8:09 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Corey Kluber faced major league hitters for the first time in 10 months — in a new uniform, no less — and said he didn’t feel any different. “Maybe a little bit beforehand,” the Texas Rangers right-hander said Sunday after throwing three innings against the Los Angeles
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3:45 PM ET Associated Press FORT MYERS, Fla. — It was just a batting practice session, one of the lowest spring training rungs in a pitcher’s preparation for opening day. But for Chris Sale, it was progress. Even after finishing with a fastball that a Triple-A prospect who batted .204 last year managed to hit
1:54 PM ET The Houston Astros‘ Lance McCullers on Sunday pitched in a major league game for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2018. The right-hander pitched two-thirds of an inning and didn’t allow a run against the St. Louis Cardinals in West Palm Beach, Florida. He retired Kolten Wong on a
7:00 AM ET MESA, Ariz. — What’s different about spring training for players compared to the regular season? How about everything. It starts with being in the same place for six weeks, getting up daily before dawn and then playing half of a game before heading to the pool or golf course. None of that
7:38 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — Yu Darvish‘s spring training debut Saturday began exactly the way he predicted. First pitch, home run. Orlando Arcia connected right away, launching a drive over the fence in left-center field, prompting the Chicago Cubs right-hander to rapidly snap his glove open and closed, imploring the plate umpire
2:00 PM ET What Major League Baseball wants is for its product to move and flow in a way that attracts new generations of fans, many of whom now treat any hint of boredom with a touch of the next app, moving on to the next thing. This concern was the motivating factor behind the
5:40 PM ET ESPN News Services TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees star Aaron Judge underwent an MRI that came back negative and is scheduled for another test Monday as the team tries to determine the cause of his ailing right shoulder. Manager Aaron Boone said Judge “was not right” while taking batting practice in
4:10 PM ET With great risk comes great reward in baseball, whether played on actual diamonds or the ones found in digital fantasy leagues. It’s not a monumental challenge to assemble an 81-win team in Major League Baseball or finish fifth in your 12-team fantasy league. But who wants to be an also-ran? At some
11:13 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” For baseball players taking advantage of a new drug policy in which marijuana use is permissible, the commissioner has a warning: Just don’t show up to the ballpark high. Even though Major
7:12 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Salvador Perez was back behind the plate Friday for the first time since Tommy John surgery. The six-time All-Star caught the first four innings of the Kansas City Royals‘ 3-1 loss to a San Francisco split squad. “I was super excited to be back behind the home