10:38 AM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia was placed on the 10-day injured list Saturday with knee inflammation after leaving his start Friday with soreness. The right knee has bothered him for years, and he experienced discomfort and was pulled after 48 pitches against the Oakland Athletics. Sabathia, who plans
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10:47 PM ET A week after Luis Castillo and Octavio Dotel headlined a list of suspects named in an investigation of drug trafficking in the Dominican Republic, local authorities have cleared the former MLB players of charges of money laundering. The public prosecutor announced on Friday that he’s suspending the arrest warrant against Castillo after
9:41 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — New York Yankees left-hander CC Sabathia was pulled from his start Friday night against the Oakland Athletics with a recurrence of right knee soreness that has bothered him for years. Sabathia, who plans to retire at the end of the season, said he will get his
9:13 PM ET Cleveland Indians left fielder Tyler Naquin left Friday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays with a right knee sprain. In the bottom of the fifth inning in St. Petersburg, Florida, the Rays’ Joey Wendle lined a Shane Bieber pitch to deep left field. Naquin leaped and caught the ball on the
8:25 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed infielder Max Muncy on the 10-day injured list with a right wrist fracture. The move is retroactive to Thursday. Muncy left Wednesday’s game after against the Padres with the injury after being hit by a pitch. An MRI on Friday revealed the fracture. Manager Dave Roberts
6:42 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Cleveland Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco rejoined the team Friday after a minor league rehab stint and will be reinstated from the 60-day injured list Sunday. The 32-year-old Carrasco hasn’t pitched in the majors since late May, when he was diagnosed with leukemia. “It’s a feel-good
5:32 PM ET ESPN News Services KANSAS CITY, Mo. — David Glass and his family have agreed to sell the Kansas City Royals to an ownership group led by Kansas City entrepreneur John Sherman in a deal that is expected to be worth about $1 billion. The Royals announced the sale in a statement Friday,
4:05 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — The opioids fentanyl and oxycodone, along with alcohol, were in Tyler Skaggs‘ system at the time of his death, according to an autopsy report that was released Friday, nearly two months after the Los Angeles Angels pitcher was found unresponsive. The Tarrant County (Texas) medical examiner’s office listed Skaggs’
4:05 PM ET ESPN News Services A medical examiner in Texas has ruled that Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs died from an accidental overdose of drugs and alcohol. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a report released Friday that Skaggs had the powerful painkillers fentanyl and oxycodone in his system along with
3:31 PM ET ESPN News Services Former New York Mets second baseman Wally Backman was arrested Friday morning and charged with domestic violence in Riverhead, New York. The 59-year-old minor league manager was accused Friday of pushing a woman against a wall, twisting her hand and taking her phone so she couldn’t call 911. Backman