7:16 PM ET Associated Press CHATHAM, Ontario — Ferguson Jenkins’ hometown will honor the Baseball Hall of Famer with a statue. Chatham-Kent will unveil a 9-foot bronze figure of the 80-year-old former pitcher on June 10, a replica of the statue by sculptor Lou Cella that was unveiled outside Chicago’s Wrigley Field last May. Editor’s
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5:05 PM ET Associated Press Houston Astros right-hander Lance McCullers Jr. says he will miss Opening Day for the World Series champions because of a strained muscle in his pitching arm. McCullers, sidelined for the first 4½ months of last season while rehabbing from a right flexor pronator strain, noticed soreness after a bullpen session
3:44 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Right-hander Noah Song plans to report to Philadelphia Phillies spring-training camp Thursday in hopes of making the team’s Opening Day roster after he transferred his status with the Navy from active duty
4:07 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla — Frankie Montas won’t start throwing until at least late May following right shoulder surgery, a timetable that could allow him to pitch for the New York Yankees in the season’s second half. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday the labrum of the right-hander was cleaned up during
3:34 PM ET ESPN News Services Free agent outfielder Ben Gamel has agreed to a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, according to multiple reports. The deal is pending completion of a physical. Gamel, who turns 31 on May 17, will be given a chance to compete for a spot on the major
12:04 PM ET PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Carlos Beltran is back with the New York Mets — the same team that fired him just three years ago in the wake of his involvement in the Houston Astros‘ cheating scandal. Beltran, set to begin his new role as a special assistant to Mets general manager
7:00 AM ET After a fascinating MLB offseason of record-breaking contracts and free agency musical chairs, spring training camps have opened and games are about to start with Grapefruit League and Cactus League action beginning this weekend. As our brains start to refocus toward the action on the field, I’m thinking of 30 of the
8:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The Minnesota Twins on Tuesday agreed to a contract with veteran infielder Donovan Solano, according to multiple reports. The deal is for one year at the major-league level, according to The Athletic, and gives the Twins depth at several positions and a decent bat at the bottom of the
4:16 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone is considering giving All-Star outfielder Aaron Judge some reps in left field this spring, and that’s all well and good with the team captain. “I did mention it to him,
6:04 PM ET Associated Press Even after all these years, Terry Francona gets nervous before delivering the first speech of spring training to his players. This season, it came with a price for Cleveland’s manager. Francona broke a tooth while preparing to speak to the Guardians in Goodyear, Arizona. Because he wanted to work on