5:40 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Drew Smyly lost a perfect game bid when he collided with his catcher while trying to field an eighth-inning dribbler that went for an infield single in the Chicago Cubs‘ 13-0 rout of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday. Nico Hoerner hit a three-run homer with four hits
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8:38 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Los Angeles Angels placed promising rookie catcher Logan O’Hoppe on the 10-day injured list Friday due to a problem with his left shoulder. O’Hoppe is still undergoing tests before the Angels determine the severity of his injury, manager Phil Nevin said. O’Hoppe first injured his shoulder
6:52 PM ET MILWAUKEE — Brewers rookie center fielder Garrett Mitchell is expected to miss most, if not all, of the remainder of the regular season after an MRI showed damage to the labrum in his right shoulder. Mitchell suffered the injury while sliding into third base during the 10th inning of Milwaukee’s win in
4:04 PM ET PHOENIX — Fernando Tatis Jr. met with his boss, San Diego Padres chairman Peter Seidler, about a week after drawing his steroid-related, industry-rattling suspension. It started off poorly — and Seidler interpreted that as a positive sign. “I could see in his body language how bad he felt,” Seidler told ESPN in
7:44 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Mark Kotsay is focusing on the Oakland Athletics‘ current season, not on the team’s long-term location. “I’m managing this team and I don’t have control of those decisions,” he said Friday, two days after the team said it purchased land in Las Vegas with the intention of
6:15 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper was in full Phillies uniform not long after a pregame workout where the two-time NL MVP hit pitching, dove head-first into first base and fielded grounders at first. His change into the home uni did not go unnoticed. “I got to do scoreboard stuff,” Harper said.
4:40 PM ET NEW YORK — Yankees third baseman Josh Donaldson will be out for “a couple more weeks” after suffering a Grade 1 hamstring strain during his rehab assignment. “He’s doing pretty well,” said Yankees manager Aaron Boone. “He’s getting around well, but there’s something there.” Donaldson’s return appeared to be imminent before the
5:17 PM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — Pablo López quickly felt at home with the Minnesota Twins. “By the time the trade happened, I heard from multiple people how good of a fit this would be, and I can’t put into words how right that was,” López said Friday after finalizing a contract that
12:00 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” After years of failed attempts to find a new ballpark location that would keep them in Oakland, the Athletics announced Wednesday night that they have signed a binding contract for land in
9:48 PM ET PHOENIX – It has been 564 days since Fernando Tatis Jr. last graced a baseball field in a major league game with actual stakes. There are obvious concerns — given the season-long absence, the steroid-related suspension, the surgeries to both his wrist and shoulder — about whether he can recapture the superstar