Month: August 2023

Associated Press Aug 28, 2023, 07:43 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins optioned starting pitcher Bailey Ober to Triple-A St. Paul on Monday, with the club continuing to be careful with the right-hander’s workload. The 28-year-old Ober is 6-6 with a 3.67 ERA in 22 starts for the Twins this season, including a four-inning

Aug 28, 2023, 09:01 PM ET The San Diego Padres placed right-hander Yu Darvish on the 15-day injured list Monday because of inflammation in his pitching elbow. The move is retroactive to Saturday. Darvish had recently pitched through discomfort, according to manager Bob Melvin. He was removed after 76 pitches during Friday’s 7-3 to the

Aug 28, 2023, 08:03 PM ET Right-handed pitcher Tony Gonsolin will undergo Tommy John surgery, the Los Angeles Dodgers announced Monday. Dr. Neal ElAttrache will perform the surgery, scheduled for Friday. The decision came after Gonsolin underwent a recent MRI on his right elbow. Now he will be sidelined into the 2024 season. Editor’s Picks

Associated Press Aug 28, 2023, 07:00 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper and Shohei Ohtani each boast MVP and Rookie of the Year awards along with multiple All-Star Game appearances as two of baseball’s preeminent faces. Oh, Harper and Ohtani are also linked in a rather calamitous way: Each have torn ligaments in their right

Associated Press Aug 28, 2023, 08:13 PM ET NEW YORK — Max Scherzer returned to Citi Field on Monday as a member of the Texas Rangers — still mystified as to how the New York Mets‘ season, which began with championship hopes for a team with the largest payroll in major league history, unspooled to

Associated Press Aug 28, 2023, 04:53 PM ET CHICAGO — A shooting that wounded two women at Friday night’s Chicago White Sox–Oakland Athletics game most likely involved a gun that went off inside Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago’s interim police superintendent said Monday. Officials have said little about where the bullets came from, or if someone

Associated Press Aug 28, 2023, 06:12 PM ET ATLANTA — Pat Corrales, who managed the Texas Rangers, Cleveland and the Philadelphia Phillies before a long stint on the Atlanta Braves coaching staff under Hall of Fame skipper Bobby Cox, has died at age of 82. The Los Angeles Dodgers said Corrales died of natural causes

David Purdum, ESPN Staff WriterAug 28, 2023, 03:47 PM ET Close Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Mookie Betts has gone in just two weeks from long shot to odds-on favorite to win the National League MVP award at sportsbooks around the nation. Betts’ odds were sitting