8:00 AM ET It’s impossible to calculate the effort devoted to the craft of pitch framing in the past 15 years of professional baseball — or, if you prefer the more elegant term used by some catchers, pitch presentation. Thousands of man-hours have been put in to learn the slight turn of a shoulder or
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12:14 AM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Giants first baseman Brandon Belt has been using a walking boot as he nurses a sore right heel that will keep him out at least a week. Manager Gabe Kapler said Belt would be re-evaluated in 5-to-7 days but wasn’t ready to put in doubt Belt’s availability
4:10 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Major League Baseball completed the intake coronavirus testing required for players and staff to be ready for summer camp workouts, an eight-day process that yielded a total of 66 positive results. The union informed players Tuesday night that the
8:00 AM ET Call it the Frankenstein Plan for building a reliever. A failed starter with great curveball spin, perhaps. A waived reliever who might have relied too much on a flat sinker. The analysts will find these guys, and go about the work of reconstructing a modern-day reliever. Just look at the histories of
10:17 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Gerrit Cole once again showed a glimpse of what New York Yankees fans can expect this season out of their $324 million ace. In his first intrasquad scrimmage Tuesday night, Cole threw five innings of one-hit ball, which required
3:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The New York Yankees have scheduled preseason exhibitions against the crosstown Mets and Philadelphia Phillies. The Yankees and Mets will play at Citi Field on July 18 and then at Yankee Stadium the following night. The Phillies will come to the Bronx and play the Bombers on
7:00 PM ET We all know the 2020 MLB season will be unlike any other (assuming it gets off the ground in the first place), with the usual 162-game marathon being replaced by a 60-game sprint. And now that the abbreviated schedule has been announced, we’ve got some actual games to talk about. See the
11:01 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — All-Star outfielder Aaron Judge is one of the many Yankees that have benefited from this 3½ months hiatus, declaring himself “game ready” after the first instrasquad game at Yankee Stadium on Monday night. Major League Baseball’s
3:25 PM ET President Donald Trump criticized the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians on Twitter for considering changes to their respective team names, accusing the teams of “trying to be politically correct.” Trump tweeted Monday that the NFL’s Redskins and MLB’s Indians are “fabled sports franchises.” He also taunted Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who has
7:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff As Major League Baseball prepares to (hopefully) get its 2020 season off the ground, the KBO rolls along into July with the first-place Dinos looking as strong as ever. Here’s a look at the week that was and what’s ahead in the KBO. ESPN’s KBO Power Rankings 1. NC Dinos: