1:31 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander, a leading candidate for the AL Cy Young Award, has been placed on the injured list with a right calf injury. The team announced the move Tuesday and said that an MRI done on the calf Monday revealed fascial disruption, but no muscle
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6:39 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals are placing rookie right-hander Cade Cavalli on the injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Manager Dave Martinez, who made the announcement before Tuesday night’s game against Oakland, said the team’s top pitching prospect will be shut down for two weeks and then re-evaluated. Cavalli, the
6:13 PM ET NEW YORK — The return of Mets right-hander Carlos Carrasco appears close. Mets manager Buck Showalter said Carrasco threw a simulated game Monday, and the veteran will be back in the rotation by the end of the week if everything goes well. “We’ll see. Step by step,” Showalter said. “It went well.
4:23 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark is confident that at least 30% of minor league players will sign recently distributed union authorization cards in the coming days and weeks, paving the way for thousands more players to potentially join the organization. “There was tremendous response,”
3:55 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks plan to bring back manager Torey Lovullo next season, exercising the club option on his contract for 2023, it was announced Tuesday. The move comes one day after the biggest comeback win in franchise history: Arizona was trailing 7-0 in the fourth inning against the
1:32 PM ET Nothing like being put in the “friend zone” for all the world to see. It’s apparently what happened to a Milwaukee Brewers fan after a message to him was posted on the video scoreboard during Monday’s 7-5 win against the Pittsburgh Pirates. Along with the normal birthday and anniversary messages, common on
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN For the next three days, the owners of the National League’s two best records will share the field when the New York Mets host the Los Angeles Dodgers for three games at Citi Field. With just over a month left in the regular season before the MLB playoffs begin, it
12:23 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. ANAHEIM — A 434-foot drive off Angels reliever Ryan Tepera etched Aaron Judge‘s name in the major league history books Monday night, as the New York Yankees slugger became only the 10th player in MLB history to record multiple
9:31 PM ET As Albert Pujols continues to climb the all-time home run list during his farewell season, he’s also setting major league records in the process. On Monday night in Cincinnati, the St. Louis Cardinals slugger hit career home run No. 694, and it came against a 450th different pitcher, a big league record.
7:42 PM ET ESPN News Services Despite what has thus far been a forgettable 2022 season for the Boston Red Sox, the team has no plans to move on from chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom or manager Alex Cora, according to team president and CEO Sam Kennedy. “I am very comfortable saying Chaim and Alex