7:33 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN It’s another busy day in the MLB playoffs, with all four division series in action — two series openers in the National League and two Game 2s in the American League. Here are the stars, turning points and takeaways from each of Tuesday’s games as they conclude. Key links: Ranking
4:08 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German was reinstated from the restricted list by the commissioner’s office on Tuesday after completing an 81-game suspension under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. The 28-year-old right-hander is not eligible to pitch in the postseason because he was on the restricted
4:14 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians expect manager Terry Francona to return for the 2021 season after he missed 48 games in 2020 due to health reasons. Chris Antonetti, president of baseball operations, said Tuesday that the 61-year-old Francona is back home in Arizona resting and recovering. Francona was hospitalized during
9:53 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. The New York Yankees tried to pull off a bait and switch on the Tampa Bay Rays by announcing rookie Deivi García as their American League Division Series Game 2 starter and allowing him to pitch only one inning
9:39 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Houston Astros‘ resurgent run through the early part of this postseason was hit with a sobering bit of news Tuesday, following a 5-2 win in Game 2 of the American League Division Series: Right-hander Zack Greinke, the team’s most accomplished pitcher by a wide margin, is hurt. Greinke
8:13 PM ET If the Miami Marlins are the Cinderellas of this baseball postseason, they maybe should have considered how the fairytale would have turned out had the heroine taken off her glass slippers and hurled them at her stepsisters. Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud and starting pitcher Max Fried might not have been reading
10:20 PM ET SAN DIEGO — This is the Giancarlo Stanton who New York Yankees fans have been waiting to see for the past three seasons. Stanton has hit two home runs in Tuesday’s Game 2 of the Yankees’ division series against the Tampa Bay Rays and the second one was a legendary three-run blast
6:49 PM ET Associated Press The Washington Capitals lost one defenseman possibly for the season, so they brought back another one. Washington re-signed Brenden Dillon to a $15.6 million, four-year contract on Tuesday. The announcement came minutes after the team said Michal Kempny would miss six to eight months following surgery to repair a torn
8:13 PM ET Center Quinton Byfield of the OHL’s Sudbury Wolves was taken No. 2 overall by the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night, making him the highest-drafted Black player in NHL history. “Being in the record books for anything is definitely super special, but that especially,” Byfield said. “My dad and mom didn’t play
6:00 PM ET ESPN staff Follow the entire 2020 NHL draft through all seven rounds. We have all 217 picks as they happen, starting with Tuesday night’s first selection overall by the New York Rangers and ending with Wednesday afternoon’s final pick of the draft. Additionally, Chris Peters, Greg Wyshynski and Emily Kaplan provide detailed