2:23 PM ET Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Francisco Cervelli denies he wants to stop playing the position, saying Saturday it “was a misunderstanding.” Last Sunday, Cervelli was quoted as telling DKPittsburghSports.com “that’s enough” after suffering his sixth documented concussion in the major leagues. “This time is different,” Cervelli was quoted as saying. “I can’t live like

12:12 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy remembers getting leveled by the Astros‘ Jake Marisnick and nothing else until he was carried onto the golf cart in Houston. “He knocked me out,” Lucroy said Friday, reliving the play that led to a hospital visit for Lucroy and a two-game suspension for Marisnick.

9:34 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels infielder Zack Cozart will undergo another procedure on his injured left shoulder, this one an arthroscopic debridement that will essentially clean damaged tissue in hopes of getting him on track towards a full recovery. Cozart will not return this season — a reality the Angels had

8:00 AM ET CHICAGO — Not long after the Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series, Theo Epstein dismissed criticism of manager Joe Maddon for another time. When it came down to winning a championship, the team president opined that only the result mattered — not the process nor any of the controversial decision-making by

9:51 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco‘s smile remains bright, his mood and outlook as positive as ever. Outwardly, the Indians right-hander doesn’t seem different. He’s determined not to let cancer change him. “I never put anything bad on my mind,” Carrasco said. “Everything’s good. So I don’t feel different. I just push

12:43 AM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — All-Star infielder Alex Bregman left Houston’s game at Texas on Thursday night after a ground ball bounced up and hit him on the chin. Manager AJ Hinch said during an in-game interview on the ESPN broadcast that it looked like Bregman’s chin was split open. Hinch

1:47 PM ET ESPN News Services Houston Astros outfielder Jake Marisnick was suspended two games on Thursday for his collision with Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy in Houston on Sunday. Lucroy was hospitalized after suffering a concussion and a broken nose in the collision at home plate. Marisnick was called out for colliding with

10:38 PM ET Associated Press GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — Jim Bouton, the former New York Yankees pitcher who shocked and angered the conservative baseball world with the tell-all book “Ball Four,” has died. He was 80. Bouton’s family said he died Wednesday at the home he shared with wife Paula Kurman. He fought a brain

8:49 PM ET Associated Press YORK, Pa. — “Robot umpires” have arrived. The independent Atlantic League became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes Wednesday night at its all-star game. Plate umpire Brian deBrauwere wore an earpiece connected to an iPhone in his pocket and relayed the call

11:25 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The only errors on the scoreboard at the All-Star Game were by the scoreboard. At least one player noticed — and wasn’t too pleased. The giant board at Progressive Field was filled with mistakes Tuesday night, including a couple of misspelled names, a wrong picture and a pair