7:56 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Steven Souza Jr. will require season-ending knee surgery to repair multiple tears in his left knee after being injured Monday night. Souza slipped on home plate and his left leg jammed into the ground during an exhibition against the Chicago White Sox. The Diamondbacks said
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6:11 PM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner thinks New York has a championship-caliber team as it heads into Thursday’s opener against the Orioles. “We’re excited,” Steinbrenner said Tuesday after watching CC Sabathia pitch in a minor league game. “We’re as good as anybody. The team is going to do everything
5:48 PM ET Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa is questionable for Thursday’s opener at Tampa Bay because of a sore neck, manager A.J. Hinch said. Hinch said Correa, who was scratched from Houston’s last two exhibition games, has been experiencing discomfort in his neck since a rundown play last Friday. “We’ll see if he can
4:33 PM ET If New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard was still upset about the New York Mets’ trip to Syracuse, he certainly wasn’t showing it Tuesday. Two days after he said he wasn’t looking forward to making the trip to the city — “not even in the slightest bit” — Syndergaard was running around
2:02 PM ET The Chicago Cubs and right-handed starter Kyle Hendricks have agreed on a four-year contract extension with an option for 2024. Including his deal for this year at $7.405 million, the 29-year-old will earn $63 million before the option, sources told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers. Hendricks is an anomaly in today’s pitching world with
1:27 PM ET Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Former All-Star first baseman Todd Helton has received a misdemeanor citation on a charge of driving under the influence after getting involved in a one-car crash. Helton’s lawyer, Stephen Ross Johnson, said the former Colorado Rockies star has entered a treatment program and “realizes there are parts
1:05 PM ET Cincinnati Reds top prospect Nick Senzel has a sprained right ankle and will be in a walking boot for 7-14 days. The Reds announced Tuesday that Senzel suffered the injury in a minor league game Monday. Reds president of baseball operations Dick Williams told reporters that Senzel “caught a spike and rolled
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12:35 PM ET ESPN News Services San Francisco Giants CEO and president Larry Baer has been suspended without pay through July 1, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said in a statement Tuesday. An altercation between Baer and his wife, Pam, was caught on video, in which she screams, “Oh, my God! No!” while falling to the