ve got some exciting teams in the mix that we haven’t
9:00 PM ET CHICAGO — You won’t confuse Chicago Cubs right-hander Alec Mills with any of the flamethrowers in baseball, but perhaps you’ve seen his teammate — and 2016 ERA champ — Kyle Hendricks pitch. Mills is called a “baby Hendricks,” and Hendricks is called a “baby Maddux” — a reference, of course, to Hall
7:15 AM ET We have a heartbeat, someone in the delivery room said loudly, but A.J. Pollock‘s memory of that and a lot that happened in the moments before and after is hazy. Under the best of circumstances, the birth of a child is disorienting for new parents: pain for the mother, a feeling of
4:39 PM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Twins reliever Sergio Romo was suspended for one game by Major League Baseball on Saturday for jawing with Cleveland Indians star Francisco Lindor. Romo and Lindor also were fined for the incident, which occurred during Minnesota’s 3-1 victory Friday night. Romo decided to serve his suspension
7:23 AM ET ESPN News Services Oakland Athletics third baseman Matt Chapman and left-handed prospect A.J. Puk are both set to undergo season-ending surgery next week, according to the team. Chapman is set for surgery Monday after getting another opinion on his right hip tendinitis. The 27-year-old Chapman, a back-to-back Gold Glove winner at third
8:00 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. The Houston Astros have more pressing issues than their 2017 misdeeds. While their cheating scandal will again be part of the narrative when they face the Los Angeles Dodgers this weekend, the reality of 2020 is the Astros are
9:41 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — The game between San Francisco and the San Diego Padres was postponed minutes before the scheduled first pitch Friday night after someone in the Giants organization tested positive for COVID-19. Saturday night’s game at Petco Park also was called off. The teams were scheduled to play
4:56 PM ET The Tampa Bay Rays hold the lead in the American League East, but three losses in their past four games have them looking for some answers. On Friday night, in an effort to get right, the Rays opted to go all left. Manager Kevin Cash batted nine pure left-handers in his order
6:30 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Undefeated Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Zack Wheeler ripped a fingernail putting on his pants, delaying his next start for two days and perhaps longer. Wheeler might lose the nail on the middle finger of his right hand. “Just one of those stupid things,” he said Friday. “I tripped a