9:26 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Even before he arrived at Camden Yards as a member of the road team, this visit was already different for Trey Mancini. “I rode the bus for the first time ever here,” he said. “Got dropped off down here, rather than parking in the parking lot.” Mancini played

6:23 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers are picking up right-hander Daniel Hudson‘s $6.5 million option for the 2023 season, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Thursday. The 35-year-old Hudson suffered a season-ending torn left ACL in June when his knee buckled while reacting to a ground ball. The team’s top setup reliever had five

4:52 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Seattle Mariners rookie Julio Rodriguez left Thursday’s game at Oakland with lower back tightness and will get an MRI on Friday. Rodriguez doubled and scored in the top of the first as the Mariners rolled to a 9-5 victory. The center fielder walked off the field slowly

7:00 AM ET We’re now just two weeks away from the end of the 2022 MLB regular season, and many races are still up in the air. Four of our top five teams have now secured a postseason berth, with the Yankees, Cardinals and Guardians the three division leaders left still battling for a playoff

11:35 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve was hit by a pitch on the left elbow and left one inning later because of elbow discomfort during Wednesday night’s 5-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Manager Dusty Baker said Altuve will probably miss the opener of

Baseball history is on the horizon as Aaron Judge approaches Roger Maris’ American League record of 61 home runs with 15 games remaining. The New York Yankees outfielder came one step closer Tuesday night with his 60th home run of the year against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Yankees outfielder has had an outstanding season at

10:54 AM ET Buster Posey, who won three World Series titles as a catcher during his 12 seasons with the San Francisco Giants, will become the first former player to join the team’s ownership group, it was announced Wednesday. “Upon his retirement last year, Buster said that he would always stay involved with the organization,

1:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” NEW YORK — In the middle of the trot for the most noteworthy and historic home run in more than a decade, one that took Aaron Judge to a level graced by

Sep 19, 2022 Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Detroit Tigers hired Scott Harris as president of baseball operations Monday, choosing the San Francisco Giants‘ general manager to run the organization as it tries to transition from a half-decade-long rebuild

7:00 AM ET There have been 12 single-game tiebreakers in MLB history. Each of them brought the nerves and anticipation of a playoff matchup, even though they were played as regular-season games — but game No. 163 is now a thing of the past. With an expanded playoff format launching this October, MLB decided there