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ESPN News Services Mar 1, 2025, 07:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions President Donald Trump said Friday that he would pardon baseball great Pete Rose and criticized Major League Baseball for barring the all-time hit leader from the sport’s Hall of Fame for gambling. Rose, who died last year at 83, was banned from baseball

Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — As much as Shohei Ohtani relished the opposite-field home run he crushed Friday night in his first at-bat this spring, the reigning National League MVP left the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels feeling even better about how his surgically repaired left shoulder withstood its

Associated Press Feb 28, 2025, 04:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees right-hander Luis Gil will have an MRI after the AL Rookie of the Year experienced shoulder tightness during a bullpen session Friday, manager Aaron Boone told reporters. Boone also said right-hander JT Brubaker suffered three broken ribs when hit by

Enrique RojasFeb 28, 2025, 02:58 PM ET Close Enrique Rojas is a reporter and columnist for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The Dominican Republic has chosen former St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Angels star Albert Pujols as its next manager for the 2026 World Baseball Classic and will make the announcement official sometime

Field Level Media Feb 28, 2025, 12:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Detroit Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling is nursing a strained right rotator cuff and will not be ready by Opening Day, manager A.J. Hinch said Friday. The team announced that Vierling, 28, will complete a period of rest before being reevaluated for baseball activities.

Associated Press Feb 28, 2025, 10:57 AM ET PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — New York Mets infielder Nick Madrigal could miss the entire 2025 season with a fractured left shoulder. Manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters Friday that Madrigal needs surgery to repair his non-throwing shoulder, which the player dislocated Sunday when he fell to the

Associated Press Feb 28, 2025, 10:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEARWATER, Fla. — Bryce Harper is returning to the Philadelphia Phillies lineup Friday, two days after getting hit on the arm by a pitch. Harper is scheduled to hit second and play in his usual spot at first base against the Boston Red Sox.

Jesse RogersFeb 28, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — One team is a worldwide attraction fresh off its eighth World Series title. The other just lost an MLB record 121 games and hasn’t won a playoff series since

Feb 27, 2025, 09:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Countless home runs are hit every spring training. But it would be tough to argue many carry more meaning than the two-run shot Jake Burger hit Thursday. Burger spent the week at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, where his 4-month-old daughter, Penelope, had open-heart surgery.

Feb 27, 2025, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Derek Bender, the former Minnesota Twins minor league catcher who is under MLB investigation for telling opposing hitters what pitches were coming, denied the allegations in an interview with The Athletic as he remains out of professional baseball. “No,” Bender told The Athletic, in an interview