5:27 PM ET ESPN News Services Boston Red Sox infielder Yu Chang could miss six weeks with a hamate fracture in his left hand. Chang sustained the injury in Monday night’s loss in Baltimore, exiting in the middle of an at-bat in the seventh inning. Manager Alex Cora said Tuesday that Chang was expected to

Apr 23, 2023 ESPN News Services Los Angeles Angels rookie catcher Logan O’Hoppe has a torn labrum in his left shoulder and is expected to be sidelined for four to six months, manager Phil Nevin told reporters Sunday. The Angels had put O’Hoppe on the 10-day injured list Friday. O’Hoppe, who bats and throws right-handed,

10:08 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Oakland Athletics rookie pitcher Shintaro Fujinami is being moved to the bullpen after struggling in his first four major league starts. A’s manager Mark Kotsay said before Monday night’s game against the Los Angeles Angels that the Japanese right-hander would be available for relief duty starting Tuesday.

1:33 PM ET Dan HajduckyESPN Close Hajducky is a reporter/researcher for ESPN. He has an MFA in creative writing from Fairfield University and played on the men’s soccer teams at Fordham and Southern Connecticut State universities. On Sunday, a Little League baseball hit and signed by a 12-year-old in a game 19 years ago in

11:19 AM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Guardians rookie left-hander Logan Allen held the Miami Marlins to a solo homer and struck out eight over six innings to win his major league debut Sunday, a 7-4 victory that kept his team from being swept. Allen ended the day with the game’s lineup card and

4:59 PM ET ESPN News Services Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara said Sunday that he expects to start Wednesday against the Atlanta Braves, a day after he was scratched from a scheduled start. The Miami Marlins ace was pushed back from his scheduled start Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader

3:54 PM ET The Chicago Cubs had positive news to report on right-hander Kyle Hendricks, who has not pitched in the majors since last July 5 because of a shoulder injury. Manager David Ross said Sunday that Hendricks’ three-inning simulated game in Arizona on Saturday was a success. After some work in the bullpen this

Apr 21, 2023 MILWAUKEE — Brewers rookie center fielder Garrett Mitchell is expected to miss most, if not all, of the remainder of the regular season after an MRI showed damage to the labrum in his right shoulder. Mitchell suffered the injury while sliding into third base during the 10th inning of Milwaukee’s win in

4:58 PM ET Colorado Rockies outfielder Kris Bryant left Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies during the third inning with pain on his left side. Bryant, 31, struck out swinging in the first inning and grimaced on the final strike. He remained in the game before being replaced in time for his second turn

7:44 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Mark Kotsay is focusing on the Oakland Athletics‘ current season, not on the team’s long-term location. “I’m managing this team and I don’t have control of those decisions,” he said Friday, two days after the team said it purchased land in Las Vegas with the intention of