Month: August 2022

3:55 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Arizona Diamondbacks plan to bring back manager Torey Lovullo next season, exercising the club option on his contract for 2023, it was announced Tuesday. The move comes one day after the biggest comeback win in franchise history: Arizona was trailing 7-0 in the fourth inning against the

4:23 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark is confident that at least 30% of minor league players will sign recently distributed union authorization cards in the coming days and weeks, paving the way for thousands more players to potentially join the organization. “There was tremendous response,”

6:13 PM ET NEW YORK — The return of Mets right-hander Carlos Carrasco appears close. Mets manager Buck Showalter said Carrasco threw a simulated game Monday, and the veteran will be back in the rotation by the end of the week if everything goes well. “We’ll see. Step by step,” Showalter said. “It went well.

6:39 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Washington Nationals are placing rookie right-hander Cade Cavalli on the injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Manager Dave Martinez, who made the announcement before Tuesday night’s game against Oakland, said the team’s top pitching prospect will be shut down for two weeks and then re-evaluated. Cavalli, the

1:31 PM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander, a leading candidate for the AL Cy Young Award, has been placed on the injured list with a right calf injury. The team announced the move Tuesday and said that an MRI done on the calf Monday revealed fascial disruption, but no muscle

5:28 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw, who has not pitched since Aug. 4 due to lower back pain, will start against the New York Mets on Thursday, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday. Kershaw, 34, threw a simulated game earlier this week. This is the second time this season that