7:17 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw won’t be ready for Opening Day after all, manager Dave Roberts said Monday. Kershaw has been slowed by shoulder inflammation this spring and has yet to pitch in an official Cactus League game. He has been throwing, however, completing a bullpen session without any issues as
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5:32 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Major League Baseball suggested sweeping changes to the minor leagues, including a significant increase in salaries, a higher standard of living conditions and better transportation, during an initial collective-bargaining session with the
5:26 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — As spring-training injuries have begun to ravage the New York Yankees‘ outfield, a healthier Jacoby Ellsbury returned to the team this week, making his first appearance around the full squad in about a year. “It’s nice to be going, doing baseball activity,” said the 34-year-old, who is coming off
2:55 PM ET Associated Press BRADENTON, Fla. — Jung Ho Kang and Erik Gonzalez have won starting jobs in the infield with the Pittsburgh Pirates. General manager Neal Huntington said Monday that Kang has beaten out Colin Moran at third base and Erik Gonzalez has won the shortstop competition over Kevin Newman. “It was not
2:04 PM ET ESPN News Services Ichiro Suzuki‘s struggles at the plate have followed him to Japan, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be in the lineup for the start of the MLB season Wednesday in Tokyo. Ichiro was hitting .080 in spring training and went hitless in six at-bats in two exhibition games against
1:50 PM ET Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin Pedroia will start the season on the injured list as he continues his recovery from a chronic left knee injury. Red Sox manager Alex Cora announced the decision Monday, emphasizing that Pedroia has not experienced any setbacks from the injury that sidelined him for almost the
1:04 PM ET Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker announced that Julio Teheran will be Atlanta’s Opening Day starter next week in Philadelphia against Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies. Teheran will make his sixth consecutive Opening Day start for the Braves. Teheran has famously struggled when facing Harper, who is 18-for-40 (.450 average) with 8
12:42 PM ET Associated Press DUNEDIN, Fla. — Union head Tony Clark lauded the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday for giving minor league players a 50 percent raise, and he hopes other clubs do the same. Representatives from the players’ association visited the Blue Jays spring training camp a day after The Athletic reported the
2:24 AM ET Associated Press TOKYO — Amid all the hoopla surrounding Suzuki Ichiro’s return to Japan with the Seattle Mariners, it’s been easy to overlook something else: the Oakland Athletics are here, too. The A’s are used to being seen as the also-rans, and even relish it. They were a playoff team last season
9:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” When the Philadelphia Phillies lost their ninth consecutive game toward the end of last September, veteran first baseman Carlos Santana felt like he needed to send a message to his teammates who