7:49 AM ET It’s MLB All-Star Week in Cleveland, and after Pete Alonso stole the spotlight from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to win the Home Run Derby on Monday, baseball’s brightest stars prepare to battle for league bragging rights Tuesday night. We asked our experts on the scene in Ohio to weigh in with their Midsummer
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11:43 PM ET The stars were out in full force as the 2019 All-Star Celebrity Softball Game rolled through Progressive Field on Sunday. The rosters touted names such as Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles, Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, rapper Machine Gun Kelly and Cleveland’s finest, JR “Shirtless” Smith. The latter wasted no
8:08 PM ET The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are among the teams that have been in contact with the New York Mets about a possible trade for right-handed starter Zack Wheeler, SNY reported Monday. Although no trade is thought to be close, the Mets are shopping Wheeler aggressively, according to SNY. Wheeler,
4:11 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” CLEVELAND — American League All-Star Game starter Justin Verlander told ESPN on Monday that the balls used in Major League Baseball games this season are “a f—ing joke” and that he believes
1:17 PM ET ESPN News Services Houston Astros right-hander Justin Verlander will get the start for the American League All-Stars Tuesday, facing the Los Angeles Dodgers Hyun-jin Ryu, manager Alex Cora announced Monday. Verlander, an eight-time All-Star, is 10-4 this season, with a 2.98 ERA and 153 strikeouts in 126 2/3 innings. It’s his second
12:20 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Angels catcher Jonathan Lucroy told ESPN in a text message that he suffered a concussion and a broken nose in a collision at home plate with the Houston Astros‘ Jake Marisnick on Sunday. Lucroy said he is otherwise doing well and expects to be released from the
8:04 AM ET CLEVELAND — As you roll into downtown Cleveland, there’s a pedestrian overpass across Ontario Street with a huge All-Star banner draped along the length of the bridge to promote the week’s festivities. It features the faces of several of baseball’s biggest stars. One of those stars is Bryce Harper, the biggest name
7:56 AM ET As the Year of the Home Run collides with an annual All-Star home run tradition with $1 million on the line for the first time, we dive into the numbers behind the home run spike and the sluggers you’ll be watching swing for the fences in Cleveland on Monday night. Here’s what
7:49 AM ET It’s MLB All-Star Week in Cleveland, and as baseball’s biggest sluggers — minus one Christian Yelich, who pulled out of the Home Run Derby with a back injury — take aim at the Progressive Field fences and the brightest stars in the game prepare to battle for league bragging rights, we asked
1:18 AM ET For Cody Decker, his 204th minor league home run was a walk-off blast in every sense of the word. Yes, the two-run shot gave the Triple-A Reno Aces a 10-9 walk-off win Friday night, but the 32-year-old first baseman also chose that moment to walk off into the sunset, stealing a page