5:20 PM ET Hall of Fame-bound slugger Albert Pujols got another lengthy standing ovation at Busch Stadium on Saturday, this time after he hit a home run off Dakota Hudson in the top of the seventh inning in just his second game back in St. Louis since joining the Angels before the 2012 season. We
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1:36 PM ET ESPN News Services The Cleveland Indians have designated outfielder Leonys Martin for assignment after his slow start in 2019. Martin, 31, was hitting .199 with nine home runs and 19 RBIs in 65 games for the Indians, who announced the move Saturday. The Indians called up right-hander Aaron Civale in the corresponding
12:34 AM ET NEW YORK — Just when Cameron Maybin had been spared a roster spot amid the New York Yankees‘ latest roster crunch, the outfielder saw his playing time get snatched away anyway. It wasn’t Aaron Judge‘s return from the Yankees’ injured list that did it, either. A victim of his own body, Maybin
10:54 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Dallas Keuchel labored through five innings in his Atlanta debut, coughing up a 3-0 lead as the Braves lost 4-3 to the Washington Nationals on Friday night. Keuchel signed a one-year, $13 million contract on July 7 with the NL East-leading Braves, who hope he can help lead
11:00 PM ET Aaron Judge is off the injured list and back in the Yankees’ lineup. Along with the return of Giancarlo Stanton this week and the recent trade for Edwin Encarnacion, the team’s regular lineup should look something like this: 3B DJ LeMahieu RF Judge 1B Luke Voit C Gary Sanchez LF Stanton DH
10:08 PM ET Baseballs are flying out of ballparks across the major leagues this season. The one Nomar Mazara hit Friday night was the farthest yet. The Texas Rangers outfielder clubbed a 505-foot bomb off Chicago White Sox right-hander Reynaldo Lopez, a two-run shot in the first inning that sailed high into the upper right-field
8:35 PM ET The entire New York Yankees infield could start the All-Star Game, and the entire Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros outfields. The first phase of voting for the All-Star Game is complete, and the finalists were announced Friday night. The Yankees’ Luke Voit joins the Twins’ C.J. Cron and the Indians’ Carlos Santana
9:04 PM ET ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols is back in St. Louis, nearly eight years after celebrating a World Series crown in the city that made him famous. The Hall of Fame-bound slugger has accomplished a lot during his time with the Los Angeles Angels, with whom he signed after 11 stellar seasons with
1:13 AM ET ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols is back in St. Louis, nearly eight years after celebrating a World Series crown in the city that made him famous. The Hall of Fame-bound slugger has accomplished a lot during his time with the Los Angeles Angels, with whom he signed after 11 stellar seasons with
6:15 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Oakland Athletics starter Frankie Montas has been suspended for 80 games after testing positive for the banned performance-enhancing substance Ostarine, MLB said Friday. Montas, 26, was in the midst of a breakout