May 29, 2023, 07:52 AM ET It’s Memorial Day, MLB fans! And that means you are free to officially look at the MLB standings. The saying goes, among baseball fans, that you should avoid checking the standings until Memorial Day, which puts us two months into the season. That gives teams time to play enough
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ESPN News Services May 28, 2023, 10:47 PM ET Michael Soroka will start for the Atlanta Braves on Monday night at Oakland, manager Brian Snitker announced, marking the right-hander’s return to the big leagues after almost three years and two Achilles tears. Soroka, 25, last pitched in the majors on Aug. 3, 2020, three games
Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterMay 28, 2023, 07:38 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Chicago White Sox reliever Liam Hendriks will be reinstated to the active roster Monday, the team announced, after he missed the first two months of the season while being treated for non-Hodgkin
Associated Press May 28, 2023, 02:01 PM ET NEW YORK — Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán said Sunday he probably will use less rosin on his hands when he returns from a 10-game suspension for using a foreign substance on the mound. Germán was suspended by Major League Baseball on May 17 and will return to
Associated Press May 28, 2023, 07:25 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins have lost eight of 10 series in May, with a lineup that’s been limping along lately with a spate of injuries and too many strikeouts. They could use a boost. Royce Lewis is on his way. Lewis will join the Twins in
May 28, 2023, 05:41 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels promoted prized pitching prospect Ben Joyce from Double-A Rocket City on Sunday and placed veteran left-hander Matt Moore on the 15-day injured list due to a right oblique strain. The move involving Moore is retroactive to Thursday. The right-handed Joyce was a third-round draft pick
ESPN News Services May 28, 2023, 05:45 PM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates placed right-hander Vince Velasquez on the 15-day injured list Sunday, a day after his return from a previous bout with elbow inflammation ended after two innings. Velasquez started Saturday against the Seattle Mariners, his first appearance since May 4. He allowed four runs
Associated Press May 28, 2023, 07:34 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Royals left fielder Edward Olivares made quite the impression on Sunday. A smoking impression on the scoreboard in left field. Olivares hit a 452-foot solo homer in the eighth inning of Kansas City’s 3-2 win against the Washington Nationals that damaged a scoreboard
May 28, 2023, 11:45 AM ET The Chicago White Sox returned outfielder Eloy Jimenez from his injury rehabilitation assignment with Double-A Birmingham on Sunday and reinstated him from the 10-day injured list. Jimenez was expected to be sidelined four to six weeks after undergoing an appendectomy on May 6. The White Sox inserted him into
May 27, 2023, 03:51 PM ET The Kansas City Royals released veteran third baseman/outfielder Hunter Dozier on Saturday. Dozier, 31, was designated for assignment Monday after batting .183 with two homers and nine RBIs in 29 games this year. Dozier is in the third season of a four-year, $25 million extension signed in March 2021.