9:23 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Oakland Athletics left-hander A.J. Puk was placed on the 10-day injured list Monday with a strained shoulder and traveled to Los Angeles to be examined by Dr. Neal ElAttrache. Puk, a top prospect expected to be in the A’s rotation once healthy, was also bothered by the
MLB
7:58 PM ET Anthony Rendon, the Los Angeles Angels‘ new third baseman, is nursing an oblique injury that seemingly has not improved, further jeopardizing his chances of playing during the opening weekend. Rendon, signed to a $245 million contract this offseason, was scratched from intrasquad games on Friday and Saturday and did not play on
4:25 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Taking a chance to review instant replay, Major League Baseball doubled the number of isolated cameras available for video reviews to 24 this year. MLB also arranged for high-frame-rate cameras to stream directly to the new replay operations center and ballpark video rooms, and for MLB-controlled 4K
4:48 PM ET Dr. Anthony Fauci will throw out the ceremonial first pitch Thursday night before the reigning World Series champion Washington Nationals kick off the shortened 2020 season at home against the New York Yankees. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and a member of the White
3:51 PM ET Bookmakers and bettors are gearing up for a daily race for information, with the winners at an advantage during what’s expected to be a turbulent baseball season with frequent changes to starting lineups and pitching rotations. Major League Baseball has informed clubs that the protocols for releasing starting lineups, which were revised
1:43 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays are talking to the Pittsburgh Pirates about sharing their major league ballpark this season after Canada’s government barred them from playing in their home stadium amid the coronavirus pandemic Pirates president Travis Williams confirmed the talks and sounded ready to welcome the Blue Jays.
7:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Back in the old days, the 2020 Houston Astros were scheduled to play two Opening Days: one at their park on the first day of the season and one in Anaheim for
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The start of baseball season means it’s time for predictions, but we asked our writers to take it a step further heading into Opening Day. The assignment was simple: Find two bets you would make for the 2020 MLB season, with one thing you are certain will happen and a
6:21 AM ET Kane Pitman Major League Baseball is just days away from a second attempt at 2020 Opening Day, with the first pitch in a compressed regular season slated for Thursday. Unlike their NBA and WNBA counterparts who are set to tip in their respective Florida bubbles, the MLB season will commence with games
8:10 PM ET Associated Press Pittsburgh Pirates third base prospect Ke’Bryan Hayes is out indefinitely while dealing with the novel coronavirus. Manager Derek Shelton announced Hayes’ illness on Sunday after the 23-year-old Hayes — the son of former longtime MLB third baseman Charlie Hayes — gave the team clearance to do so. The diagnosis blunts