Aug 22, 2023, 03:50 PM ET The St. Louis Cardinals placed left-hander Matthew Liberatore on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with tightness in his lower back. The Cardinals called up right-hander Jacob Barnes from Triple-A Memphis in a corresponding transaction. Liberatore, whose designation is retroactive to Saturday, is 2-5 with a 6.12 ERA in 50
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Jeff Passan, ESPNAug 22, 2023, 10:28 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was placed on administrative leave by Major League Baseball on Tuesday amid multiple investigations into alleged relationships he had with underaged girls in
Associated Press Aug 22, 2023, 05:23 PM ET CLEVELAND — Guardians manager Terry Francona has had serious talks with the organization about his future, hinting that this could be his final season. The winningest manager in club history, the 64-year-old Francona, who has dealt with major health issues in recent years, did not announce his
ESPN News Services Aug 22, 2023, 03:39 PM ET NEW YORK — Mired in their first eight-game losing streak since 1995, and stuck in last place in the American League East, the New York Yankees made sweeping changes Tuesday before a series opener against the Washington Nationals. New York added some youth by recalling outfielder
Jeff Passan, ESPNAug 22, 2023, 10:38 AM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Wander Franco, the 22-year-old All-Star shortstop for the Tampa Bay Rays, was placed on administrative leave Tuesday as MLB and law enforcement in his native Dominican Republic investigate allegations
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterAug 22, 2023, 07:39 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. ANAHEIM, Calif. — It’s Aug. 7, the day of his 32nd birthday, and Mike Trout finds himself in a race against
Since the days when we first heard about “the Japanese Babe Ruth,” Shohei Ohtani has made even that lofty comparison obsolete, obliterating every expectation we could have reasonably had for him. No one, not even The Babe, has done what Ohtani has done in the big leagues as the first two-way baseball star of the
ESPN News Services Aug 21, 2023, 09:27 PM ET The last-place New York Yankees will promote a pair of top prospects this week, outfielder Everson Pereira and infielder Oswald Peraza, according to multiple reports. Pereira and Peraza are expected to be in uniform for Tuesday night’s series opener against the visiting Washington Nationals. They will
Aug 21, 2023, 06:38 PM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates placed former No. 1 overall draft pick Henry Davis on the 10-day injured list on Monday due to a strained right hand. The Pirates recalled infielder Vinny Capra from Triple-A Indianapolis in a corresponding move. Davis, 23, was the Pirates’ first overall choice in the 2021
Associated Press Aug 21, 2023, 01:47 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels‘ game against the Cincinnati Reds scheduled for Monday night has been postponed due to the effects of Tropical Storm Hilary. The game will be made up as part of a doubleheader Wednesday. Southern California’s first tropical storm in 84 years