7:47 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — In the midst of difficult negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, Major League Baseball and its players’ association are scheduled to start a grievance hearing next Monday over the union’s claim the 2020 pandemic-affected season was too short, The Associated Press reported. Martin F. Scheinman,
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1:38 PM ET DETROIT — The Chicago White Sox are hopeful lefty Carlos Rodon will be ready for the postseason despite experiencing soreness in his pitching arm during and after Monday’s outing against the Detroit Tigers. Rodon, 28, threw only 69 pitches in three innings before leaving the game, which the White Sox lost 4-3.
10:53 AM ET Associated Press FULLERTON, Calif. — Jo Lasorda, the widow of former Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda, has died. She was 91. She died Monday night at her home in Fullerton, the team said Tuesday. No cause of death was given. Tommy Lasorda and Jo Lasorda were married for 70 years. The LIFE
12:00 AM ET ESPN News Services MILWAUKEE — Jon Lester notched his 200th career while helping the St. Louis Cardinals beat the NL Central-leading Milwaukee Brewers 5-2 on Monday night for their ninth consecutive win. The Cardinals have won nine straight for the first time since 2004 to solidify their grip on the second NL
5:33 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Anthony Gose is ready to make a new kind of pitch to play in the majors. Formerly a fast outfielder in the big leagues, Gose was called up from the minors by the Cleveland Indians on Monday, this time as a hard-throwing lefty reliever. “His story is something
10:49 PM ET DETROIT — Chicago White Sox starter Carlos Rodon left Monday’s game against the Detroit Tigers with what he called “normal soreness” and said he didn’t think it would impact his immediate future while manager Tony La Russa expressed “concern” over his short outing. “He lost command,” La Russa said after the 4-3
4:03 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Pitcher Luis Severino was activated by the New York Yankees before Monday’s series opener against Texas and is in position to make his first major league appearance in nearly two years. Yankees manager Aaron Boone says he plans to use the two-time All-Star out of the
7:08 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — Salvador Perez hit his 46th home run Monday, breaking Johnny Bench’s record for homers by a catcher in a season, as the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2. Perez, 31, hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning, topping Bench’s total from 1970 for the
7:00 AM ET There are just two weeks to go in the 2021 MLB regular season and we are pumped. There’s a thrilling National League West race raging between baseball’s two best teams, the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The wild-card races are crowded in both leagues, with three American League East
9:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Just days after Los Angeles manager Joe Maddon indicated Shohei Ohtani might not pitch again this season because of a sore right arm, the Angels‘ two-way sensation not only took the mound Sunday but matched a season high with 10 strikeouts in a 3-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics.