7:32 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers starter Hyun-Jin Ryu, who has been struggling lately, will miss a start in the rotation to get some rest, manager Dave Roberts said Friday. Ryu will miss a scheduled start in Baltimore, and should get 9-10 days off in a row. Ryu boasted a major-league leading ERA of 1.45
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7:27 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball and the MLB Players Association have had initial conversations about randomly testing players for opioids following an autopsy report that showed oxycodone and fentanyl in the blood of late
2:07 PM ET The San Jose Sharks have gone out of the box in looking for front-office talent, adding former Los Angeles Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti as a scout. “Ned has an extensive background working in professional sports and talent evaluation and he will bring a fresh perspective to our organization’s evaluation process,” Sharks
1:45 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton had five plate appearances in a simulated game Friday as he works to return this month from a knee injury. The slugger also worked out in right field at the Yankees’ complex in Tampa, Florida. He is expected to take part
9:53 AM ET Mike Minor starts Saturday for the Rangers against the Orioles and with a good outing — a strong possibility given the opponent — Minor could move into the lead for the best individual pitching season in Rangers history, at least via Baseball-Reference WAR. I’ve been slightly obsessed with Minor’s WAR for most
11:28 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Brian Moran became the first player in major league history to make his debut while facing his brother on the mound, striking out younger sibling Colin in the Marlins’ 10-7 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday night. Brian (1-0) entered in the fourth inning with the Marlins
6:46 AM ET All but one of the division races are looking settled, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t storylines that capture the imagination around baseball. Here’s what has our attention this weekend: The two National League teams with the best chance of knocking off the Dodgers right now seem to be the Braves and
9:17 PM ET Style of play has been a hot topic this season, when records are falling left and right, and center, too. That sounds pretty exciting, but a lot of people have a lot of problems with which records are falling because of what it says about the product. Which, by the way, remains
6:19 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Injured Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Blake Snell is scheduled to make his first rehab start Saturday in a playoff game with Triple-A Durham. Last year’s AL Cy Young Award winner has been out since July 22 because of bone chips in his throwing elbow that required
5:38 PM ET With less than a month remaining for the Chicago Cubs to solidify their place in the NL playoff picture, the team is placing closer Craig Kimbrel on the 10-day injured list with right elbow inflammation. In a corresponding move, David Bote was recalled from Triple-A. An MRI came back clean on Kimbrel,