8:57 PM ET ESPN News Services Colorado Rockies first baseman Daniel Murphy was placed on the injured list with a fractured left index finger, the team announced Monday. The move is retroactive to March 30. Murphy was injured Friday when he dove for a ground ball in the fourth inning against the Marlins. With Murphy
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8:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Clayton Kershaw will start on Opening Day after all — for the Oklahoma City Dodgers. Kershaw, behind schedule since experiencing shoulder inflammation early in spring training, will make a rehab start for the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ Triple-A affiliate on Thursday, when the team opens its minor league season. Kershaw
2:47 PM ET The Tampa Bay Rays placed infielder Joey Wendle on the 10-day injured list Monday and recalled infielder Christian Arroyo from Triple-A Durham. Wendle, who started at second base on Sunday against the Houston Astros, left the game with a left hamstring strain. He has started two games at second base and one
2:01 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper is ready to raise a little slugger in Philadelphia. Harper announced Monday on Instagram that he and his wife, Kayla, are expecting their first child, a boy. Harper posted a photo of himself and his wife holding a “Baby Harper” No. 3 jersey in front of
11:32 AM ET NEW YORK — The hits to the New York Yankees‘ outfield depth keep coming. One day after losing their season-opening series to the Baltimore Orioles, the Yankees announced they were putting outfielder Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list with a left biceps strain. He’s the third Yankees outfielder to go on
7:00 AM ET ATLANTA — When it comes to criticism via social media, no one is off-limits. Not even the stars of the game. At least not in baseball. There’s too much failure and there are too many games to avoid being the target at some point during the long season. Even if an injury
4:09 PM ET Todd ZolaFantasy Close Writing on fantasy baseball game theory and player analysis since 1997 Winner of the 2013 Fantasy Sports Writer’s Association Best Baseball Article Derek Carty provides daily fantasy recommendations for today’s FanDuel contests. Derek Carty provides his daily fantasy recommendations for today’s DraftKings contests. 1 Related It’s a fairly full
12:34 AM ET Philadelphia Phillies manager Gabe Kapler was not pleased to see Rhys Hoskins hit by a high pitch in Sunday’s 5-1 win over the Atlanta Braves. “It really pisses me off when balls go off Rhys Hoskins’ chin,” said Kapler, who called Hoskins the “heartbeat” of the Phillies. “Really bugs me.” Two pitches
Mar 25, 2019 The start of baseball season means it’s time for predictions, but we asked our writers to take it a step further heading into Opening Day. The assignment was simple: Find two bets you would make for the 2019 MLB season, with one thing you are certain will happen and a long shot
11:07 PM ET It’s too soon to know if the Milwaukee Brewers‘ acquisition of Christian Yelich from the Miami Marlins before the 2018 season will go down as one of the all-time great heists, but after one season and four games to begin 2019, Brewers general manager David Stearns must feel like he walked into