5:52 PM ET ESPN News Services Catcher J.T. Realmuto, outfielder George Springer and second baseman DJ LeMahieu rejected their qualifying offers on Wednesday, the deadline for players who received the $18.9 million offer to decide on it. Right-hander Trevor Bauer had previously rejected his offer. If the four players sign with another team in free
6:26 PM ET ESPN News Services Cleveland Indians ace Shane Bieber was the unanimous winner of the AL Cy Young Award on Wednesday, capping an impressive rise by the right-hander to his status as one of the game’s best pitchers. Using a versatile repertoire that includes a looping curveball and a wipeout slider, Bieber went
7:04 PM ET ESPN News Services The Cincinnati Reds‘ Trevor Bauer has won the National League Cy Young Award, giving Cincinnati its first winner of the award. Bauer topped fellow finalists Yu Darvish of the Chicago Cubs and Jacob deGrom of the New York Mets in the voting announced by the Baseball Writers’ Association of
6:20 PM ET Dominant from his first outing of the 2020 MLB season through his last regular-season appearance, Cleveland Indians ace Shane Bieber ran away with the American League Cy Young Award in unanimous fashion on Wednesday night. Here’s a closer look at the stats and performances that made the right-hander the AL’s best pitcher
9:50 PM ET The NL Cy Young race between Trevor Bauer, Yu Darvish and Jacob deGrom was arguably the most intriguing battle of this awards season. Here’s a closer look at the stats and performances that made Bauer the winner, the first in the history of the Cincinnati Reds. The number that says it best
6:50 PM ET Italy’s Jannik Sinner defeated lucky loser Marc-Andrea Huesler 6-3, 6-4 to reach the ATP Sofia Open quarterfinals. Sinner beat the Swiss in 78 minutes to claim his 16th victory of the shortened season. The 19-year-old will face Australia’s No. 6 seed Alex de Minaur in the quarterfinals on Thursday. The pair met
6:39 PM ET After months of conflict between Canelo Alvarez, his promoters and his broadcast partners, Alvarez is finally heading back to the ring. Alvarez will meet Callum Smith to unify WBA super middleweight titles in Texas in December, sources close to the negotiations revealed to ESPN. This will be Alvarez’s first appearance since his
1:02 PM ET On a recent Thursday in Hartford, Conn., Toronto FC goalkeeper Quentin Westberg pondered the dichotomy of wanting to reach MLS Cup on Dec. 12, but also desiring to see his family again. Meanwhile, Jim Liston, the team’s director of sports science, was planning a trip to Lowe’s to buy 15 garbage cans
7:31 PM ET Penn State running back Journey Brown is medically retiring from football after being diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Head coach James Franklin announced Wednesday night that the redshirt junior would no longer be able to play. Brown had been held out of the season, as Penn State announced in October that a medical
2:52 PM ET Ryan Garcia won’t fight again this year after all. The top boxing prospect’s Dec. 5 bout with Luke Campbell was postponed Tuesday due to Campbell’s positive test for COVID-19, Golden Boy Promotions announced. The press release stated that a new date will be announced “shortly.” The original bout was scheduled for Fantasy