8:11 PM ET CHICAGO — He’ll forever be known in Chicago for ‘the speech,’ but Jason Heyward‘s time as a Cub is winding down, despite having one more year left on his contract. Heyward, 32, won’t be back with the Cubs for an eighth season in 2023, president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer said Monday.
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11:59 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. SEATTLE — A season-high five-game losing streak prompted New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone to assemble his players in the visiting clubhouse at T-Mobile Park to remind them of who they are: the team that spent the first half
10:55 AM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley said Monday he will be leaving the Boston Red Sox broadcasts at the end of the season, his 50th in major league baseball. Eckersley, who was drafted by Cleveland as a California high schooler in 1972, went on to pitch 24 seasons
4:39 PM ET ESPN News Services The Chicago Cubs on Monday claimed outfielder/designated hitter Franmil Reyes off waivers from the Cleveland Guardians. Reyes, who began the season as the cleanup hitter for the Guardians, was designated for assignment by the team on Saturday. He had been optioned to Triple-A Columbus earlier last week after batting
12:02 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Manny Machado expressed utter shock when reporters approached him in the wake of the San Diego Padres‘ weekend sweep at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers. To him — and, he believes, to the rest of his clubhouse — it was just one game and one series in
8:23 PM ET ESPN News Services MINNEAPOLIS — An overturned call in the 10th inning Sunday led to a 3-2 Blue Jays victory and an ejection for Twins manager Rocco Baldelli, who labeled the play “one of the worst moments I think we’ve seen of umpiring in any game I’ve ever been a part of
8:41 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Jacob deGrom struck out 12 and carried a perfect game into the sixth inning of his second start all season, pitching the New York Mets past the Atlanta Braves 5-2 on Sunday for their 12th victory in 14 games. Pete Alonso drove in two runs, and
4:25 PM ET Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mickey Moniak has a fracture to the tip of his left middle finger that will sideline him, but he hasn’t been ruled out for the rest of the season. X-rays revealed the injury after he took a pitch off his finger while attempting a bunt Saturday night in
10:00 PM ET Edwin Diaz is such a dominant, lights-out closer right now that when he enters the game in the ninth inning, the Mets TV broadcast doesn’t even go to a commercial break. Instead, the camera follows him as he enters the field through the bullpen gate and heads to the pitcher’s mound, the
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