4:20 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Left-hander Framber Valdez will start for the Houston Astros in Game 2 of the AL Division Series against the Chicago White Sox on Friday. Manager Dusty Baker announced the decision Tuesday but did not reveal his rotation past Game 2. He previously said Lance McCullers Jr. will start
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8:22 PM ET Associated Press BASTROP, Texas — Eddie Robinson, the oldest living former major league player whose more than six decades in professional baseball included being general manager for two teams, has died. He was 100. The Texas Rangers, the team for which Robinson was GM from 1976-1982, said he died Monday night at
3:43 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Shortstop Alcides Escobar agreed to a one-year, $1 million contract Tuesday to stay with the Washington Nationals next season. Escobar, who will turn 35 in December, batted .288 with 21 doubles, two triples, four homers and 28 RBIs in 75 games with the Nationals after signing with the
6:30 PM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. Boston Red Sox fans better hope Tuesday night’s Massachusetts State Lottery numbers read 2-0-0-4, because the prior
8:36 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday that Tommy John surgery is “not on the table” for ace Clayton Kershaw and that he is hoping first baseman Max Muncy can rejoin the team later this month. Roberts provided the updates on two key players who will be missing
8:43 PM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Corbin Burnes will start Game 1 of the National League Division Series with the Atlanta Braves on Friday. The Brewers announced Tuesday that Burnes (11-5, 2.43 ERA) will start the opening game and that right-hander Brandon Woodruff (9-10, 2.56) will start Game 2 on
2:31 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Left-hander Shane McClanahan will start Game 1 of the American League Division Series for the Tampa Bay Rays on Thursday night, manager Kevin Cash said. Cash on Tuesday also said rookie Shane Baz will take the mound for Game 2 on Friday night. Depending on bullpen
7:00 AM ET The 2021 MLB playoffs begin Tuesday night with 10 teams hoping to raise this year’s World Series trophy. The San Francisco Giants enter October with Major League Baseball’s best record, while their rivals in the National League West, the Los Angeles Dodgers, have hopes of becoming baseball’s first repeat champions since the
11:01 AM ET Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez has been left off the playoff roster for the American League Wild Card Game against the visiting New York Yankees on Tuesday night at Fenway Park as he continues to recover from a sprained left ankle. Martinez suffered the injury in the fifth inning of Sunday’s
12:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Record-setting umpire Joe West will call balls and strikes for the NL wild-card game, and Mark Carlson will be the home plate umpire for the AL wild-card game. Ted Barrett, Tom Hallion, Sam Holbrook and Alfonso Marquez will be crew chiefs for the Division Series, Major League