Aug 30, 2019 Some guys get it straight. Others get punked. Regardless of how the news comes, big leaguers never forget the moment they got called up to The Show. Even though expanded rosters are going the way of the mound visit — starting next year, the limit drops from 40 to 28 players —
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8:00 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” The full 2019 Body Issue experience launches on Sept. 4. In the meantime, check out 10 years of Body archives. AT THE 2018 midseason break, Christian Yelich was a 26-year-old first-time All-Star
9:00 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Cincinnati Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez left the second game of a doubleheader against the St. Louis Cardinals after being hit by a pitch Sunday night. Daniel Ponce de Leon plunked Suarez on the left hand with his first pitch of the at-bat in the fifth inning.
8:39 PM ET CHICAGO — Could things have gone any worse for the Chicago Cubs over the holiday weekend? In the span of about 24 hours, they were shut out twice by the Milwaukee Brewers, scratched their hottest starting pitcher, lost their most popular player to a hand injury, saw their new closer give up
7:39 PM ET ESPN News Services Pablo Sandoval grounded out as a pinch-hitter Sunday in what could be his final game with the San Francisco Giants. The 33-year-old former World Series MVP was activated off the injured list earlier in the day for a final at-bat under retiring manager Bruce Bochy. Sandoval will undergo season-ending
6:13 PM ET ESPN News Services PHOENIX — Los Angeles Dodgers rookie pitcher Dustin May left Sunday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks after being hit on the right side of the head by a line drive. The 21-year-old May was down for a few minutes before sitting up and eventually walking off the field. The
6:13 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Los Angeles Dodgers rookie pitcher Dustin May appeared to avoid serious injury Sunday despite getting hit on the right side of the head by a line drive in his team’s win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jake Lamb‘s hard-hit liner in the fourth inning ricocheted off May’s head and
4:59 PM ET We were sitting in the press box at Wrigley Field on Sunday watching a no-hitter — of sorts. Milwaukee’s Gio Gonzalez hadn’t allowed a hit in three innings against the Cubs, but he had walked four, and even if he hadn’t you knew that once Chicago reached its third time through the
4:44 PM ET Carlos Carrasco made his return to a major league mound on Sunday after being diagnosed with leukemia earlier this year. The Cleveland Indians veteran right-hander pitched an inning in relief against the Tampa Bay Rays, allowing two hits and a run. The 32-year-old Carrasco hadn’t pitched in the majors since late May
2:39 PM ET CHICAGO — Ben Zobrist returned to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday after a four-month absence to attend to his family after he and his wife initiated divorce proceedings. “I’m nothing but grateful for how [the Cubs] handled the whole situation,” Zobrist said in his first public comments since May. “They’ve given me