11:02 AM ET The Kansas City Royals have designated reliever Brad Boxberger for assignment, opening a roster spot for Eric Skoglund’s return from an 80-game PED suspension. Boxberger, who had joined the Royals on a one-year, $2.2 million contract after earning 32 saves as the Arizona Diamondbacks‘ closer in 2018, had a 5.40 ERA with
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7:00 AM ET OMAHA, Neb. — Late Tuesday night, OK, actually early Wednesday morning, the baseball coaching staffs of Vanderbilt and Michigan were having the exact same meeting in two different meeting rooms held in a pair of downtown hotels that are separated by only a thousand feet or so. There, the eyes were bleary,
7:46 AM ET Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Lorenzo Cain will miss his third straight game Wednesday after undergoing a cryotherapy procedure on his right thumb in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Cain missed the Brewers’ 8-3 loss to the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday while having the procedure. Brewers OF Lorenzo Cain will miss a third straight game
1:52 AM ET The New York Yankees set the record with their 28th consecutive game with a home run. Did you really think they were not going to hit a home run Tuesday night? Against Clayton Richard? Playing at home, where pop flies down the line land three rows deep? It didn’t take long to
12:34 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Reigning American League Cy Young winner Blake Snell was knocked out in the fourth inning of the Tampa Bay Rays‘ 9-4 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday, the third straight outing in which the ace lefty has failed to get past the third inning. The good news according to
12:20 AM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani will throw off a mound Wednesday for the first time since Tommy John surgery. The Los Angeles Angels announced the latest big step in their two-way star’s comeback Tuesday night. Ohtani had surgery Oct. 1 at the conclusion of his AL Rookie of the Year
10:36 PM ET ESPN News Services BOSTON — Chicago White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson left Tuesday’s game against the Boston Red Sox in the bottom of the fifth inning with a sprained right ankle, it was announced. The White Sox said X-rays were negative and that Anderson will be re-evaluated on Wednesday. Anderson planted his
9:34 PM ET New York Yankees outfielder Giancarlo Stanton left Tuesday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays with a right knee contusion and will have an MRI, the team announced. Stanton was 1-for-1 in the game, hitting a single in the first inning. He dove headfirst into third base and was tagged out in a
7:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Perhaps, in a season that can stretch so long and can prove so arduous, there is, in fact, something to be gleaned from the beginning. The Los Angeles Dodgers started their 2018 campaign on the wrong end of back-to-back shutouts, marking the first time in 50 years that the
8:02 PM ET The New York Yankees wasted no time in breaking the major league record for the longest streak of consecutive games with a home run. DJ LeMahieu‘s leadoff homer off Toronto‘s Clayton Richard in the bottom of the first inning Tuesday night in New York made it 28 straight games with a home