10:00 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,
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8:00 AM ET The trade deadline is two weeks from Wednesday. And remember: July 31 is the only trade deadline this year. None of those August waiver deals in years past, like Justin Verlander going to the Astros in 2017 or the Yankees acquiring Andrew McCutchen last season. That also means teams have two weeks
10:00 AM ET A couple months ago, when the Washington Nationals had just about hit rock bottom, the most unthinkable of ideas started to surface: Trade Max Scherzer. As blasphemous as the notion seemed, it wasn’t completely looney-tunes. On May 24, Washington was 12 games under .500 and had the third-worst record in the National
11:59 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Chicago Cubs acquired catcher Martin Maldonado for left-hander Mike Montgomery, the reliever who secured the last out in the Cubs’ 2016 World Series championship season. The Cubs announced the deal Monday
11:53 PM ET An MRI on Monday revealed that outfielder Mike Trout has a small strain in his right calf, and the Los Angeles Angels said their All-Star remains day-to-day. Trout experienced soreness in his calf early in Sunday’s 6-3 win over the Seattle Mariners, and he was removed to begin the third inning. He
7:24 PM ET ESPN News Services The Los Angeles Dodgers placed outfielder Chris Taylor on the 10-day injured list on Monday with a left forearm fracture. The move came one day after Taylor exited against the Boston Red Sox after getting hit near his left wrist by a Heath Hembree fastball in the 11th inning.
6:57 PM ET NEW YORK — Injured Yankees starter Luis Severino is so ready to get back on a big-league pitcher’s mound that he indicated Monday he would be comfortable changing his role, and pitching out of the bullpen, if necessary. “I just want to pitch,” Severino said, addressing reporters before the Yankees opened a
8:34 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — With nearly every swing, Brandon Crawford‘s day at the plate got better and better. Crawford went 5-for-6 with two homers and tied a San Francisco team record with eight RBIs, and the Giants scored a season high in runs in a 19-2 rout of the Colorado Rockies on
3:37 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” New York Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler will be placed on the injured list with shoulder fatigue, a source familiar with the situation told ESPN, a significant blow to his trade value as
3:01 PM ET The Detroit Tigers selected the contract of right-handed reliever Trevor Rosenthal on Monday despite his struggles at Triple-A since signing with the team following his release by the Washington Nationals. He had a 10.13 ERA in six appearances for Triple-A Toledo since signing a minor league contract with the Tigers, allowing eight