Associated Press Aug 25, 2023, 08:33 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Veteran infielder Josh Harrison opted out of his minor league contract with the Texas Rangers, the team announced Friday. Harrison, 36, signed with the Rangers on Aug. 16. He appeared in 40 games with Philadelphia this season, batting .204 with two homers and 10 RBI
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Associated Press Aug 26, 2023, 01:30 AM ET CHICAGO — Two women were injured Friday night in a shooting during a White Sox baseball game at Guaranteed Rate Field. Chicago police say a 42-year-old woman suffered a gunshot wound to the leg and a 26-year-old woman had a graze wound to her abdomen. The 42-year-old
ESPN News Services Aug 25, 2023, 07:55 PM ET Mookie Betts received a lengthy ovation from fans at Fenway Park in his first game back there Friday night as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Betts, the former Red Sox star who was traded to the Dodgers in 2020 — to the chagrin of
ESPN News Services Aug 26, 2023, 12:50 AM ET PHOENIX — Cincinnati Reds left fielder Spencer Steer had the ball in his glove, a home run stolen. One problem: a young fan stole the ball out of his glove. Arizona’s Tommy Pham hit a ball to deep left in the seventh inning of Friday night’s
ESPN News Services Aug 25, 2023, 03:20 PM ET NEW YORK — San Diego Padres reliever Robert Suárez was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball on Friday, the sixth pitcher penalized for using banned sticky stuff. The penalty was announced by MLB senior vice president for on-field operations Michael Hill. Suárez appealed the
Associated Press Aug 25, 2023, 04:25 PM ET NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani was batting second as the designated hitter for the Angels against the New York Mets on Friday night in the first game after Los Angeles said the two-way star had torn an elbow ligament. Los Angeles said Wednesday that Ohtani will not
Associated Press Aug 25, 2023, 06:46 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The New York Yankees‘ charter flight to Florida on Thursday had a familiar name in the cockpit: Captain Schmidt, as in Delta pilot Dwight Schmidt, the father of Yankees pitcher Clarke Schmidt. “It was a lot of fun,” Clarke Schmidt said before Friday
ESPN News Services Aug 25, 2023, 12:44 PM ET Adam Jones will retire as a member of the Baltimore Orioles prior to a game against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Sept. 15, the team announced Friday. Jones, 38, spent 11 of his 14 major league seasons with the Orioles and totaled 1,781 hits, 263
Aug 25, 2023, 02:45 PM ET The St. Louis Cardinals reinstated infielder Nolan Gorman from the 10-day injured list on Friday. Gorman has not played since Aug. 12 due to a strain in his lower back. He is batting .241 with 24 home runs and 67 RBIs in 104 games this season and has made
David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterAug 25, 2023, 08:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 This week, the San Francisco Giants entered the third game of their series against the Philadelphia Phillies attempting to avoid a sweep. The Giants had swept the series the