5:46 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale had surgery on his broken left pinkie finger on Monday, a day after it was hit by a line drive in a game against the New York Yankees. The team called the surgery successful but did not give a timetable for his return.
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8:37 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — The McGwire family is set to see the other side of things in one of baseball’s best rivalries. Mason McGwire, son of 12-time All-Star slugger Mark, was selected in the eighth round of baseball’s amateur draft by the Chicago Cubs on Monday. 1 Related Mark spent five
11:00 AM ET Some of the biggest names in the sport are heading to Hollywood to take aim at the Dodger Stadium bleachers in the 2022 All-Star Home Run Derby on July 18 (8 p.m. ET on ESPN). The following day, more of the league’s stars will take the field for the 2022 All-Star Game.
10:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Since his debut in 2019, nobody in baseball has hit more home runs than New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso. Nobody has come close, actually. Alonso’s 130 homers outpace the second-most-prolific home
12:00 PM ET BRYAN TERRY/THE OKLAHOMAN / USA TODAY NETWORK It’s 2022 MLB draft day in Los Angeles and the Baltimore Orioles have made their selection. With the No. 1 overall pick, the Orioles took Jackson Holliday, top prospect and son of former major leaguer Matt Holliday. The Arizona Diamondbacks followed up with another son
7:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Jackson Holliday, the son of seven-time All-Star Matt Holliday, was selected by the Baltimore Orioles as the No. 1 overall pick in baseball’s draft on Sunday. Holliday, a high-school shortstop out of Stillwater High School in Oklahoma, is an elite hitter who made significant strides in several aspects of
6:36 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — Julio Rodriguez and Ty France are headed to the All-Star Game, so they won’t be among the Seattle Mariners getting the break their manager says they need. Yeah, Scott Servais knows that time-off thing sounds a little funny. “It’s hard to say you need a break
3:35 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout, sidelined the last four games with back spasms, will not play in Tuesday’s All-Star Game in Los Angeles. The three-time American League MVP will be replaced on the All-Star roster by Ty France of the Seattle Mariners, and Byron Buxton of the Minnesota
2:14 PM ET Boston Red Sox left-hander Chris Sale injured his throwing hand when he was struck by a comebacker during the first inning of Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees. Sale was hit by a line drive from Yankees outfielder Aaron Hicks before walking off the field holding up his injured hand. The
6:01 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Brett Phillips, Randy Arozarena and Francisco Mejia homered as the Tampa Bay Rays, despite losing hot-hitting Harold Ramirez to a broken thumb, beat the Baltimore Orioles 7-5 on Sunday. Ramirez, who was batting .329 in 77 games as a first baseman/outfielder, was hit in the