7:00 AM ET After a season-opening road trip — a long, miserable, soul-searching trip — the Boston Red Sox already have learned what the 18 previous World Series winners learned: In the current era of baseball, repeating as champion is a formidable task. Since the Yankees won three World Series in a row from 1998
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11:19 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Seattle Mariners slugger Edwin Encarnacion homered twice in the sixth inning against the Kansas City Royals on Monday night, becoming the fifth player to do it twice in a career. Encarnacion also accomplished the feat with the Blue Jays against the Astros on July 26, 2013.
12:04 AM ET The Orioles’ Chris Davis has taken futility to new levels, going 49 consecutive at-bats without a hit. Davis is 0-for-28 with 15 strikeouts this season, after going hitless over his final 21 at-bats of the 2018 campaign. Most consecutive ABs without a hit among position players2018-19 Chris Davis, 49 (and counting)2010-11 Eugenio
12:05 AM ET ST. LOUIS — Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu is likely headed to the injured list after he was removed from the second inning of Monday’s game in St. Louis with a left groin strain, according to manager Dave Roberts. Ryu had just delivered a strike on a change-up to Cardinals pitcher
8:47 PM ET BALTIMORE — Eugenio Velez has company. Baltimore Orioles slugger Chris Davis went 0-for-2 in his first two plate appearances against the Oakland Athletics on Monday night, extending his hitless streak to 46 consecutive at-bats. In doing so, he tied Velez for the longest hitless streak by a position player in major league
5:58 PM ET Yankees ace Luis Severino is returning to New York to get an MRI and be re-evaluated by Dr. Chris Ahmad after playing catch in Tampa, Florida, on Monday, manager Aaron Boone said. Severino, who was shut down at the beginning of March due to rotator cuff inflammation in his right shoulder, isn’t
5:41 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Trump administration scuttled Major League Baseball’s historic agreement with the Cuban Baseball Federation, arguing that the sport’s governing body is part of the Cuban government and that the agreement violates U.S.
4:25 PM ET Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — First baseman/outfielder Tyler Austin has been traded to the San Francisco Giants from the Minnesota Twins for minor league outfielder Malique Ziegler. The 27-year-old Austin played in two games for the Twins after making the team out of spring training. He will be added to the 25-man
4:19 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs ace Jon Lester left the team’s home opener in the third inning due to hamstring tightness, while Pittsburgh Pirates starter Jameson Taillon took a liner off his head. While warming up before the top of the third, Lester grabbed his left hamstring. He then faced two batters, allowing
11:14 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs ace Jon Lester departed the team’s home opener in the third inning Monday with hamstring tightness, and Pittsburgh Pirates starter Jameson Taillon took a liner off his head but stayed in long enough to complete the second inning. Lester will get an MRI on Tuesday, an off day