6:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Veteran infielder Robinson Cano has signed with the San Diego Padres, it was announced Friday. The New York Mets released the 39-year-old Cano on Sunday after designating him for assignment a week earlier. The Padres likely will use the left-handed-hitting Cano at designated hitter, hoping he can improve their
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4:02 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets catcher James McCann will be sidelined for approximately six weeks after he broke a bone in his left wrist. The Mets said McCann needs surgery to repair his broken left hamate bone. The 31-year-old McCann was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday. Catcher Patrick Mazeika
3:22 PM ET Associated Press TROY, N.Y. — Right-hander Kumar Rocker agreed Friday to a contract with the independent Tri-City ValleyCats after failing to sign with the New York Mets last summer. A 22-year-old right-hander who was a junior at Vanderbilt, Rocker was selected by the Mets with the 10th overall pick in last year’s
6:17 PM ET ESPN News Services The San Diego Padres on Friday said no cancer was found during manager Bob Melvin’s prostate surgery. Melvin, 60, is out of the hospital and resting at home, the team said. He opted to have surgery Wednesday after saying he had been feeling symptoms since the team returned from
5:28 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Cleveland Guardians first baseman Josh Naylor was added to the team’s COVID-19 injured list on Friday, marking the first player to be sidelined by the team’s recent outbreak. Cleveland’s game at the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday was postponed because of COVID-19 concerns, and the team was off
8:05 AM ET THE WATCH ON Gabe Kapler’s left wrist started as a curiosity and traveled a smooth path to obsession. Big, chunky and obviously expensive, it was both striking and vexing. Morning or afternoon, the time on the watch bore no resemblance to the actual time of day. Even more vexing, the time was
1:17 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers placed Clayton Kershaw on the injured list ahead of his scheduled start Friday with inflammation in his right SI joint, which connects the base of the spine to the hip bones. Kershaw had been scheduled to make his sixth start of the season from Dodger Stadium on Friday
7:00 AM ET Texas Rangers closer Joe Barlow was skeptical about PitchCom at first. The electronic device, used to transmit pitch signals from the catcher to the pitcher in an effort to curb sign stealing, is brand new in Major League Baseball this season, and Barlow wondered what could go wrong. The PitchCom’s speaker made
10:01 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. CHICAGO — Nice try, Jim. That was Brian Cashman’s sarcastic response when addressing Astros owner Jim Crane’s comments against the Yankees‘ general manager concerning Houston’s sign-stealing scandal. “I don’t think anybody’s going to dance to the tune he’s singing,”
7:34 PM ET Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper, limited to designated hitter duty of late, has a small tear in his right UCL, will get a PRP injection and will not throw a baseball for four weeks, manager Joe Girardi told reporters Thursday. Girardi said Dr. Neal ElAttrache of Kerlan-Jobe in Los Angeles confirmed the