3:27 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani said Sunday he is “very open” to negotiating a long-term contract with the club this offseason. Ohtani spoke before the Angels’ regular-season finale in Seattle. Ohtani could have pitched on turn on the final day of the season but opted to skip
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5:55 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Boston Red Sox slugger J.D. Martinez left Sunday’s regular-season finale against the Washington Nationals in the sixth inning with a sprained left ankle, and his availability for the postseason opener on Tuesday is not known. After defeating Washington to clinch the American League’s top wild-card slot, Boston
4:51 PM ET ESPN.com staff The 2021 MLB playoffs are finally here. After expanding to 16 teams in 2020, Major League Baseball returns to its familiar 10-team postseason format in 2021, starting with a New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Sox showdown in the American League Wild Card Game on Tuesday (8 p.m. ET on
12:57 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees placed infielder DJ LeMahieu on the 10-day injured list Sunday with a sports hernia. Boone told reporters that the decision was made after LeMahieu worked out on the field and took some swings before Sunday’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. “In the end, he’s
1:11 AM ET Dave Schoenfield EVER SINCE THE second wild card was added in 2012, baseball fans have been rooting for tiebreaker chaos, with multiple playoff spots still in need of resolution into the final day of the season — or beyond. So far, there have only been three occasions for three tiebreaker games required
12:41 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Julio Urias became the Dodgers’ first 20-game winner since Clayton Kershaw in 2014, pitching one-run ball into the seventh inning as Los Angeles beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 on Saturday night to extend the NL West race to the final day of the regular season. The first-place
4:43 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Tampa Bay Rays second baseman Brandon Lowe hit three home runs in a 12-2 rout of the New York Yankees on Saturday. Lowe connected for a pair of early three-run shots off Jordan Montgomery and then launched a leadoff drive in the seventh inning against Michael
6:08 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw returned to the injured list Saturday, days before Los Angeles begins a postseason defense of its World Series championship. The three-time Cy Young Award winner has left forearm discomfort, the same injury that sidelined him for 57 games from Aug. 9 to Sept.
6:12 PM ET ESPN News Services With a chance to clinch a postseason berth, the New York Yankees were instead rocked 12-2 by the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday to push their playoff hopes to the regular season’s final day. Yankees starter Jordan Montgomery allowed a career-worst seven earned runs in 2 2/3 innings, giving
5:20 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Derek Jeter put the finishing touches on his Baseball Hall of Fame speech as the plane that carried him to the enshrinement ceremony in Cooperstown, New York, was landing. It was supposed to be done much earlier. Sometimes, things take longer than anticipated. That’s a lesson Jeter is