10:12 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres have placed left-handed reliever Drew Pomeranz on the 10-day injured list with a strained left shoulder, retroactive to Wednesday. To take his spot, right-hander Luis Perdomo was recalled from the alternate training site on Friday. Pomeranz, signed to a $34 million, four-year free

6:02 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Yonny Chirinos will have Tommy John surgery, likely keeping the right-hander out of action until the 2022 season, manager Kevin Cash said Friday. Chirinos will have a procedure on his right ulnar collateral ligament on Monday. He “didn’t feel right” and “complained of just a lack of power

Aug 18, 2020 When Juan Soto homered in the top of the ninth inning on Monday night to give the Washington Nationals a 6-3 lead over the Atlanta Braves, he admired his blast and enjoyed a slow trot around the bases — the seventh time in his 12 Major League Baseball games he has made

11:00 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Eric Hosmer hit a historic shot Thursday night that made the San Diego Padres the first team in the majors to launch grand slams in four straight games. The Padres beat the Texas Rangers 8-7 in the 10th inning to sweep a four-game, home-and-home series with

4:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Fox Sports says Thom Brennaman will not be part of its NFL broadcasting team this season after he used an anti-gay slur on air Wednesday night during a Cincinnati Reds broadcast. “FOX Sports is extremely disappointed with Thom Brennaman’s remarks during Wednesday’s Cincinnati Reds telecast,” Fox said in a

11:16 AM ET Pittsburgh Pirates president Travis Williams has tested positive for the coronavirus, the team announced Thursday. “I have recently tested positive for COVID-19 after feeling the onset of symptoms on Monday evening,” Williams said in a statement. “Fortunately, however, I followed the critical health and safety protocols that we have put in place,

1:15 PM ET I thought we were over all this stuff. If Jose Bautista’s home run and bat flip in the 2015 playoffs was the zenith of baseball’s culture wars and “play the game the right way” zealots, it seemed we had come around on the issue. Starting in the 2018 postseason and continuing into

2:47 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Cincinnati Reds put outfielder Nick Senzel on the injured list and reinstated third baseman Mike Moustakas to face his former team before a doubleheader Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals. The Reds also chose infielder Robel Garcia as their 29th man for the doubleheader, which

8:10 AM ET There was a celebrity sighting Tuesday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Comedian Rob Schneider was seemingly everywhere, courtesy of Pirates pitcher Derek Holland. Holland, always up for a good laugh, strategically placed cardboard cutouts of the actor around the ballpark prior to Tuesday’s game against the Cleveland Indians. Cutouts of Schneider from

8:47 PM ET San Francisco Giants pitcher Shaun Anderson threw two pitches near Mike Trout‘s head during the ninth inning of Tuesday’s 8-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels, but both the Giants and Angels downplayed the pitches after the game. Giants manager Gabe Kapler said he wanted to get Anderson some work in the