7:00 AM ET Somewhere out there is the next great star. Maybe it will be the first player taken in the MLB draft or another first-round pick. Maybe it will be somebody buried deeper in the draft, like second-rounder Nolan Arenado or fourth-rounder Cody Bellinger. It could be a college player or a 17-year-old kid.
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2:15 AM ET NEW YORK — Youth and inexperience have been among the driving forces behind the New York Yankees‘ early-season success. They’ve also, at rare moments, been the source of some of the Yankees’ troubles. So consider the Bronx Bombers’ rawness both a blessing, and, as they learned in Sunday night’s series finale against
1:13 AM ET NEW YORK — You can’t really characterize the 2019 Red Sox as a bad baseball team. Two months in, Boston sits just outside the wild-card race, trailing Tampa Bay and Texas for the two playoff spots, and several players on the team are putting together good seasons. But in a city that
7:59 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — The game between the Miami Marlins and San Diego at Petco Park was delayed for 28 minutes after a swarm of bees settled onto a microphone attached to the netting near the Padres‘ dugout. With Padres rookie Josh Naylor about to bat with two outs in
9:40 PM ET ST. LOUIS — “B” words were the rage in St. Louis over the weekend, but none applied to the Chicago Cubs in any kind of positive way. While the Blues were playing the Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final across town, Cubs star third baseman Kris Bryant was hearing plenty of boos
4:54 PM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies have acquired former All-Star outfielder Jay Bruce from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for Class-A infielder Jake Scheiner and cash considerations, the Phillies announced Sunday. Bruce is owed $8,317,204 this year from his $13 million salary and has a $13 million salary in 2020 — the
1:48 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Milwaukee Brewers have placed struggling starter Jhoulys Chacin on the injured list with a strained lower back, paving the way for Jimmy Nelson’s return to the majors. The Brewers made the move Sunday, two days after Chacin fell to 3-7 with a 5.74 ERA after giving up
12:26 PM ET ESPN News Services Texas Rangers outfielder Joey Gallo has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain after he left Saturday’s game. Gallo, who homered in the Rangers’ 6-2 win over the Kansas City Royals, was pulled in the fifth inning after visiting with manager Chris Woodward and
10:00 AM ET Just one more out, and Joey Cora’s little brother would be a champion. One more out, for a moment of elation and celebration, for reflection, for what they had lost and won together. Alex Rodriguez was seated right next to Joey Cora, watching the game but also watching Joey watch his brother,
1:14 AM ET NEW YORK — In a season that has so far been defined by the contributions of a medley of once-mostly unknown New York Yankees, it can be hard singling out one player. But nearly 20 homers into a season that isn’t even 60 games old yet, here we are. The big slugger