8:00 AM ET We’ve all seen the ridiculous moon-orbiting blasts and never-ending barrage of home runs. On Sunday, the Nationals tied a record with four consecutive home runs. On Monday, the Diamondbacks and Phillies set a record by combining for 13 home runs. On Tuesday, the Braves hit four home runs in one inning. Jerad

5:46 PM ET BALTIMORE — Things just got worse for the lowly Toronto Blue Jays. On Wednesday afternoon, closer Ken Giles landed on the 10-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. Giles hasn’t pitched since June 5, when he threw a scoreless inning against the Yankees for a second straight day. It was the fourth

3:37 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager, finally starting to get hot after spending most of the prior season sidelined by injury, pulled up lame while attempting to score during Tuesday’s ninth inning, suffering what the team fears will be a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring. Seager won’t

1:32 AM ET This is not something anyone expected to see on June 11: Texas Rangers: 36-30Boston Red Sox: 34-34 After all, last year the Red Sox won 108 games, won the World Series and brought the entire team back. The Rangers finished 67-95. They were 41 games worse than the Red Sox in the

5:41 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — The Seattle Mariners have reinstated second baseman Dee Gordon from the injured list, following a 19-game absence because of a bruised right wrist. Gordon was hit by a pitch on May 9 in New York. He was batting .281 with 16 runs, seven extra-base hits, 19 RBI and

10:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Wander Franco, who at 18 years old is already the best prospect in baseball, strode into a suite at Bowling Green Ballpark. Franco smiled, which he does often,

1:40 AM ET DENVER — In Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon’s estimation, his team just can’t get over the hump on the road, where they dropped another one-run affair on Monday. This time, they fell to the Colorado Rockies after starter Yu Darvish blew an early 4-0 lead, which has been a theme for him

5:31 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed right-hander Jordan Lyles on the 10-day injured list with tightness in his left hamstring. The move came after Lyles gave up three runs, five hits and four walks over three innings in a 5-3 loss at Milwaukee on Saturday. Pirates manager Clint Hurdle

1:55 AM ET ESPN News Services Former Boston Red Sox slugger and Dominican star David Ortiz is out of surgery and doing “fine,” according to his family, after he was shot at a club in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The bullet did not hit any major organ, Ortiz’s father, Leo, told local reporters. Ortiz is

11:41 PM ET CHICAGO — The best anyone had seen of Chicago Cubs outfielder Kyle Schwarber was back in 2016, when he helped his team to a World Series title, playing on one knee, after missing almost the entire regular season. That is until now, as Schwarber has gotten red-hot as the Cubs’ leadoff man