4:15 PM ET Wilson Ramos will indeed be behind the plate when Noah Syndergaard and the Mets take on Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers tonight in New York. It will be Syndergaard’s first start since the New York Post reported Monday that he and his agents have lobbied to let the right-hander pitch
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8:00 AM ET The regular season is coming down to the wire, with the wild-card races holding most of the drama and those teams poised for the postseason trying to position themselves for a deep run. Here’s what we’ll be watching this weekend: The Dodgers, who face the Mets on Sunday Night Baseball (ESPN, 7
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” It is, like the story began, the best of times and the worst of times — an era received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. There
9:00 AM ET The Baltimore Orioles and Detroit Tigers start a four-game series tonight as the two worst teams in baseball during a season in which the difference between the top-tier clubs and those on the bottom rung has never been more pronounced. As the worst of the worst square off, we got to wondering:
12:35 AM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Mariners rookie Kyle Lewis has tied a major league record by hitting a home run in his first three games. Lewis joined Trevor Story as the only players to accomplish the feat. Story connected in his first four games — totaling six homers in that span — for
11:44 PM ET SAN DIEGO — The games are getting more and more important for the Chicago Cubs, which means one thing on a team whose starting rotation features pennant race stalwarts Jon Lester, Cole Hamels and Kyle Hendricks: Give the ball to Yu Darvish. In what might be the biggest surprise in a year
11:54 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Now that Rich Hill finally got past an arm injury, he’s got a knee problem that might ruin his bid to pitch for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the postseason. Hill struggled with his control during his first start since June 19 and hurt his left knee in
8:14 PM ET ESPN News Services After his third at-bat Thursday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Mets rookie Pete Alonso decided to change his appearance, shaving his mustache during the game. He struck out twice and reached on a throwing error before deciding to make a switch at Citi Field. “I had very terrible
7:16 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Ryan Braun honored injured teammate Christian Yelich the past two days by wearing his No. 22 jersey underneath his own. Braun then put on a Yelich-like performance Thursday, hitting a two-run homer that helped the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 3-2 to complete a four-game sweep that
4:54 PM ET Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani will have season-ending knee surgery Friday but is expected to be recovered in time for 2020 spring training. The Angels announced Thursday that the surgery will “address a bipartite patella” in Ohtani’s left knee. The operation carries an expected recovery of 8-12 weeks, according to the