3:52 PM ET The San Diego Padres have fired manager Jayce Tingler after the team failed to make the playoffs despite entering the season with hopes of challenging for a World Series title. Tingler is out after two seasons, finishing with a 116-106 overall record, including a disappointing 79-83 this year. He had one year
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3:53 PM ET The Chicago White Sox are hopeful the reigning AL MVP, Jose Abreu, will be available to them in Game 1 of their division series against the Houston Astros on Thursday. Abreu, 34, has been ill since the weekend and didn’t travel with the team to Houston on Tuesday. He’ll be a game-day
7:25 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Logan Webb will start for the San Francisco Giants in Game 1 of their National League Division Series on Friday night against the St. Louis Cardinals or Los Angeles Dodgers. Fellow right-hander and 14-game winner Kevin Gausman will go Saturday night in Game 2 for the NL
4:26 PM ET Associated Press Major League Baseball is finalizing a policy that will mandate COVID-19 vaccines for minor league players for the 2022 season. While the league could face legal challenges in requiring vaccination for major leaguers without the cooperation of the players association, minor leaguers are not included in the big league union.
5:07 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians manager Terry Francona is confident he’ll return next season after missing most of the past two because of serious health issues. Francona was forced to step away from the club in late July to undergo hip replacement surgery as well as a procedure on a big toe
7:52 AM ET Devin Gordon IN THE HEARTS and minds of Mets fans, every baseball season ends twice. There’s the moment when it’s officially over — mathematical elimination — and the moment when, in retrospect, we should’ve known it was. On paper, the 2021 Mets weren’t eliminated from postseason contention until Sept. 25, but that
1:53 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs are planning to keep manager David Ross around for the foreseeable future, Jed Hoyer, the team’s president of baseball operations, reiterated Wednesday. With Ross entering the final year of his contract in 2022, Hoyer indicated that talks for an extension are ongoing. “David has done a fantastic
11:30 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Schwarber homered off Yankees ace Gerrit Cole, and Nathan Eovaldi took a shutout into the sixth inning to help the Boston Red Sox beat New York 6-2 Tuesday night in the AL Wild Card Game. Bogaerts also made a perfect relay to throw out
1:59 AM ET BOSTON — As the New York Yankees‘ season came to an end at the hands of the Boston Red Sox in Tuesday night’s American League Wild Card Game, the spotlight shifted to manager Aaron Boone’s contract situation and his future with the club. With Boone’s contract up at the conclusion of the
12:10 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” BOSTON — For those who waltz onto the field at Fenway Park wearing road uniforms, there is no greater curse than a two-syllable name. It is an invitation for women and men,