10:00 AM ET NEW YORK — Since Luke Voit was called up last August at the end of his most recent minor league stint, the New York Yankees have played 91 regular-season games. Voit has appeared in nearly all of them. As a result, his name has suddenly become as recognizable among the Yankees’ fan
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2:27 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Dave Roberts was asked if he had ever experienced anything resembling the day-to-day, all-encompassing dominance that Cody Bellinger has exhibited through these first couple of months and started searching. He’s in his fourth season as the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ manager and his ninth overall as a coach, following a
9:45 PM ET HOUSTON — The video highlights from Memorial Day — or the lowlights in this case — undoubtedly will show Chicago Cubs shortstop Javy Baez performing a rare feat: He struck out five times against the Houston Astros while swinging and missing at 13 pitches — the most by a player in a
6:34 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankees fans drubbed Manny Machado with the same intensity Clint Frazier, Brett Gardner and Gary Sanchez pounded the baseball. The $300 million infielder was greeted with loud boos and chants of “Over-rated!” on Monday in his first visit to New York since free agency. Machado went 1
7:57 PM ET HOUSTON — Chicago Cubs left-hander Mike Montgomery exited Monday’s game against the Houston Astros before even throwing a single pitch after possibly popping a blood vessel in his finger, but he thinks he’ll be OK. “The tip of my left middle finger swelled up,” Montgomery said after Chicago’s 6-5 loss. “It just
8:16 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Cleveland Indians reliever Oliver Perez got off on the wrong foot on Monday at Fenway Park. In a bizarre scene, Perez was left standing around in his socks during a delay in the fifth inning, waiting for someone to bring him new shoes before he started his outing
5:55 PM ET Bill Buckner is one of the most underrated and unappreciated players in major league baseball history, a man whose legacy in the game will forever be misrepresented by so many. Too many will remember him first as the guy who made one of the most famous errors in baseball history, which it
2:21 PM ET Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia said he is “not sure” whether he will play baseball again because of his chronically injured left knee. Pedroia discussed his injury at Fenway Park on Monday, shortly after the Red Sox transferred him to the 60-day injured list. Flanked by manager Alex Cora and
2:07 PM ET Bill Buckner, the longtime major leaguer whose error in the 1986 World Series for years lived in Red Sox infamy, died Monday. “After battling the disease of Lewy Body Dementia, Bill Buckner passed away early the morning of May 27th surrounded by his family,” his family said in a statement. “Bill fought
6:44 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Left-hander James Paxton will rejoin the New York Yankees‘ rotation in the next few days, followed by CC Sabathia this weekend against Boston. On a day of updates for many of the Yankees’ 15 players on the injured list, reliever Dellin Betances threw his first bullpen session