10:00 AM ET Coley Harvey Close ESPN Staff Writer Previously covered Florida State for Orlando Sentinel and Georgia Tech for Macon Telegraph Northwestern University graduate Joon Lee Close ESPN Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate NEW YORK — What a difference a year can make. Not only has the Yankees’ exhaustive, unenviable

2:50 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals are set to play at London next season in a two-game series at West Ham’s Olympic Stadium on June 13-14. St. Louis will be the home team for both games, according to a draft of the 2020 preliminary schedule obtained

7:28 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Left-hander Jonny Venters has signed a minor league deal with the Washington Nationals and was assigned to Double-A Harrisburg. Venters, 34, was released by the Atlanta Braves on May 18. “Maybe we can use him down the line,” Washington manager Dave Martinez said Wednesday. “A left-handed pitcher is

12:23 PM ET Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa has a fractured rib and is expected to miss four to six weeks, general manager Jeff Luhnow announced Wednesday. Correa was removed from Tuesday’s lineup against the Chicago Cubs because of soreness. He is hitting .295 with 11 home runs and 35 RBIs this season for the

3:16 AM ET Seattle Mariners shortstop J.P. Crawford left Tuesday night’s 11-4 loss to the Texas Rangers after rolling his left ankle in a rundown. Crawford was injured trying to avoid a tag between third base and home plate in the eighth inning. He had to be helped off the field. Crawford was undergoing X-rays

9:05 PM ET Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jordan Lyles was removed from his start Tuesday night due to left hamstring discomfort, the team announced. Lyles gave up three runs on three hits in four innings to the Cincinnati Reds before exiting. The potential injury is more bad news for an ailing Pirates rotation, which currently has

12:49 PM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins have placed right-handed starter Michael Pineda on the 10-day injured list with right knee tendinitis and promoted Devin Smeltzer to take his place in the rotation. The move was made Tuesday, with Smeltzer scheduled to make his major league debut against the Milwaukee Brewers.

2:27 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dave Roberts was asked if he had ever experienced anything resembling the day-to-day, all-encompassing dominance that Cody Bellinger has exhibited through these first couple of months and started searching. He’s in his fourth season as the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ manager and his ninth overall as a coach, following a

6:34 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankees fans drubbed Manny Machado with the same intensity Clint Frazier, Brett Gardner and Gary Sanchez pounded the baseball. The $300 million infielder was greeted with loud boos and chants of “Over-rated!” on Monday in his first visit to New York since free agency. Machado went 1