5:56 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays starting second baseman Brandon Lowe is likely to be sidelined for at least a month because of a stress reaction in his lower back, the team announced Tuesday. Lowe, who led the Rays with 39 home runs last season, will be shut down for three weeks and then will
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4:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Houston Astros pitcher Jake Odorizzi, who was taken off the field on a stretcher Monday night, has been placed on the 15-day injury list Tuesday with what the team continues to describe only as “lower left leg discomfort.” Odorizzi fell while running to cover first base in the fifth
4:31 PM ET Right-hander Matt Harvey has been suspended 60 games for distributing a “drug of abuse” under Major League Baseball’s drug program, the league announced Tuesday. Harvey, who is currently with the Baltimore Orioles at the team’s extended spring training facility, said in February he provided oxycodone to late Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler
8:18 PM ET Boston Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi became the third pitcher in major league history to allow five home runs in one inning Tuesday night. In his Fenway Park start against the Houston Astros, Eovaldi lasted just 1⅔ innings, allowing eight hits and six earned runs while striking out none. In the second
12:27 PM ET The New York Mets announced Tuesday that an MRI performed Monday on Jacob deGrom‘s right shoulder blade revealed continued healing of a stress reaction that has sidelined him all season. “He will continue to build distance and velocity in his throwing program, and we will provide an update on his progress when
9:51 AM ET Braves left-handed reliever Tyler Matzek, one of the bullpen stalwarts during Atlanta’s World Series run last year, will be placed on the 10-day injured list because of discomfort in his pitching shoulder. The Braves announced the injury to Matzek after Monday’s loss to the Brewers and will make the roster move before
7:30 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith FOR AN HOUR, Elyjah Blankenberg carefully went through his baseball card collection. He wanted the perfect mix of Orioles and Yankees cards — but mostly Yankees — for the biggest adventure of his life: His first mad dash to try to get autographs at a baseball game. Blankenberg has a
7:00 AM ET Alden Gonzalez Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Joon Lee Close ESPN Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher ReportCornell University graduate More than a month into the 2022 Major League Baseball
9:17 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Houston Astros right-hander Jake Odorizzi collapsed running to cover first base in the fifth inning Monday night against the Boston Red Sox and was taken off the Fenway Park field on a stretcher. Odorizzi, who entered the game with a 15 2/3 inning shutout streak, appeared to
6:18 PM ET ESPN News Services BALTIMORE — New York Yankees left-hander Nestor Cortes said he deactivated his Twitter account after screenshots surfaced Sunday of tweets from a decade ago that included racial slurs. Cortes appeared to be quoting rap lyrics in at least some of the tweets, and he did not seem to be