12:28 AM ET WASHINGTON — Better late than never for Bryce Harper‘s homecoming. Harper, the former Washington Nationals star who made his return to D.C. on Tuesday night as a member of the Philadelphia Phillies, had to wait longer than expected to see how the crowd at Nationals Park would react. Following a 41-minute rain
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7:52 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Lawyers for a baseball fan on life support following a weekend assault outside Dodger Stadium say the team hasn’t done enough to improve security since a similar attack eight years ago. Los Angeles police are searching for a man who punched Rafael Reyna, 47, during an argument
11:53 PM ET ESPN News Services Outfielder Randal Grichuk is in agreement with the Toronto Blue Jays on a five-year, $52 million extension, a league source familiar with the deal told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Grichuk, 27, was set to be a free agent after the 2020 season. “I love the city. I like the direction
9:52 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Starter Germán Márquez and the Colorado Rockies agreed Tuesday on a five-year, $43 million contract extension, pending a physical, locking up the right-hander whose breakout second half helped fuel the Rockies to
4:10 PM ET Associated Press VERO BEACH, Fla. — The former Dodgertown spring training camp will be named the Jackie Robinson Training Complex and be used for Major League Baseball’s amateur development initiatives. Then based in Brooklyn, the Dodgers started training in Vero Beach in 1948. The franchise moved to Los Angeles after the 1957
3:34 PM ET Associated Press LINDEN, N.J. — Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra has pleaded guilty to illegally renting out rooms in a New Jersey house owned by his corporation. Dykstra admitted in municipal court Tuesday to violating city housing codes in Linden by running a rooming house without permission. NJ.com reports the former New
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3:19 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor of the Cleveland Indians will miss more time because of a sprained left ankle that has delayed his season debut. Lindor was making a steady recovery from a strained right calf when he injured his ankle while running the bases during a minor league
3:57 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Atlanta Braves and Ronald Acuna Jr. have agreed to terms on an eight-year, $100 million extension that will keep the star outfielder under contract through the 2026 season. The record-setting deal,
3:03 PM ET ESPN News Services The Toronto Blue Jays have traded center fielder Kevin Pillar to the San Francisco Giants. Toronto acquired infielder Alen Hanson and right-handers Derek Law and Juan De Paula in exchange for Pillar, one of baseball’s top defensive center fielders. It marks the second trade in the past week by