4:59 PM ET Associated Press HAVANA — Cuban state sports officials on Tuesday denounced a plan by baseball players who left the island to play in the major leagues to field their own team in the next World Baseball Classic. The president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, Juan Reynaldo Pérez, called a news conference and
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10:20 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — Reds president Phil Castellini appeared to tell fans on Tuesday that they had no choice other than to accept the team’s pared-down roster, then apologized hours later. Castellini, also the team’s chief operating officer, is the son of Reds chief executive officer Bob Castellini, the team’s controlling owner
4:12 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox placed right-handed starter Lucas Giolito (abdominal strain) and outfielder AJ Pollock (right hamstring strain) on the injured list Tuesday while recalling pitchers Jimmy Lambert and Anderson Severino from Triple-A Charlotte. Giolito is expected to miss only a couple of starts after leaving Opening Day after four
7:40 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — New York Mets right-hander Taijuan Walker was put on the 10-day injured list Tuesday because of bursitis in his pitching shoulder, the latest setback to the team’s rotation. Walker threw two perfect innings Monday night at Philadelphia in his season debut, then was pulled after 30 pitches. Walker
1:44 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Vin Scully has won the second Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Baseball Digest. The longtime Dodgers announcer was honored Tuesday with an annual distinction that recognizes a living individual “who has made significant contributions to the national game.” The 94-year-old Scully retired after the 2016 season, ending
7:00 AM ET FOR MONTHS DURING the lockout, Major League Baseball players had a consistent gripe about the system they were attempting to change — a gripe to which fans, too, could relate. At issue is a strategy that has become commonplace in baseball: Tanking. Popularized during World Series title runs first by the Chicago
11:31 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Alec Bohm might find it easier in Philadelphia to make up for errors in the field than one with his mouth. The three E-5s were nothing compared to one F-bomb he dropped in frustration. Lip-readers ran wild when cameras caught Bohm having some choice words after his
2:04 AM ET ESPN News Services SAN FRANCISCO — Taylor Rogers struggled to find the right words through all his emotions after he and twin brother Tyler pitched in the same major league game wearing opposing uniforms, each part of the boxscore for a moment they had envisioned for so long. Taylor pitched the ninth
6:17 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Lerner family that has owned the Washington Nationals since 2006 is exploring the possibility of selling the Major League Baseball franchise. Manager Dave Martinez said before the team’s game at Atlanta that managing principal owner Mark Lerner called him Monday morning to deliver the news. Lerner, who
7:02 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs pitcher Keegan Thompson was suspended for three games for intentionally throwing at Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Andrew McCutchen in the top of the eighth inning of Saturday’s 9-0 win, the league announced Monday. Thompson, 27, threw three consecutive inside pitches to McCutchen after a first-pitch strike. The final one