4:28 PM ET ESPN News Services GOODYEAR, Ariz. — All-Star second baseman Scooter Gennett is expected to miss eight to 12 weeks with a severe right groin strain, costing the Cincinnati Reds their most productive hitter less than a week before Opening Day. Gennett injured the right side of his groin Friday while making a
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12:49 PM ET Tampa Bay Rays starting third baseman Matt Duffy will start the season on the injured list with a hamstring injury, manager Kevin Cash announced Saturday. Duffy was scratched from the lineup for Saturday’s Grapefruit League game against the Detroit Tigers. He was to undergo more testing Saturday on the hamstring injury that
12:18 PM ET Outfielder Cameron Maybin, who was arrested earlier this month on a DUI charge, was released by the San Francisco Giants on Friday. Maybin had been in camp with the Giants on a minor league contract. The 31-year-outfielder expressed remorse earlier this month after he was arrested in Scottsdale, Arizona, on charges of
12:10 PM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates announced Saturday that outfielder Melky Cabrera and left-hander Francisco Liriano will both make the Opening Day roster. Both veterans had signed minor league contracts to join the team this offseason. Last year, the A’s blew by low preseason expectations to win 97 games. We look at this season’s teams
10:25 AM ET Left-hander Chris Sale has signed a five-year contract extension with the Boston Red Sox, team president Dave Dombrowski announced Saturday. The five-year deal is worth $145 million, league sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, and includes an opt-out after three years, a vesting sixth-year option based on stats worth at least $20 million
10:51 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees guest hitting instructor Lee Mazzilli was released Friday after spending two nights in the hospital after being struck in the head by a ball during batting practice. Mazzilli was hurt Wednesday during a workout at New York’s spring training complex at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida,
10:08 PM ET Associated Press GOODYEAR, Ariz. — The Cleveland Indians have ruled out star shortstop Francisco Lindor and double-play partner Jason Kipnis for Opening Day. The team said Friday night that neither player will be ready for Thursday’s opener at Minnesota. Lindor will start the year on the 10-day injured list. He has been
7:25 PM ET Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Alex Bregman‘s decision to sign a long-term contract with the Houston Astros was not impacted by the second slow free-agent market. “I wanted to play here,” the third baseman said Friday after the team announced a $100 million, five-year contract covering 2020-24. “I didn’t want
7:31 PM ET Houston Astros owner Jim Crane said Friday that there is mutual interest in a contract extension for ace Justin Verlander. However, Crane said if a new deal for the 36-year-old right-hander does come, it will most likely have to happen while the team is still in Florida for spring training. “I don’t
7:32 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — The Milwaukee Brewers‘ vaunted bullpen is entering the season without a couple of its most imposing pieces. Corey Knebel is out indefinitely with a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the type of injury that sometimes ends in Tommy John surgery. He’s expected