11:29 AM ET ESPN News Services The Los Angeles Angels have reached an agreement with Joe Maddon to make him their next manager, the team announced Wednesday. Maddon is expected to receive a three-year contract in the $12 million to $15 million range, a source told ESPN. He will be formally introduced by the Angels
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10:17 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Astros manager AJ Hinch has heard the chatter — that Rays starter Tyler Glasnow was offering a sneak peek on his off-speed deliveries, that Houston had a poker-worthy tell on Yankees hard throwers James Paxton and Luis Severino. All that pitch-tipping paranoia? “I think it’s kind
8:13 AM ET NEW YORK — Game 3 of the ALCS began under a clear, azure, late-afternoon sky on Tuesday in the Bronx. It ended under a clear, darkened sky on a crisp evening with a mostly full moon shining high above Yankee Stadium. But the weatherman had bad news, and Wednesday’s Game 4 was
2:58 AM ET WASHINGTON — Ryan Zimmerman spoke to his father recently and thought back to the ninth inning of the National League wild-card game, which by this point feels like a lifetime ago. He identified that moment as the first time, across 1,709 games in 15 major league seasons, that he forgot to breathe.
2:04 AM ET WASHINGTON — All season, we talked about the three super-mega-amazing teams that dominated the regular season. The Astros won 107 games. The Dodgers won 106 games. The Yankees won 103. The Washington Nationals? They didn’t even win their division. They stumbled out of the gate to a 19-31 record. After going 82-80
11:10 PM ET WASHINGTON — The game was essentially over in the first inning. With chants of “Let’s go Nats!” echoing from the first pitch, and then chants of “Let’s go Corbin!” as Nationals starter Patrick Corbin mowed down the Cardinals with three strikeouts to begin the game, and then “M-V-P!” chants as Anthony Rendon
11:25 PM ET WASHINGTON — The Nationals are headed to their first World Series. Fittingly, the player who led them there is going to his first one, too. Veteran Howie Kendrick was named MVP of the National League Championship Series on Tuesday night, with his big bat helping Washington to a four-game sweep of the
11:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Houston Astros right fielder Josh Reddick called out Yankees fans for tossing water bottles, baseballs and other objects on the field during New York’s 4-1 loss in the AL Championship Series on Tuesday. “You throw a baseball hard enough and hit somebody in the head when they’re
11:10 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole was bruised but certainly not battered Tuesday night. In a game of missed chances for the Yankees, with their biggest strengths turning into so many Achilles’ heels, Cole and the Astros
10:02 PM ET NEW YORK — Houston Astros ace Gerrit Cole did not have his best stuff against the potent New York Yankees offense in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday. He put up nothing but zeros anyway. Cole went seven often-laborious innings in Houston’s 4-1 win, striking out seven and