8:52 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees third baseman Miguel Andujar has elected to undergo season-ending surgery to repair a labrum tear in his right shoulder, the team announced Wednesday night. Yankees head team physician Christopher Ahmad will perform the surgery Monday at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Andujar, last year’s American League Rookie
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8:08 PM ET Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke was removed in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s home game against the Pittsburgh Pirates with abdominal tightness. He is scheduled for an MRI on Friday, manager Torey Lovullo said after the game. Greinke was rolling before exiting the game. He allowed just four hits and no runs
10:53 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Bruce Willis was moonlighting for the Philadelphia Phillies. Willis, star of “The Sixth Sense” and “The Fifth Element,” threw the first pitch in his No. 19 Phillies jersey before Philadelphia played the Milwaukee Brewers on Wednesday night. Willis wasn’t within striking distance of the plate — he one-hopped
6:55 AM ET The history of baseball is so remarkably well chronicled in both statistical and narrative forms that there are countless good stories through the eons that we’ve forgotten. They happen every day, even now, events notable enough that they might lead a highlight package or circulate in a viral clip on social media.
11:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” About a minute into an explanation of what it’s like trying to evolve from the strikeoutingest hitter in baseball history into something more, Joey Gallo wanted to make sure he wasn’t misrepresenting
11:55 AM ET ESPN News Services Minnesota Twins third baseman Miguel Sano is set to make his 2019 debut after missing the first quarter of the season when he was injured celebrating a winter league title, while the team put breakout catcher Mitch Garver on the injured list following Tuesday’s collision with Shohei Ohtani. The
11:14 AM ET Cubs veteran Ben Zobrist remains on a personal leave of absence from the team, and court documents filed in Chicago indicate he is getting divorced. According to the documents, his wife, Julianna, is listed as the plaintiff. Julianna Zobrist is a professional singer who has performed the national anthem for teams that
11:58 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball hopes to refresh its ball- and player-tracking technology with a new optical-based system that could add even more statistical bells and whistles to the game — but won’t necessarily
1:48 AM ET ESPN News Services Twins catcher Mitch Garver hit a two-run homer and tagged out the Los Angeles Angels‘ Shohei Ohtani trying to score the tying run in the eighth inning of Minnesota’s 4-3 home victory on Tuesday, but Garver suffered a left high ankle sprain on the latter play. Garver, a breakout
12:32 AM ET ESPN News Services Texas Rangers shortstop Elvis Andrus left with tightness in his right hamstring after grounding out to end the seventh inning against the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night. He will be evaluated again Wednesday in another blow to a team that has lost five straight to fall a season-worst