7:28 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Theo Epstein said he is staying with the Chicago Cubs as president of baseball operations and dismissed speculation that he could return to the Boston Red Sox, with whom he was general manager from 2002 to 2011. “I’m here [with the Cubs],” Epstein said Wednesday afternoon from PNC Park, where
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6:45 PM ET Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. has been shut down for the remainder of the regular season with a left groin strain, manager Brian Snitker said Wednesday. Snitker said Acuna was also suffering from a sore hip, but that the All-Star will continue hitting and throwing and should be ready for the
4:56 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Twins reliever Sam Dyson had surgery on his shoulder, ending the right-hander’s season and potentially putting 2020 in jeopardy as well. Dyson had the capsule repair operation Tuesday in California. Manager Rocco Baldelli said the timeline isn’t firm, but it could be a year before Dyson can pitch
4:52 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez has been ordered held without bond following his arrest on multiple felony charges, including sexual assault of a minor. Vazquez was taken into custody last week by Pennsylvania State Police on an arrest warrant from Florida stemming from illicit electronic communication with an
8:00 AM ET It was a sweltering Monday afternoon in St. Louis — mid-90s and Missouri humid, with a real-feel temperature hitting 106 degrees. It was only a few days before the beginning of autumn, when in baseball we turn our attention to the playoffs. In St. Louis, they apparently had not gotten the memo,
9:00 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” When Philip K. Dick wrote “The Man In The High Castle” in 1962, he left many of his major plot points to chance. Dick would throw coins and, using the ancient Chinese
6:00 AM ET TEMPE Ariz. — With about eight minutes left in the first quarter against the Carolina Panthers, Arizona Cardinals rookie quarterback Kyler Murray took the snap, dropped back for a beat and then took off up the field. Nine yards later, he slid, left leg crossed under his outstretched right leg. It was
4:58 AM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Ildemaro Vargas had a game-tying pinch-hit homer in the ninth inning on Tuesday and then got singled with the bases loaded in the 19th at 1:34 a.m. local time on Wednesday to give the Arizona Diamondbacks a 3-2 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. Carson Kelly and Nick
3:32 AM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The Rockies and Giants combined to use a major league-record 25 pitchers, and Colorado finished off San Francisco 8-5 early Wednesday morning when Charlie Blackmon hit a three-run homer in the 16th inning. The game lasted 5 hours, 31 minutes, with Giants manager Bruce Bochy making 12
11:36 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The season can’t get over fast enough for the Chicago Cubs who were pushed to the brink of playoff elimination after a sloppy 9-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night, the Cubs’ seventh consecutive defeat. “I didn’t expect this to be happening,” losing pitcher Kyle Hendricks said afterward.