6:45 PM ET Crews started work this week to extend the protective netting to the foul poles at Guaranteed Rate Field and are expected to complete the project Wednesday, ahead of the Chicago White Sox‘s next home game July 22. The White Sox and Illinois Sports Facilities Authority, which owns the ballpark, said in a
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5:07 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers, with the best record in baseball at 60-32, will be getting even stronger when the second half of the season begins. They activated shortstop Corey Seager, out since June 12 with a hamstring strain, from the 10-day injured list on Wednesday, clearing him for the start of Friday’s
2:36 PM ET The Boston Red Sox released pitcher Tyler Thornburg on Wednesday, putting an end to his disappointing career with the team. Thornburg, 30, was acquired at the 2016 Winter Meetings in a trade with the Milwaukee Brewers for infielder Travis Shaw and minor league prospects Mauricio Dubon, Josh Pennington and Yeison Coca. The
11:25 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The only errors on the scoreboard at the All-Star Game were by the scoreboard. At least one player noticed — and wasn’t too pleased. The giant board at Progressive Field was filled with mistakes Tuesday night, including a couple of misspelled names, a wrong picture and a pair
10:12 AM ET Philadelphia Phillies right-hander Jake Arrieta will continue to pitch as the team evaluates his long-term health due to bone spurs in his throwing elbow, according to manager Gabe Kapler. On Wednesday, Kapler told SportsRadio 94WIP in Philadelphia that a limited Arrieta could be better than their other pitching options. “He’s having a
3:58 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Baseball players’ union head Tony Clark says a poor job has been done of marketing Boston Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts, the reigning AL MVP. “Mookie should be a household name,” Clark told the Baseball Writers’ Association of America on Tuesday. “Mookie should be a one-name guy. You
1:47 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” CLEVELAND — In a 4-3 American League All-Star Game victory with no clear MVP on Tuesday, hometown favorite Shane Bieber, a right-handed starter for the Cleveland Indians, earned the honors after striking
1:20 AM ET CLEVELAND — Baseball has a way of punching itself in the face. Even in the hours leading up to Tuesday’s All-Star Game, much of the chatter on Twitter concerned earlier comments from commissioner Rob Manfred about the juiced-up baseball and Major League Baseball Players Association chief Tony Clark saying the MLB draft
10:45 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Carlos Carrasco hopes to strike out cancer. The Indians right-hander, who was recently diagnosed with a form of leukemia, was saluted in the fifth inning of the All-Star Game on Tuesday as part of Major League Baseball’s “Stand Up to Cancer” campaign. The 32-year-old stood in the third-base
6:08 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Commissioner Rob Manfred insists Major League Baseball did not make a deal with the Cleveland Indians about banning their contentious logo, Chief Wahoo. The club agreed to remove the hotly debated, smiling caricature from its caps and jerseys starting this season, a decision that came after Cleveland was