3:39 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina has been activated from the 10-day injured list, and the team optioned rookie catcher Andrew Knizner to Triple-A Memphis. The moves were made before Tuesday night’s game at Miami. Molina missed 11 games after being sidelined May 29 with a strained right
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10:00 AM ET More than four years before he was drafted in the fourth round by the Boston Red Sox, before he cemented a career path in professional baseball, before he became the highest MLB draft selection from the Naval Academy, Noah Song needed to make a decision about what he wanted to do with
6:50 PM ET ESPN News Services Former Red Sox star David Ortiz took his first steps Tuesday, following a second surgery after he arrived in Boston on Monday night. Ortiz is in stable condition, his wife, Tiffany, said in a statement sent through the team. Ortiz has been alert, has spoken to his family and
10:46 AM ET ESPN News Services Former Red Sox star David Ortiz underwent exploratory surgery after he arrived in Boston on Monday night and is in stable condition, his spokesperson told ESPN’s Marly Rivera. The procedure lasted until about 1 a.m. ET, according to Leo Lopez, but he did not specify what doctors discovered. Ortiz
10:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Wander Franco, who at 18 years old is already the best prospect in baseball, strode into a suite at Bowling Green Ballpark. Franco smiled, which he does often,
1:40 AM ET DENVER — In Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon’s estimation, his team just can’t get over the hump on the road, where they dropped another one-run affair on Monday. This time, they fell to the Colorado Rockies after starter Yu Darvish blew an early 4-0 lead, which has been a theme for him
2:02 AM ET At the 1999 All-Star Game at Fenway Park, I stood on a packed Lansdowne Street behind the Green Monster during the Home Run Derby and watched ball after ball fly not just over the wall, but over the street and onto the roof of the parking garage. Mark McGwire may have blasted
8:10 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Strikeouts are up, again, for the 14th consecutive year, but there are potential signs of a subtle shift beginning to take place, evident at the sport’s highest levels. Monday’s Freeway Series opener between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Los Angeles Angels wasn’t merely a matchup of the game’s
12:20 AM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The Arizona Diamondbacks got to play Home Run Derby in Philly. The Diamondbacks hit three straight home runs to open the game and finished with a team-record eight in a 13-8 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in a homer-happy game on Monday night. Scott Kingery hit two of
8:58 PM ET Newly signed Atlanta Braves pitcher Dallas Keuchel pitched seven scoreless innings in a minor league start with Class A Rome on Monday, striking out nine Charleston batters. Keuchel allowed one hit, walked one batter and threw 77 pitches (55 strikes). The 2015 AL Cy Young Award winner had been scheduled to pitch