6:25 PM ET The Dodgers are irate with Philadelphia Phillies reliever Hector Neris, who celebrated his save against them Thursday with a fist pump and and then a staredown into the Los Angeles dugout. “Neris got the save and looked right into our dugout and screamed as loud as he could, ‘F— you!,'” first baseman
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6:21 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mike DiMuro, among three father-son duos to work home plate in a major league no-hitter, is retiring after two decades as an umpire. He is being replaced on the big league staff by Chad Whitson, the commissioner’s office said Thursday. The 51-year-old DiMuro made his major league
5:54 PM ET Associated Press CINCINNATI — The Reds are down to their fourth and fifth catchers after placing two more on the injured list Thursday. Curt Casali went on the 10-day injured list with a right knee sprain that manager David Bell said could keep him out for as long as a month. Casali
5:43 PM ET Nathan Eovaldi struck out three in a scoreless inning of relief in his first rehab appearance for Triple-A Pawtucket on Thursday and is poised to join the Boston Red Sox bullpen this weekend. The hard-throwing right-hander has been on the injured list since late April because of a sore elbow. Eovaldi threw
8:00 AM ET NEW YORK — On the back of his custom Players Weekend jersey last summer, the then-Colorado Rockies second baseman settled on a simple two-letter nickname he has had for much of his life: “DJ.” Given David John LeMahieu’s reticent nature, preferring to fly under the radar, he’ll probably just pick it again
8:00 AM ET Among this weekend’s most interesting matchups are a clash of the NL East’s top two teams, a showdown of exciting shortstops in Chicago and a host of games involving teams with deadline decisions that could be determined by their play on the field. Here’s what we’re most excited to see: The Braves
9:00 AM ET Editor’s note: Alex Rodriguez has a unique relationship with the four players voted into the 2019 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 Cooperstown,
8:40 AM ET Texas Rangers left-hander Mike Minor is already tired of being connected to possible trades. Minor, an All-Star for the first time this season, saw his name bubble up again Wednesday, with MLB Network reporting that he is “an increasingly likely trade candidate.” It has the 31-year-old wondering why the Rangers gave him
10:00 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” Mariano Rivera was the greatest regular-season reliever of all time and the greatest postseason reliever of all time. That’s why he’s a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Simple enough. But Bill James’ old
8:06 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says it’s “a little bit tough to swallow” that closer Kenley Jansen changed his mind about the severity of a foot injury after blowing a save Tuesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies. Jansen was struck in the foot by Adam Haseley‘s grounder