3:17 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” It is chaos season in Major League Baseball. There are multiple very feasible scenarios in which three teams wind up tied for the two American League wild-card slots and set off a
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3:41 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Noah Syndergaard is scheduled to pitch Tuesday night for the New York Mets, returning to a major league mound for the first time in two years and completing his long comeback from Tommy John surgery. The right-hander was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and will start
12:51 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Hall of Fame broadcaster Jaime Jarrín will retire as the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Spanish-language announcer following the 2022 season, ending a 64-year run with the team. Jarrín announced his decision on Tuesday, saying he wants to spend more time with his two sons and grandchildren as well
10:00 AM ET BOSTON WAS BEAUTIFUL on Saturday. Warm. Breezy. A little after noon, a yellow luxury coach bus idled outside the front entrance of the Four Seasons Hotel. A small crowd gathered behind a metal fence. It was all very standard. The autograph hunters with their bags of jerseys and cards. A couple of
9:32 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Giants first baseman and home run leader Brandon Belt has a broken left thumb and his availability for the final week of the regular season and playoffs is unclear. The Giants said an X-ray Monday showed the broken bone and that Belt will “continue to meet with
2:50 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Umpire Bill Miller provided an explanation Monday for a wild sequence during St. Louis’ 4-2 victory over the Chicago Cubs that added another layer of drama to the Cardinals’ 16th straight win. A request was made for an explanation after Sunday’s game, but a spokesman for the Cubs
12:28 PM ET Chicago White Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon will take the ball on Wednesday against the Cincinnati Reds in what manager Tony La Russa called an “interesting” and “important” start, as Rodon attempts to shake off arm soreness before the postseason. Rodon threw a bullpen session on Sunday in Cleveland in advance of his
8:00 AM ET The celebration was subdued after the Chicago White Sox clinched the American League Central Division in Cleveland last Thursday: Just hugs and high-fives in a rainy mist near the mound at Progressive Field, as the team celebrated its first division title since 2008. There were two reasons for the White Sox’s reserved
1:21 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. BOSTON — The New York Yankees left Fenway Park atop the American League wild-card standings after a three-game sweep of the Boston Red Sox but suffered injuries in the outfield in the process. In a stunning eighth inning Sunday
6:44 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — Paul Goldschmidt and Harrison Bader homered and the St. Louis Cardinals outlasted the Chicago Cubs, 4-2, on Sunday, posting their 16th consecutive victory. The streak is the longest in franchise history and has turned the National League wild-card race into a non-story in September. Though the Cardinals