9:10 PM ET Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann said Wednesday he is retiring after 15 major league seasons. McCann, 35, revealed his plans after Atlanta’s 13-1 loss to St. Louis in the decisive Game 5 of its National League Division Series. “This is it for me,” he told reporters in the locker room, saying he
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12:42 PM ET The firing of Dave Dombrowski as Boston’s head of baseball operations has created an opening that will likely be filled by an experienced executive from another organization. But it is also seemingly spurring a wave of contract extensions for officials who might otherwise be interesting to the Red Sox. Last month, Arizona’s
2:14 AM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Whatever metaphor, analogy or parable you might look up, isn’t it always the giant who falls? Does this have anything to do with what transpired the last two days at Tropicana Field? Or are we seeing the tech-infused Tampa Bay Rays crowd-sourcing their way around the considerable problem
9:23 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch asked ace Justin Verlander to do something he had never done before. It might be a while be he asks him to do it again. Verlander was chased after just 3⅔ innings in Game 4 of the ALDS against the Tampa Bay Rays
11:37 AM ET The Boston Red Sox began an overhaul of their coaching staff Tuesday, announcing that pitching coach Dana LeVangie has been reassigned to the professional scouting department. LeVangie, 50, who has been with the Red Sox organization since being drafted as a catcher in 1991, was in his second season as pitching coach.
3:16 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. MINNEAPOLIS — By eliminating the Minnesota Twins Monday night, the New York Yankees proved they are ready to win every way there is during this postseason. The Yankees beat the Twins 5-1 in Game 3 of the American League
Justin Turner came into this series with major questions about how his body would hold up after nursing ankle and back injuries for most of September. But he went 5-for-14 through the first three games, and he crushed a solo home run in the first inning of Game 4. Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff Writer8m ago
11:23 AM ET The Atlanta Braves will start left-hander Dallas Keuchel on short rest Monday afternoon in a potential series-clinching Game 4 against the St. Louis Cardinals in the NLDS. Keuchel last pitched Thursday in Game 1, meaning he will work on just three days’ rest Monday in St. Louis. The former Cy Young Award
2:49 AM ET WASHINGTON — Patrick Corbin had spent the last two years terrorizing Los Angeles Dodgers hitters, relying mostly on a biting, tilting, low-80s slider that closely resembles his fastball until it’s too late to adjust. But Russell Martin remembered this one key tidbit in a postseason pregame meeting that outlined Corbin’s tendencies: With
11:26 AM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Anibal Sanchez, not Max Scherzer, will be the Washington Nationals‘ starting pitcher for Game 3 of their NL Division Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Nationals announced the switch Sunday morning, less than nine hours before the game is scheduled to begin. Scherzer originally had been the