7:00 AM ET CHICAGO — Weekend news of Chicago Cubs closer Brandon Morrow‘s setback in his recovery from offseason minor elbow surgery can’t come as a surprise to anyone who has followed the right-hander’s career. In fact, there aren’t any injuries that can be considered minor for the veteran, for whom Tuesday will mark the
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7:32 PM ET Boston Red Sox starting pitcher Nathan Eovaldi will have elbow surgery on Thursday and will be out of action for 4-6 weeks, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Athletic first reported that Eovaldi would have surgery. 1 Related The Red Sox placed Eovaldi on the injured list Saturday because of a loose
6:23 PM ET An MRI on New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom‘s right elbow came back clean, GM Brodie Van Wagenen told reporters on Monday. “MRI was good, clean, no problems whatsoever,” Van Wagenen said. “Jacob threw a bullpen today, and is on track to make his start when he’s able to come off (the
6:17 PM ET ESPN News Services The Colorado Rockies placed left-handed pitcher Kyle Freeland on the ten-day injured list on Monday with a blister on his left middle finger. Freeland (2-3) threw six scoreless innings last Thursday against the Philadelphia Phillies but left after 85 pitches because the blister started forming on his finger. Freeland
11:12 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — Gregory Polanco couldn’t get the awkward slide into second base last September that dislocated his left shoulder out of his head. The Pittsburgh Pirates right fielder pored over the video during his lengthy rehab to the point where it simply got to be too much. “It was
2:55 PM ET The New York Yankees have officially released Gio Gonzalez from his minor league deal, deciding not to add the veteran left-hander to their 25-man roster. Gonzalez had opted out out of his deal Saturday, meaning the Yankees had 48 hours to release him or add him to the major league roster. The
1:30 PM ET The St. Louis Cardinals have placed pitcher Michael Wacha on the 10-day injured list with patellar tendinitis in his left knee. The Cardinals announced the move Monday but have not disclosed how long Wacha will be sidelined. Wacha’s next scheduled start had been Tuesday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. The Cardinals have
1:00 PM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” When Christian Yelich showed up for the 2018 All-Star Game as a reserve, we all thought we knew who he was: Above-average power, above-average speed, above-average defense, pretty good but unexceptional at
11:05 AM ET Bryce Harper has played the first 21 games of his Phillies career — out of a possible 2,106 regular-season games, assuming the length of the schedule doesn’t change between now and 2031. That’s 1 percent of the potential games he might play, not including what the Phillies hope will be many additional
11:20 AM ET AJ MassESPN Staff Writer Close Fantasy football, baseball and college basketball contributor. Author of book, “Yes, It’s Hot in Here.” It’s Monday. For fantasy baseball managers, this means a crucial weekly exercise is about to take place, where you take stock of your roster, see where it might be lacking and then