4:51 PM ET Milwaukee Brewers star outfielder Christian Yelich said he is day to day after potentially aggravating his nagging back injury. Yelich was not in the lineup for the second straight game Wednesday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The reigning National League MVP told reporters that he felt something in his back during Monday’s
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3:40 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Manager Joe Maddon says the Chicago Cubs have signed catcher Jonathan Lucroy. The 33-year-old Lucroy was designated for assignment by the Angels last Friday, then cleared waivers and was unconditionally released by Los Angeles on Wednesday. The 10-year-veteran and two-time All-Star is expected to join the NL Central-leading
3:37 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox say second baseman Dustin Pedroia has had another surgery on his troublesome left knee. The 35-year-old Pedroia has played only six games this season, all in April. The four-time All-Star was limited to three games last year. The Red Sox say Pedroia had knee
2:54 PM ET The Minnesota Twins turned a triple play for the second time in less than three weeks when they achieved the rare feat Wednesday against the Atlanta Braves. With the bases loaded and no outs in the third inning, Atlanta’s Tyler Flowers hit a grounder to Minnesota third baseman Miguel Sano, who stepped
8:00 AM ET YORK, Pa. — Jimmy Paredes didn’t mean to steal first base. It just kind of happened. It was Friday, July 12. The first day of the second half of the Atlantic League season. During the all-star break, a batch of wacky new rules had been introduced. The craziest one of all? Stealing
Aug 1, 2019 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” Mike Trout is squarely in the passing-Hall-of-Famers-in-career-WAR-every-few-days period of his career. He is still 27. If I tell you that 27-year-old Mike Trout has more career WAR than, say, Barry Larkin, you
7:57 AM ET The Texas Rangers have offered tickets to a family that says it was subject to harassment at a game Saturday. Jessica Romero posted to Facebook that a man made racist comments about Hispanics and intentionally made derogatory gestures behind her family photos taken in the upper-deck bleachers. She included one of the
8:45 AM ET Gerardo Parra is not the first big leaguer to use “Baby Shark” as his walk-up song this year. That honor belongs to Elvis Andrus. “It’s my at-bats, it’s my song, I can do anything I want,” the Rangers shortstop told MLB.com back in March, when he kicked off the season using the
9:00 AM ET WASHINGTON — If the Nationals need a nickname for their stadium, they might want to consider “The Shark Tank.” At least for as long as Gerardo Parra is on the team. Seven weeks ago, Parra made the seemingly trivial decision to change his walk-up music. Released by the Giants in early May