9:51 PM ET It’s Players’ Weekend across baseball, which means it is time for MLB stars to show off their style with creative nicknames on their jerseys, customized kicks on their feet, one-of-a-kind bats at the plate and tailor-made gloves in the field. The start of the weekend has brought some added flair to the
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8:38 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Texas reliever Luke Farrell, out since being hit in the face by a line drive in spring training, was activated from the 60-day injured list by the Rangers before their game Friday against the White Sox. The 28-year-old right-hander has spent the entire season rehabbing since suffering a
7:01 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — While no one is saying the erstwhile national pastime is returning to its glory years, Major League Baseball is encouraged that kids are returning to baseball and sticking with it. Between 2013 and 2018, the number of U.S. kids playing baseball and softball combined increased by nearly
6:06 PM ET Associated Press BALTIMORE — Orioles general manager Mike Elias has fired 11 members of the scouting department and front office as part of an effort to turn around a team in the early stages of a major rebuild. Elias announced the personnel moves Friday. The rookie GM would not reveal the names
We’ve seen the Dodgers challenged for the top slot but never unseated for very long. And this week’s clean sweep of first-place votes suggests not just that L.A. is No. 1 going away, but also that it might take an epic dive not unlike the 1-16 pratfall the Dodgers started stumbling into two years ago
2:31 AM ET Steve RichardsESPN It has pretty much become a matter of not “if” but of “who” and “how” this season at Dodger Stadium. On Thursday night, “who” was Enrique Hernandez, with assists from Corey Seager and Cody Bellinger (who else?), as the Los Angeles Dodgers pulled off their latest walk-off win, overcoming a
8:19 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 has banned all affiliated players from participating in the Venezuela winter league this year, a response intended to comply with President Donald Trump’s embargo against the country’s Nicolas Maduro-led
7:53 PM ET BALTIMORE — Somewhere, the Cincinnati Reds are toasting. On Thursday at Camden Yards, the Baltimore Orioles surrendered their 259th home run of 2019, breaking a tie with the 2016 Reds for most roundtrippers allowed by a team in a single season. The record-breaking bomb came in the top of the third inning
6:29 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels announced Thursday that they’re shutting down rookie starter Griffin Canning for the rest of the season after an MRI showed mild inflammation in his right elbow joint. The team said Wednesday night he was going back on the injured list just three weeks after the same issue landed
2:51 PM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates requested waivers on veteran catcher Francisco Cervelli, who had asked for his release in hopes of landing with a contender, the team said Thursday. Cervelli, 33, has played in just 34 games this season after suffering the sixth concussion of his career on May 25. He has been rehabbing