4:57 PM ET ESPN News Services The Tampa Bay Rays have placed ace Blake Snell on the 10-day injured list with a broken toe, the team announced Tuesday. Snell, the reigning American League Cy Young Award winner, suffered a fractured fourth toe on his right foot when he got out of the shower and then
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5:43 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Baseball’s 2026 All-Star Game will be played in Philadelphia to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Commissioner Rob Manfred made the announcement Tuesday at Independence Hall with a cast of All-Stars past and present on stage behind him. Phillies Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt and
9:07 PM ET NEW YORK — The Boston Red Sox recalled catcher Sandy Leon and designated catcher Blake Swihart for assignment, making Swihart the first roster casualty amid the team’s early-season struggles. Leon, who spent the first few weeks of the 2019 season in Triple-A, was behind the plate, batting eighth when the Red Sox
12:28 PM ET MIAMI — Major League Baseball is investigating racist Instagram messages sent to Chicago Cubs pitcher Carl Edwards Jr., a league spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. The team also reacted to the messages, which came after Edwards struggled in his first few appearances of the season before he was demoted to Triple-A Iowa. “We were
11:24 AM ET NEW YORK — The banged-up New York Yankees added yet another player to the injured list Tuesday. This time, it was Greg Bird, the oft-injured first baseman who had been struggling offensively at the start of this season. Bird was placed on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Sunday, with a left plantar
8:50 AM ET Former Chicago Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano said he thinks that he can overcome his age, his reputation, and a long major league absence to make it back to the big leagues. ”Why not?” Zambrano said Monday from Marlins Park where the Cubs are playing this week. ”Bartolo [Colon] pitched until he was
8:40 AM ET ESPN News Services Red Sox outfielder Mookie Betts was his own harshest critic Monday, taking his share of the blame for Boston’s 6-11 start after last year’s World Series championship. “Basically, what I’m doing is unacceptable,” Betts told reporters after Boston’s 8-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. “I have to figure out
12:08 PM ET ESPN News Services After being designated for assignment, Cleveland Indians utility man Brad Miller took a shot at the team. “They acknowledge that it wasn’t fair,” he said. “But I’m just a player. I go out there and play my hardest and play for the guys next to me. Obviously, they don’t
6:47 AM ET LOS ANGELES — He showed up late, then homered early. How fitting. Yasiel Puig spent more than half a decade tantalizing the Los Angeles Dodgers with his talent and tormenting them with his indiscretions. It was only right that he’d do the same to his new team upon returning to his old
9:00 AM ET Panic! Doom and gloom! The sky, yeah, it’s falling. Oh wait, it’s mid-April and the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees actually aren’t that bad — so we decided to leave the worry behind for a minute and focus on what has gone right — and how high the ceiling still