12:02 PM ET In a letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred argued that “it may not be possible” for the league to enforce, establish and maintain better working conditions for minor leaguers if the antitrust exemption is stripped. Additionally, Manfred said that without the antitrust exemption, it was “more
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2:09 AM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani addressed questions about his future in Anaheim following a 2-0 loss to the Texas Rangers on Thursday night that dropped his team 15 games below .500. Asked if he still wants to be with the Angels after the trade deadline next week, Ohtani,
10:13 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — The first-place New York Mets acquired outfielder Tyler Naquin and left-handed reliever Phillip Diehl from the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday night in a trade for two minor leaguers. Cincinnati received outfielder Hector Rodríguez and right-hander Jose Acuña. Naquin, a first-round draft pick 10 years ago, was
11:56 PM ET ESPN News Services ANAHEIM, Calif. — All-Star Corey Seager left the Texas Rangers‘ game against the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night with a bruise on his lower right leg. Seager got three hits off Shohei Ohtani for the Rangers, but he fouled a pitch off his leg in the fifth inning.
7:39 PM ET NEW YORK — Hours after flying cross-country on the Kansas City Royals‘ charter and checking into their hotel Wednesday night, outfielder Andrew Benintendi was summoned by his now-former manager, Mike Matheny. Benintendi was being traded. But, Matheny told him, he wouldn’t have to leave his hotel room. New York was about to
5:27 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — The fans at Camden Yards wanted to give Trey Mancini a nice send-off — just in case. Then the Baltimore slugger lifted a routine flyball to right, and it turned into a wild trip around the bases. Mancini hit an inside-the-park home run in what might have been
5:12 PM ET ESPN News Services CINCINNATI — Pitcher Daniel Castano was hit on the forehead by a 104 mph line drive off the bat of Donovan Solano in the first inning of the Miami Marlins‘ 7-6 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday. The ball hit the bill of his cap and ricocheted off
12:44 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-hander Max Meyer, the Miami Marlins‘ top prospect, will undergo Tommy John surgery, the team announced Thursday. Meyer underwent an MRI on Monday that revealed the injury, and the decision to have the surgery was made after he consulted with multiple doctors. The surgery will be performed by Dr.
6:21 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Unvaccinated left-hander Andrew Chafin was put on the restricted list by the Detroit Tigers before the opener of a four-game series in Toronto on Thursday. Foreign nationals who aren’t vaccinated against COVID-19 are not allowed to enter Canada, save for limited exceptions that require a 14-day quarantine. Unvaccinated
6:03 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Mets reliever Drew Smith was put on the 15-day injured list Thursday because of a strained lat muscle in his right side. The move was retroactive to Monday, a day after Smith allowed an RBI double to San Diego’s Eric Hosmer in the sixth inning.