5:01 PM ET Associated Press Home runs surged 58% at Triple-A this season following the switch to major league baseballs. According to the organization that governs the minors, 5,752 homers were hit in the International and Pacific Coast Leagues. That’s up from 3,652 in 2018. Rawlings provides baseballs for the majors and minors. The big
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4:41 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa is in the process of switching agents, following the advice of Alex Rodriguez and joining the powerful WME agency in spite of it not having a baseball
1:00 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — Astros right-hander Aaron Sanchez will have surgery on his throwing shoulder and will miss the remainder of the season. Meanwhile, outfielder George Springer, whose head hit the outfield wall Tuesday night, has been diagnosed with a mild concussion and will miss a few games before returning early
12:20 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — White Sox manager Rick Renteria will undergo surgery on his right rotator cuff Friday in Chicago. Renteria will miss the weekend home series against the Los Angeles Angels but plans to return to the dugout early next week. Bench coach Joe McEwing will run the team in Renteria’s
8:49 AM ET MILWAUKEE — One series, they look like world-beaters, then in the next they can’t get out of their own way. So it goes for the Chicago Cubs this season as they trudge along to a dramatic finish — one way or another. Either they’ll enter October as a dangerous underdog, featuring elite
12:13 AM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers broke the National League record for home runs in a season thanks to Joc Pederson‘s pair of home runs against the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday night. The Dodgers have hit 250 homers on the year, surpassing the Houston Astros‘ previous record of 249, which they set in 2000.
1:16 AM ET It was looking like a bit of slow day on Wednesday, with only 11 games on the slate, but then Joc Pederson continued his tear in the late game. In his final at-bat on Sunday, his three at-bats on Monday and his three on Wednesday (he didn’t play Tuesday), Pederson did this:
12:25 AM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jorge Soler hit his 39th homer to set a Royals team record Tuesday night, and manager Ned Yost thought that might really open the floodgates for the breakout slugger. Relieved to have the record in his pocket, a relaxed Soler stretched his total to 40 with
10:52 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — With a homer, a win and an appearance in the outfield, Michael Lorenzen pulled off a feat last accomplished by The Babe. Cincinnati’s versatile reliever also blocked the Phillies from gaining ground in the playoff chase. That last part stung the most for Philadelphia. Lorenzen hit a two-run
8:00 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton will head to the team’s minor league complex in Tampa, Florida, this week for batting practice, among the final steps before returning for the final weeks of an injury-wrecked season. “I feel like he’s really starting to build some momentum and