3:51 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Lee Thomas, an All-Star player who eventually became the architect of the 1993 NL champion Philadelphia Phillies, has died. He was 86. Thomas died Wednesday at his home in St. Louis, the Phillies announced. No details about the cause were given. Thomas was Philadelphia’s general manger from 1988-97,
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12:34 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Gunnar Henderson quickly turned his major league debut into a success. Henderson, called up by the Baltimore Orioles earlier in the day, homered in the fourth inning Wednesday night against the Cleveland Guardians. The 21-year-old hit a 2-2 pitch from Cleveland’s Triston McKenzie an estimated 429 feet
1:05 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants will play in the first regular-season Major League Baseball games in Mexico City next year, three seasons after the first scheduled matchup there was canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. San Francisco and San Diego will play a two-game
7:00 AM ET JULIO RODRIGUEZ WAS barely 18, playing baseball in the United States for the first time, when he made his biggest impression on a Seattle Mariners franchise that now adores him. It wasn’t how he hit or how he fielded or how he ran — it was how he watched. Minor league spring
7:48 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Tampa Bay Rays All-Star left-hander Shane McClanahan was a late scratch in his scheduled start against the Miami Marlins Tuesday because of left shoulder impingement, the team said. The 25-year-old McClanahan (11-5, 2.20 ERA) has made 24 starts and emerged as one of the top pitchers in
10:39 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Fernando Tatis Jr. had to postpone a scheduled shoulder surgery because he has strep throat, the latest wrinkle in what’s been a turbulent season for the San Diego Padres shortstop. Tatis was slated to have the labrum in his left shoulder repaired on Tuesday, but that procedure
11:37 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. ANAHEIM, Calif. — New York Yankees starter Jameson Taillon was pulled from the game against the Los Angeles Angels after only two innings Tuesday night, after being hit by a 91 mph liner off the bat of Magneuris Sierra.
8:00 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — White Sox manager Tony La Russa missed Tuesday night’s game against the Kansas City Royals with an unspecified medical issue. The team said the 77-year-old manager would skip the game on the recommendation of his doctors and would undergo further testing Wednesday. La Russa’s absence was announced
11:22 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Timmy Trumpet was all set to horn in on this most notable season for the New York Mets. The Australian-born musician was at Citi Field with trumpet in hand Tuesday night, ready if needed to pop onto the diamond and blare his song “Narco” live if Mets
5:28 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw, who has not pitched since Aug. 4 due to lower back pain, will start against the New York Mets on Thursday, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday. Kershaw, 34, threw a simulated game earlier this week. This is the second time this season that