9:46 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles Angels slugger Shohei Ohtani has faced live pitching to begin the probable final step in his return from Tommy John surgery. Ohtani, last season’s AL Rookie of the Year, made four plate appearances Wednesday in a simulated game at Angel Stadium, several hours before the
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7:54 PM ET Vladimir Guerrero Jr., widely considered one of the top prospects in baseball, will be called up by the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday and is expected to make his major league debut, manager Charlie Montoyo announced. Guerrero, a 20-year-old third baseman, was No. 2 on ESPN insider Keith Law’s 2019 top prospects
4:05 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays infielder Joey Wendle suffered a fractured right wrist during Wednesday’s game against the Kansas City Royals. Wendle suffered the injury when he was hit by a pitch in the sixth inning. The Rays have not disclosed a timeline for how long Wendle will be sidelined. He was 2-for-2 with
2:12 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees have activated catcher Gary Sanchez from the 10-day injured list and demoted struggling reliever Chad Green to the minor leagues. Sanchez had been sidelined since April 10 because of a calf injury. He hit six home runs in his first 11 games this season before
12:56 PM ET The pitching-thin Milwaukee Brewers have agreed with veteran left-hander Gio Gonzalez on a one-year, $2 million deal, according to ESPN and multiple reports. The deal also includes $2 million in performance bonuses, according to the reports. Gonzalez also spent the final month of last season with the Brewers, who acquired the two-time
3:43 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Colorado Rockies reinstated infielder Daniel Murphy from the 10-day injured list before their game Wednesday against the Washington Nationals. Murphy was in the starting lineup at first base and batting third. The 34-year-old fractured his left index finger diving for a grounder in the second game of
11:37 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco is not expected to miss any time with a left leg injury that the team initially feared was serious. Carrasco was hurt Tuesday night while covering first base in the fourth inning against Miami. He stumbled and fell as he attempted to catch an
7:20 AM ET NEW YORK — Maybe it’s too easy to say that Pete Alonso was born to play for the New York Mets, the team that plays in the borough of Queens, where Pete’s grandfather settled as a teenager in the 1930s after fleeing the Spanish Civil War from his native Barcelona and where
7:37 AM ET Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Rich Hill is set to make his season debut Sunday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday. Hill hasn’t pitched since straining his left knee during spring training and started the season on the injured list. Ahead of his debut, Hill was dominant in his final
3:28 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — All throughout the day Tuesday, Mike Ford found himself the butt of the same joke told by his New York Yankees teammates. “The running joke was I might have been the only guy in major league history to have two intentional walks and just one hit,” the first baseman