5:36 PM ET Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer said Friday he has an inflamed bursa sac in his back and received a cortisone shot on Tuesday to clear up inflammation. Scherzer told reporters he won’t pitch Sunday but is hopeful it won’t be too much longer. The injury was originally diagnosed as a back strain,
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5:06 PM ET The Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a deal with left-hander Drew Smyly pending a physical, manager Gabe Kapler confirmed to reporters Friday. If it goes through, the 30-year-old Smyly would move into the starting rotation and pitch Sunday against the Pirates in Pittsburgh, Kapler said. The Phillies do not have a left-hander
4:18 PM ET Rick Shapiro, a longtime attorney for the Major League Baseball Players Association, has been let go by the union after being increasingly marginalized in recent months, according to sources. Shapiro’s departure comes at a time when the union is gearing up for what will be an important and perhaps contentious round of
3:06 PM ET Aaron Boone’s “savage” rant has netted him a one-game suspension. The New York Yankees manager was disciplined a day after being ejected from Thursday’s 6-2 win over the Tampa Bay Rays. Boone was also fined an undisclosed amount for “inappropriate actions, including contact with the home plate umpire” during a tirade in
8:06 AM ET The Houston Astros are not happy about scheduling that has them making a quick turnaround ahead of Friday night’s home game against the Texas Rangers. The Astros played the final game of their series against the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night. The team was estimated to arrive back in Houston about
10:00 AM ET The past two years of Hall of Fame votes demonstrated that the mindset of the electorate has shifted to a bigger, more inclusive Hall that will reward recent players with the same generosity previous generations created in building a plaque gallery overstuffed with players from the 1920s and 1930s. Actually, that isn’t
10:03 PM ET Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg singled and hit a 420-foot, three-run homer in the third inning of Thursday’s game against the Braves in Atlanta. Strasburg led off the third inning with a single to center and scored the Nationals’ first run, tying the game. The Nationals batted around, and when Strasburg came
11:00 AM ET Editor’s note: Alex Rodriguez has a unique relationship with the four players voted into the 2019 Baseball Hall of Fame class. He was teammates with three of them (Mariano Rivera, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussina) and played against Roy Halladay throughout their careers. In the days leading up to their enshrinement in
7:08 PM ET Los Angeles Angels superstar Mike Trout is back in the lineup after missing three games with a calf injury. Trout is batting second as the designated hitter for the final game of the series with the Houston Astros. Trout left Sunday’s 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners after the second inning. An
1:10 AM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone went on a profane rant Thursday that seemed to spark his team’s rally from a slow start to a 6-2 victory in the first game of a doubleheader against the Tampa Bay Rays. The rant came after rookie umpire Brennan Miller called Brett