9:19 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The new No. 3 is the new No. 1. Major League Baseball says that Bryce Harper has the sport’s top-selling jersey, ending a two-year reign for Aaron Judge‘s No. 99. 1. Bryce Harper, Phillies 2. Aaron Judge, Yankees 3. Mookie Betts, Red Sox 4. Mike Trout, Angels
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7:00 AM ET The Bryce Harper Phillies era officially begins at 3:05 p.m. ET on Thursday with an Opening Day showdown against the Atlanta Braves. Before Harper takes the field in his new uniform for the first time, we asked five of our experts to predict how things will go during the $330 million man’s
8:00 PM ET Whether you are a die-hard fan who has been counting down the days until the new season begins or someone who waits until Opening Day arrives to get excited, the return of baseball is something to celebrate. We’ve enlisted ESPN.com’s Bradford Doolittle, Sam Miller, Jeff Passan and David Schoenfield to provide an
7:55 AM ET The 2019 MLB season is just a day away! At the end of the 2018 season, the Boston Red Sox were celebrating their fourth World Series title since 2004. But according to our experts, even with almost all of the Red Sox’s star players due back this year, taking another title won’t
4:53 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays are exploring the possibility of using blue lights to tint the roof of Tropicana Field in hopes of giving the domed the stadium a different look as well as making it easier for players to track fly balls during games. The lights
10:12 PM ET ESPN News Services The Oakland Athletics have acquired designated hitter/first baseman Kendrys Morales in a trade with the Toronto Blue Jays, the teams announced Wednesday. Morales, 35, is expected to play first base while Gold Glover Matt Olson recovers from a broken hamate bone in his right hand. Olson was injured Thursday
9:00 PM ET The Boston Red Sox‘s biggest question mark of the offseason was who they were going to use as a closer after Craig Kimbrel left in free agency. On the eve of Opening Day, Red Sox manager Alex Cora declined to answer the question, saying people will find out soon enough. The Red
6:00 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — All it took were some beef-and-cheese taquitos and 10-for-$2 mini-tacos from 7-Eleven to seal National League Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom‘s $137.5 million deal with the New York Mets. OK, well, not quite. “I only had a couple bites,” deGrom said with a smile Wednesday at
5:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Good but unexceptional veterans must realize teams find them less valuable in the age of analytics, Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred maintained ahead of season openers. Players have expressed anger following the second straight slow free-agent market, one that saw record deals for top stars and plummeting prices
2:51 PM ET Cleveland Indians star shortstop Francisco Lindor is out indefinitely after suffering an acute ankle sprain Tuesday during a minor league game. Lindor, who had been attempting to come back from a calf injury that sidelined him for all of spring training, suffered the injury while running the bases. The Indians announced that