MLB

1:12 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis has been diagnosed with a fractured left wrist after he was hit by a pitch during Friday’s game. The Braves announced Markakis’ injury Saturday while placing him on the 10-day IL. Markakis was hit on the left wrist by a pitch from the Philadelphia

1:12 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Braves outfielder Nick Markakis has been diagnosed with a fractured left wrist after he was hit by a pitch during Friday’s game. The Braves announced Markakis’ injury Saturday while placing him on the 10-day IL. Markakis was hit on the left wrist by a pitch from the Philadelphia

1:32 AM ET MILWAUKEE — Every time the Chicago Cubs think they’ve plugged a hole on their roster, another one pops up. After signing closer Craig Kimbrel in June, they probably figured they were set with righties in their bullpen — and that was before they realized Brandon Kintzler was one of their best from

11:32 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Nelson Cruz homered for the seventh time in his last five games, and the slugging Minnesota Twins became the fastest team to reach 200 homers in major league history during a 6-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night. Max Kepler hit a three-run drive in

11:16 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets All-Star Jeff McNeil was working the phone Friday, hoping to acquire a promising, four-pawed prospect with the trade deadline looming. A ruff negotiation, indeed. McNeil video chatted with his wife, Tatiana, from Citi Field prior to a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, pleading to take home

1:10 AM ET BOSTON — Mookie Betts admits this regularly: He hasn’t remotely lived up to his own expectations so far this season. At the depths of his struggles earlier in the year, when the reigning American League MVP’s batting average dipped as low as .260 after reaching .346 in 2018, Betts struggled to find

9:30 PM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Bruce Bochy isn’t allowing much time for nostalgia during his final weekend in San Diego as a major league manager. His San Francisco Giants are playing too well for Bochy to spend much time thinking back on the 12 seasons he managed the Padres. “Maybe the last

9:15 PM ET BOSTON — Reigning American League MVP and Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts homered three times in four innings against the New York Yankees on Friday night. Betts led off the game with a towering homer over the Green Monster off Yankees starter James Paxton, following up with a line shot over

9:15 PM ET BOSTON — Reigning American League MVP and Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts homered three times in four innings against the New York Yankees on Friday night, helping Boston roll to a 10-5 win. Betts finished the evening 4-for-5 with five RBIs and four runs. He led off the game with a

7:36 PM ET BOSTON — As he continues working the phones in the lead-up to Wednesday’s trade deadline, New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said Friday that he has discussed potential moves with every big league team — except one. “I’m fully engaged with every team,” Cashman said, “except for the Boston Red Sox.”