3:14 PM ET Associated Press KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Josh Donaldson plans to play in his first spring training game for the Atlanta Braves on Friday night against Philadelphia. After being slowed by injuries for two seasons, the 33-year-old third baseman signed a $23 million, one-year contract with the Braves and spent the first two weeks
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8:27 AM ET We’re going behind the scenes with the champs. Follow along for live updates and in-game interviews from spring training as part of a special “All-Access” presentation and tune in for Twins-Red Sox at 1 p.m. ET on ESPN. play 0:19 Listen to Jackie Bradley Jr. track down a fly ball during the
2:32 PM ET Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. — Bryce Harper homered for the second straight day in a simulated game against Philadelphia Phillies minor leaguers. Harper had an opposite-field homer to left in the first of 12 plate appearances Thursday at the team’s minor league complex. Harper also lined a double down the right-field line,
1:16 PM ET Houston Astros infielder Alex Bregman led my “Plant My Flag” article last season, but as a coveted selection in the early rounds coming off a breakout sophomore campaign, there would not be many chances to get him in a draft. Bregman went in Round 4 much of the time and that meant
11:49 AM ET Veteran outfielder Carlos Gomez has signed a minor-league deal with the New York Mets, saying “it’s a dream” to return to the team with whom he broke into the majors in 2007. “Excited and anxious,” Gomez told reporters Thursday. “My goal is to be a part of this team. Make the team
11:15 PM ET Major League Baseball is making changes to pregame protocol heading into the first season with expanded state-sponsored sports betting. This year, clubs will be required to submit starting lineups to the Commissioner’s Office 15 minutes before they are made public in an effort by the league to reduce the value of inside
11:30 PM ET ESPN News Services SURPRISE, Ariz. — Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez underwent successful Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right elbow Wednesday, keeping the six-time All-Star off the field for the entire 2019 season. The surgery was performed in Los Angeles by Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the Dodgers‘
10:36 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Clayton Kershaw has not yet been ruled out for Opening Day by the Los Angeles Dodgers despite all the time he has missed at spring training with a sore left shoulder. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Wednesday that, for now at least, Kershaw remains scheduled to start
6:41 AM ET Baseball’s best players can make the game look easy at times, but maintaining high-level performance is hardly automatic. Even MVPs and Cy Young winners are vulnerable to the gravitational forces of the profession, namely injuries, aging, slumps, and regression. Sometimes it can take more than a single season for luck — good
7:24 PM ET Former Oregon State pitcher Luke Heimlich, who was not selected in the Major League Baseball draft last summer, has signed a contract with a team in Mexico’s summer league, multiple sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The left-hander, who as a teenager pleaded guilty to molesting a 6-year-old niece, signed with the Dos