8:17 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Guardians right-hander Aaron Civale was removed from a game Wednesday night against the Chicago White Sox after one inning with a sore right wrist. Civale allowed two hits and threw 20 pitches in the scoreless inning. Yoan Moncada and Eloy Jimenez were retired on fly balls that
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5:16 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Ten Kansas City Royals players, including four of their top hitters and their best two starting pitchers this season, will not travel to Toronto this week for the four-game series with the
12:22 PM ET The Toronto Blue Jays have fired manager Charlie Montoyo. The Blue Jays announced the surprising move Wednesday afternoon, naming bench coach John Schneider as Montoyo’s interim replacement for the remainder of the season. Despite lofty expectations this season, the Blue Jays entered Wednesday with a 46-42 record and in fourth place in
5:51 PM ET ESPN News Services Seattle Mariners rookie outfielder Julio Rodriguez will compete in the All-Star Home Run Derby at Dodger Stadium on Monday, he announced Wednesday on social media. Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez also has accepted an invitation to compete in the event, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Rodriguez will be
4:30 PM ET The Washington Nationals placed closer Tanner Rainey on the 60-day injured list Wednesday with a sprain of his right ulnar collateral ligament. The move was made after the first game of a doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners, which the Nationals lost 6-4, on Wednesday. Rainey, a right-hander, last pitched in a game
10:32 AM ET The Atlanta Braves activated star closer Kenley Jansen from the 15-day injured list before Wednesday afternoon’s game against the New York Mets. Jansen was placed on the IL last month because of an irregular heartbeat. The three-time All-Star underwent corrective heart surgery in November 2018 — his second procedure — after a
8:00 AM ET IT’S WEIRDLY INSTRUCTIVE to watch how baseball scouts watch baseball players. Everything they do is intended to hide what they’re actually doing, which has the unintended effect of making even their most subtle movements glaringly obvious. They also have another endearing quirk: They all know one another but don’t want anyone to
9:45 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani will help make up the American League’s All-Star Game starting lineup 30 miles from here at Dodger Stadium on July 19. They entered Tuesday within the top 10 in the majors in FanGraphs wins above replacement, trending toward potential MVP consideration. And yet the
11:13 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Chris Sale worked five scoreless innings in his season debut, but the Boston bullpen couldn’t hold a two-run lead in a 3-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night. Sale, out all season with a fracture in his right rib cage, allowed three
10:41 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The Florida State League will limit defensive shifts by drawing chalk lines in a pie shape from second base to the outfield grass starting July 22, prohibiting infielders from the marked area prior to the pitch in an experiment that could increase offense. Major League Baseball has