9:54 AM ET Frankie Montas said he was not “100 percent” healthy last year when he was traded to the New York Yankees and emphasized that he expects to pitch this season. Montas is expected to miss at least the first half of this season after undergoing surgery last month on the labrum in his
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8:01 AM ET Fantasy baseball managers sure do love their drafts, but perhaps they pay little attention to the annual MLB amateur draft — the one in which top, young talent from American colleges and high schools gets dispersed to big-league franchises. After all, unlike professional football and basketball, baseball players rarely impact fantasy leagues
5:37 PM ET ESPN News Services The Cincinnati Reds have reassigned veteran right-hander Chase Anderson to major league camp. It is an indication that Anderson, 35, has a chance to earn an Opening Day roster spot for his 10th big league season. The Reds need to fill two starting rotation slots behind their young trio
5:20 PM ET Associated Press The Atlanta Braves have reason to hope right-hander Kyle Wright, the majors’ only 20-game winner last season, still has time to be ready for Opening Day. If Wright requires more time to prepare for the season, the Braves appear to be developing sufficient depth to fill their rotation. Wright, 27,
5:04 PM ET Lorenzo Cain is hanging up his cleats. The two-time All-Star and former American League Championship Series MVP will officially retire this summer as a Kansas City Royal. “I left it in the hands of my boys,” Cain, father to three boys ages 5 to 8, told The Athletic. “I said, ‘Hey, do
3:27 PM ET GLENDALE, Ariz. — Chicago White Sox pitcher Mike Clevinger is “relieved” and ready to focus on baseball after avoiding discipline under the league’s joint domestic violence, sexual assault and child abuse policy. “I would definitely say it’s a weight lifted,” Clevinger said Tuesday. “Thankful for the due process playing out.” Clevinger, 32,
7:00 AM ET The World Baseball Classic is back after a six-year absence — it was originally scheduled for 2021 but postponed because of COVID-19 — and the 2023 version will be bigger and better than ever, featuring more teams and star-studded rosters. The field expands from 16 to 20 teams, including first-time participants Great
9:04 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees star Aaron Judge hit his first homer of the spring — a three-run shot — against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday. The reigning American League MVP launched a towering, opposite-field drive just over the right-center wall as part of a six-run second inning. The Yankees went
8:21 PM ET Associated Press Shohei Ohtani hit a pair of three-run homers in a prep game for the World Baseball Classic, helping Japan win 8-1 at the Central League’s Hanshin Tigers in an exhibition on Monday night. The Los Angeles Angels two-way star went down to his left knee in the third inning when
1:40 PM ET ESPN News Services FORT MYERS, Fla. — Boston Red Sox infielder Justin Turner needed 16 stitches after he was hit in the face by a pitch during Monday’s spring training game against the Detroit Tigers. The 38-year-old Turner fell to the ground after getting drilled by right-hander Matt Manning. Medical personnel rushed