4:36 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers‘ pitching staff has taken a couple more hits with John Axford now out for the season with elbow trouble and Eric Lauer joining the team’s growing COVID-19 injured list. Brewers manager Craig Counsell said Axford has significant elbow damage and is going over his options
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1:41 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will open the 2022 season on March 31 — as long as there isn’t a work stoppage — and will try for the fourth time to have every team play its first game on the same day for the first time since 1968. The
11:56 AM ET Veteran pitcher Cole Hamels, a four-time All-Star who has seen action in just one game since the 2019 season, is close to reaching a major league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. The move will provide even more insurance for their rotation — particularly for Clayton
2:35 AM ET Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan — For Triston Casas, the Olympics feel as comfortable as spring training. That’s because when he stepped to the plate in the United States’ elimination game against the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, he was facing Boston Red Sox Double-A teammate Denyi Reyes. “I have one career at-bat off
3:47 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Inflatable gray garbage cans decorated Dodger Stadium on Tuesday night, bouncing along the packed sections of seats as if they were beach balls. A handful of them made their way onto the field of play, as did some of the foul balls hit by the Houston Astros. When a
9:04 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays ace Tyler Glasnow will undergo Tommy John surgery on Wednesday that will sideline him for the rest of this year and possibly all of next season as well. The team announced the news during Tuesday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners. Glasnow has
5:18 PM ET ESPN News Services A second member of the New York Yankees‘ starting rotation has tested positive for COVID-19. Left-hander Jordan Montgomery tested positive for the virus, manager Aaron Boone announced Tuesday. The news comes a day after the team said ace Gerrit Cole had tested positive. Boone said “as of now” it’s
7:44 PM ET The Toronto Blue Jays placed infielder Cavan Biggio on the 10-day injured list with mid-back tightness. Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo said Biggio has been bothered by the back issue all season, but said he is hopeful the stint won’t be longer than the minimum. Biggio, 26, went 0-for-3 with a walk
6:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Milwaukee Brewers reliever John Axford was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday, one day after his first major league appearance since 2018 was cut short by a right elbow injury. The team recalled left-hander Angel Perdomo from Triple-A Nashville in a corresponding move, and also placed infielder Keston
8:44 PM ET For a few hours on Thursday, it seemed as if Max Scherzer was headed to the San Diego Padres. Reports began to circulate at around 1 p.m. PT that the Padres were on the verge of acquiring the three-time Cy Young Award winner with a little more than 24 hours left before