6:26 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta was placed on the 15-day IL with inflammation in his throwing shoulder Friday before the team’s game against the Cincinnati Reds. The 2021 All-Star left during the third inning of his start Thursday night in Milwaukee against San Francisco due to fatigue in the
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4:21 PM ET The Houston Astros activated Ryan Pressly from the 15-day injured list, and the closer picked up the save in the team’s 4-3 win against the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Pressly originally went on the IL on Aug. 25 after he experienced spasms in his neck. The team had expected him
12:37 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball passed a sweeping set of rules changes it hopes will fundamentally overhaul the game, voting Friday to implement a pitch clock and ban defensive shifts in 2023 to hasten
11:50 AM ET There are still weeks left to go in the 2022 MLB regular season, but a few teams — mainly the red-hot Los Angeles Dodgers — are already looking toward October. The Dodgers, along with the Houston Astros, New York Mets, and Atlanta Braves, to name a few teams, are on track to
7:00 AM ET With less than a month to go in the regular season, there is plenty of MLB playoff intrigue to go around. Will the New York Mets hold on in the NL East? Will the New York Yankees continue their slide in the AL East? Who will have home-field advantage among a tight
8:48 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Freddy Peralta left the second game of Thursday’s doubleheader against the San Francisco Giants due to fatigue in his throwing shoulder after walking the first batter he faced in the third inning. After issuing the walk to Tommy La Stella, Peralta was visited on the
11:00 PM ET Change is coming to the major leagues! On Friday, Major League Baseball’s competition committee is set to vote on rule changes that would begin in 2023. All of these rules have been in place in the minor leagues over the previous seasons, leading to wide-ranging changes in pace of play and on-field
5:09 PM ET The Major League Baseball competition committee is set to vote Friday on rule changes that would begin in 2023 and include a first-ever pitch clock, the elimination of the shift, bigger bases and a limit to how many times a pitcher can disengage from the rubber, according to sources familiar with the
9:33 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Chicago White Sox pitcher Dylan Cease could win the American League Cy Young award and Arizona Diamondbacks ace Zac Gallen has thrown 41⅓ consecutive scoreless innings, but both trail the leader in
6:57 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh Jung can’t even describe the whirlwind of emotions he has gone through the past seven months, since shoulder surgery that took away the top prospect’s opportunity to compete for a spot on the Texas Rangers roster in spring training. Now after initially thinking he might not