5:08 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Arizona Diamondbacks left-hander Robbie Ray left in the third inning against the Colorado Rockies with spasms in his lower back. Ray took the mound in the bottom of the third Wednesday before being visited by manager Torey Lovullo. After a brief meeting, Ray slowly walked toward the dugout
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4:44 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Jameson Taillon will miss the 2020 season after undergoing reconstructive surgery on his right elbow for a second time. The team said the right-hander underwent Tommy John surgery on Tuesday in New York. The club initially hoped Taillon, who hasn’t pitched since May 1,
4:27 PM ET Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Jake Arrieta has been placed on the injured list and said he’ll likely have surgery for a bone spur in his right elbow. “I would have liked it to go differently,” Arrieta told reporters Wednesday. “I would have liked to pitch the remainder of the season healthy, but it’s
3:49 PM ET The New York Mets put All-Star second baseman Jeff McNeil on the 10-day injured list Wednesday with a mild left hamstring strain and called up Ruben Tejada from Triple-A Syracuse. One of the National League’s top hitters, McNeil is batting .332 with 15 homers and 55 RBIs out of the leadoff spot.
8:00 AM ET When Curacao takes center stage in Williamsport for this year’s Little League World Series, you will encounter a familiar name: Profar. That would be Jurdrick Profar, a player for the Pabao Little League team from Willemstad, Curacao. And yes, he’s related to that Profar. In 2004, Jurickson Profar, now the starting second
2:20 PM ET CHICAGO — It seems that any alarm bells ringing after Houston Astros starter Gerrit Cole was a last-minute scratch from Game 2 of a doubleheader on Tuesday in Chicago can be silenced — that is, if encouraging tests results after an examination of his hamstring prove to be accurate. “We got some
2:24 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Max Scherzer says he’s all set to pitch. Not in the minors. In the majors. For the Washington Nationals. As soon as possible. On the injured list for all but one game over the past five weeks because of trouble with a back muscle, the three-time Cy Young
1:16 PM ET Cleveland Indians outfielder Yasiel Puig, who defected from Cuba in 2010, became an American citizen on Wednesday. The 28-year-old posted a photo on Twitter with American flag, saying, “Thank you God for this great opportunity to be an American citizen.” Puig’s journey to the United States was long, dangerous and complicated. A
11:56 AM ET Cleveland Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco will face live hitters Friday as he continues his return from a leukemia diagnosis, manager Terry Francona said Wednesday. Carrasco, who has been out since June 5, threw a bullpen session and did fielding work Tuesday. Francona said Tuesday that he appreciated Carrasco’s desire to push his
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” Introductory news conferences to announce a free-agent signing can get crazy quickly, and — given how unpredictable baseball performance is — it often takes no more than a year before the most