12:06 AM ET SEATTLE — Cubs left-hander Jon Lester is so revered in Chicago these days even social media can’t touch him. In the era of hot takes, there’s only one concerning Lester that is up for debate: Is he the best free-agent signing in the city’s history? “You write a list of the free
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10:20 PM ET Catcher Stephen Vogt completed his long road back to the major leagues Wednesday after the San Francisco Giants selected his contract from Triple-A Sacramento. The 34-year-old is available off the bench Wednesday night as the Giants host the Los Angeles Dodgers. Working to bounce back from shoulder surgery that cut his 2018
9:10 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani is now, precisely, seven months removed from Tommy John surgery. He has taken 31 at-bats in simulated-game environments. His timing, he said, is on point. His body “feels great.” And yet Ohtani remains on the injured list and in recovery. The Los Angeles Angels, predictably cautious with
11:15 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Cleveland Indians right-hander Corey Kluber has a nondisplaced fracture of his right ulna after he was hit on the arm by a line drive off the bat of Miami Marlins outfielder Brian Anderson on Wednesday, the team said. The Indians initially said Kluber had a right forearm
8:55 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder A.J. Pollock will need surgery because of an infection in his surgically repaired right elbow. Manager Dave Roberts says Pollock will undergo the operation on Thursday. Roberts had no timeline on how long Pollock will be sidelined but acknowledged “it’s going to
11:23 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” KANSAS CITY, Mo. — At first pitch Wednesday afternoon between the Kansas City Royals and the Tampa Bay Rays, about 500 fans dotted the stands at Kauffman Stadium. It was a weekday
6:10 PM ET Tim Heaney In the early going, many fantasy baseball preseason aces have started slowly or scarily, thanks in significant part to the baseball’s rejuiced physics. Heavy investors in pitching should look away: Fantasy aces, or near aces, with a 4.00+ ERA (through 4/30) Pitcher K% BB% K%-BB% BABIP BARRELS/PA LOB% HR/9 ERA
5:48 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Struggling reliever Jeurys Familia has been placed on the 10-day injured list by the New York Mets because of a sore right shoulder. Mets manager Mickey Callaway said Familia informed the team his shoulder was bothering him Wednesday morning, one day after he coughed up a two-run
7:00 AM ET What happened in April? Here are the five big storylines. 1. Lots of home runs 2. Dogfight in the National League 3. Cody Bellinger and Christian Yelich 4. Defending champs play like chumps 5. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reaches the bigs But what about for your team? My April grades with best storyline
1:16 AM ET On Monday night, I wrote about all the home runs in April. Well, the pitchers got a little revenge on Tuesday. For one night at least, the best games revolved around good starting pitching instead of dingers. A roll call of some of those performances: Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros: 7 IP, 1