10:29 PM ET ESPN News Services Minnesota Twins right-hander Kenta Maeda had an MRI on his right elbow Thursday that showed a muscle strain and inflammation. Maeda, complained of muscle discomfort on the top of his right arm during Minnesota’s 12-6 loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday, did not have any structural damage
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5:19 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Guardians pitching coach Carl Willis was released from the hospital Thursday and cleared to rejoin the team. Willis became lightheaded before Wednesday’s series finale against the Colorado Rockies and was taken for tests. The team said the 62-year-old will travel with the Guardians, who open a three-game series
1:31 PM ET The Atlanta Braves have been celebrating home runs with an oversized hat this season, but MLB is putting a stop to that. Major League Baseball has told the Braves they can no longer sport the oversized baseball cap to celebrate home runs after the league heard complaints from New Era, the manufacturer
12:14 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Joe Torre has won the third Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Baseball Digest. A star player during 18 major league seasons and longtime manager for the New York Yankees and four other teams, Torre was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2014. He was honored Thursday
7:11 AM ET MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers had just finished one of the most successful road trips in their history, a 7-3 romp through the western regions of the big leagues, when the team returned home to bad news. Garrett Mitchell, a rookie who had had a blistering first three weeks as the team’s
12:46 PM ET The first-ever games in Mexico City take place this weekend, with the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants playing a two-game series on Saturday and Sunday at Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium, the Padres serving as the “home team.” Joe Musgrove, making only his second start of the season, and Yu Darvish
7:00 AM ET We’re around the one-month mark of the 2023 MLB season, and while it’s still too early to be paying too much attention to the standings, five of the six division leaders are teams that didn’t win their divisions last year. We’re not even out of April yet and there’s a long season
5:03 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Seattle Mariners left-hander Robbie Ray will have surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his pitching elbow and will miss the rest of the season. Seattle manager Scott Servais made the announcement before the Mariners played Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Ray, in the second season of a $115
9:53 PM ET ESPN News Services Drew Maggi‘s long road to the major leagues culminated in his first career at-bat Wednesday night. The 33-year-old infielder, who had played 1,155 games across 13 minor league seasons before getting called up by the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier this week, appeared as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning,
6:08 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Promising St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Jordan Walker was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on Wednesday following a 7-for-35 slide in his last 10 games. Walker made his debut on opening day and opened the season with a record-tying 12-game hitting streak. He was hitting .353 through April