12:05 AM ET BALTIMORE — Dwight Smith Jr. giveth and Dwight Smith Jr. taketh away. In the Baltimore Orioles‘ 9-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night, Smith became the third player this season to hit a home run and rob one in the same game. With two outs and a man on
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1:05 AM ET CHICAGO — If you’re into labels, then you might know that one of the downsides of the Chicago Cubs rotation going into the season was that they didn’t have a true No.1 pitcher — at least not in the vein of a Max Scherzer or Jacob deGrom. But they also don’t have
2:34 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” On the surface, Major League Baseball’s official Opening Day payroll numbers do not offer any surprises. The Boston Red Sox are paying the most in actual salaries as well as the number
10:52 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Big deals for Bryce Harper, Mike Trout and others that included large signing bonuses masked an otherwise flat market for the second straight offseason that caused Major League Baseball’s Opening Day payrolls to drop by $43 million for 2019. Payrolls, however, rose by $131 million when using
10:26 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Zack Wheeler hit his first major league home run and struck out 11 in seven sharp innings as the New York Mets handed the Philadelphia Phillies their fifth loss in six games, 9-0 on Tuesday night. The only spirit the Phillies showed came with two outs in
8:12 PM ET CHICAGO — Suspended Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell will play seven games at Triple-A Iowa beginning Wednesday before being eligible to rejoin the big league club on May 3. Russell, 25, was suspended 40 games in September for violating the league’s domestic abuse policy after details emerged about his former marriage. Under
11:07 PM ET ESPN News Services Cleveland Indians starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco was pulled after four innings Tuesday night against the Miami Marlins with what the team called left knee discomfort. Manager Terry Francona said Carrasco was taken for a precautionary MRI. The Indians are hoping it’s nothing serious. “He kind of bruised it. He
7:34 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is reviewing Bryce Harper‘s rant at an umpire, trying to determine whether the Philadelphia Phillies star should be disciplined. There was no decision Tuesday, a day after Harper went wild during a game against the New York Mets at Citi Field. Harper was ejected
7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Long before radar and camera systems that log every imaginable measurement became necessities at minor league affiliates across baseball, they were like Christmas-morning toys to those who understood where the game was
3:20 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Slugger Hanley Ramirez is again a free agent following a short stint with the Indians. Ramirez, 35, cleared waivers on Tuesday, and rather than signing a minor league deal with Cleveland, he opted for free agency. He played in 15 games for the Indians, batting .239 with two