6:09 PM ET WASHINGTON — Nationals ace Max Scherzer is expected to return from the injured list Thursday. “He felt good today,” manager Davey Martinez said of Scherzer, who threw a bullpen session Monday prior to the opener of a four-game series between the Nationals and Rockies getting rained out. That contest has been rescheduled
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5:52 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Yonder Alonso has been brought up to the Colorado Rockies from Triple-A Albuquerque. The 32-year-old was signed to a minor league contract on July 10, a week after he was released by the Chicago White Sox from a contract he signed with Cleveland. That deal guaranteed $9 million
5:11 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers have announced plans for a $100 million renovation project that will modernize their ballpark ahead of next year’s All-Star Game, an ambitious undertaking that will feature a new center-field plaza and a series of elevators and bridges that should allow for easier access throughout the
3:05 PM ET Former major league pitcher Dwight Gooden was charged with driving while intoxicated in Newark, New Jersey, on Monday, his second arrest in the past two months. Gooden, 54, was stopped after driving the wrong way on a one-way street, according to Newark Public Safety Director Anthony F. Ambrose. Gooden was taken to
8:00 AM ET There are many big decisions left to be made with only eight shopping days left until the 2019 MLB trade deadline. As your team tries to figure out if it is a buyer, seller or somewhere in between, we break down which stars could be on the move before July 31. Whether
10:33 AM ET ESPN News Services The independent Atlantic League is so happy with “robot umpires” that it will continue using the system for the rest of the season, starting Thursday. The league became the first American professional baseball league to let a computer call balls and strikes at its All-Star Game earlier this month.
12:43 AM ET Houston Astros rookie slugger Yordan Alvarez homered and knocked in a pair of runs Monday night in an 11-1 win over the Oakland A’s, making him the first player to have 35 RBIs in his first 30 career games since runs batted in became an official statistic in 1920. Alvarez, 22, passed
11:39 PM ET SAN FRANCISCO — Chicago Cubs second baseman Addison Russell agrees that he has to play better after being called out by his manager over the weekend. “With aggression comes the good things and the bad things,” Russell said Monday afternoon from the Cubs clubhouse at Oracle Park. “The skillset is there. It’s
9:53 PM ET Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs has been remembered at a memorial service as a beloved son, husband, teammate and friend whose upbeat personality brought joy to everyone around him. Skaggs’ teammates and family gathered at a Catholic church in his native Santa Monica on Monday
8:41 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox have become the first team in the major leagues to extend protective netting from foul pole to foul pole, starting Monday night against the Miami Marlins. The extra netting at Guaranteed Rate Field was in place for Chicago’s first home game since the