3:12 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge resumed on-field batting practice Thursday and said he is not focusing on a timeframe for returning to the lineup. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Wednesday it is possible Judge could return in time for New York’s games against Boston in London
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10:00 AM ET BOSTON — The first time the Red Sox played the Tampa Bay Rays this season proved to be the launching point from which Boston pulled out of its early-season slump. Including that three-game, mid-April sweep in St. Pete, the Red Sox — who started 6-13 — have since gone 27-16. Still, Tampa
12:48 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Robinson Cano is out of the New York Mets‘ lineup against San Francisco, a day after tweaking his left quadriceps. Mets manager Mickey Callaway said Cano was being evaluated and the team hoped he would be available off the bench Thursday afternoon to face the Giants. The
2:00 AM ET Craig Kimbrel still has to pass his physical, but it looks as though he’s headed to Wrigley Field after agreeing to a three-year, $43 million contract with the Chicago Cubs, earning $10 million the remainder of this season and $16 million in 2020 and 2021 (with a $1 million buyout/vesting option for
10:08 PM ET Craig Kimbrel finally has a new home. The All-Star closer and the Chicago Cubs have agreed to a three-year, $43 million deal, ESPN has confirmed, ending a seven-month-long free agency for one of baseball’s best bullpen arms. The Athletic was first to report the agreement. MLB Network reported the money first. Kimbrel
11:35 PM ET Boston Red Sox ace Chris Sale had an immaculate inning in the eighth inning Wednesday, needing just nine pitches to strike out the side. Sale finished it off with a 98-mph fastball to strike out Kansas City Royals catcher Martin Maldonado. It’s Sale’s second immaculate inning of the year — he also
11:35 PM ET CHICAGO — What does the signing of Craig Kimbrel mean for the Chicago Cubs? As long as he’s the Kimbrel who dominated the competition on the way to 333 career saves, with the second-highest strikeout rate (minimum 400 innings pitched) of all time, it means everything. Whether it was Kimbrel or another
6:22 PM ET The Blue Jays already have two sons of Hall of Famers starting for the team this year, and on Wednesday they selected the son of another, Toronto icon Roy Halladay, in the MLB draft. Braden Halladay, a right-handed pitcher out of Calvary Christian High School in Clearwater, Florida, was drafted by the
10:33 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Hours after coming off the injured list, Mets second baseman Robinson Cano left Wednesday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants with tightness in his left quadriceps. Cano, playing for the first time since straining his left quadriceps May 22, favored his left leg running to
12:43 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Robinson Cano‘s return to the lineup lasted all of four innings, and the New York Mets are again facing questions about their handling of a star player’s injury. Cano was pulled from New York’s game Wednesday night against the San Francisco Giants hours after coming off the