1:33 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Newly minted Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez made a point of watching rehabbing reliever Aaron Barrett throw a bullpen session early in spring training in 2018 and was amazed at how well the right-hander was throwing. After all, Barrett already had missed two full seasons after undergoing Tommy
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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” This article is about a team record that was set by a team long after it had ceased to be a team. It might well never be broken. Or it might be
7:00 AM ET I love September, with those perfect late-summer afternoons and cool, pleasant evenings. The leaves beginning to turn. The final month of baseball’s playoff drive before the drama and magic of October begins. My one pet peeve: Halloween displays in stores. Can we at least finish the regular season before we start getting
7:18 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The first pitch Gavin Lux ever saw in the major leagues, a 93 mph fastball tailing low and away, he lined into shallow center field for a base hit. When he reached first base, the Los Angeles Dodgers broadcast panned to his mother, Heather, and his father, Tom, who
2:35 AM ET WASHINGTON — They are what we thought they were. The Washington Nationals ‘ see-it-to-believe-it, come-from-way-behind-way-late 11-10 win over the New York Mets wasn’t a swing game. It didn’t transform the pennant race. It didn’t alter the fate of the free world as we know it. It didn’t reverse the destiny of an
11:32 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — A few cheering fans caught the attention of Nationals manager Dave Martinez as he finally began his nightly debrief with reporters. “Thank you for staying,” Martinez said. They couldn’t have been blamed for leaving early. No doubt, they’re glad they didn’t. Kurt Suzuki capped the largest ninth-inning comeback
1:49 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco‘s return to Progressive Field didn’t produce the results he wanted. Carrasco received a standing ovation in his first appearance at home since being diagnosed with leukemia, but he gave up home runs to James McCann and Eloy Jimenez in the eighth inning that lifted the Chicago
9:26 PM ET Houston Astros center fielder George Springer left Tuesday night’s road game against the Milwaukee Brewers after crashing into the center-field wall while making a catch. Springer made a leaping catch of a Ryan Braun shot to deep center to end the fifth inning, but his head crashed into the wall as he
7:55 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pirates rookie right-hander Mitch Keller was pulled from Tuesday night’s game with a bruised right wrist after being struck by a line drive. Keller was injured in the second inning on a comebacker hit by Miami‘s Garrett Cooper. Considered the Pirates’ top prospect going into the season, Keller
3:31 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — New York Yankees slugger Edwin Encarnacion homered in his return from the injured list Tuesday, blasting a two-run shot in the seventh inning against the Texas Rangers. Encarnacion was the latest player activated off the 17-player-deep