10:52 AM ET Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora says a member of the team is dealing with a “family emergency” without disclosing further details. Cora’s comments were preceded by the Red Sox canceling media availablity for the rest of the team. No details about the emergency or the player affected have been released. David
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11:35 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 is prepared to scuttle the implementation of a pitch clock until at least 2022 as part of a wide-ranging proposal to the MLB Players Association that would include the
8:26 PM ET The independent Atlantic League will partner with Major League Baseball to act as a testing ground for experimental playing rules and equipment during the season, with a three-year agreement between the leagues announced Tuesday. The agreement allows MLB to implement changes to Atlantic League playing rules in order to observe the effects
7:05 PM ET Associated Press MESA, Ariz. — Longtime Los Angeles Angels player and coach Bobby Knoop has announced his retirement after 53 years in baseball. Los Angeles shared the news in a release Tuesday. The 80-year-old Knoop was one of the Angels’ first recognizable figures, earning the club’s MVP award four times in its
5:51 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Clayton Kershaw is not expected to play catch again until Thursday as the Dodgers address his throwing discomfort. The three-time NL Cy Young winner will not undergo an MRI, manager Dave Roberts said. “Nothing new, nothing new, we’re going to wait and see how it feels,” Roberts
5:25 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — With each ground ball hit his way, Corey Seager smoothly worked low to the ground, scooped the ball up and made accurate throws across the diamond to first base. Later on Tuesday morning during double play drills, he made quick tosses to second base, changing the angle
4:42 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Carlos Martinez had an injection to stimulate healing in his weak pitching shoulder and likely will not be in the starting rotation at the beginning of the season. St. Louis said Tuesday that Martinez won’t throw for two weeks after he received a
6:25 PM ET The St. Louis Cardinals and ace pitcher Miles Mikolas have agreed on a four-year extension, the team announced Tuesday. The deal is worth $68 million, according to ESPN and multiple reports. The extension will begin in 2020 and run through 2023. Mikolas, 30, is entering the second year of a two-year, $15.5
2:35 PM ET Associated Press JUPITER, Fla. — Miami Marlins outfield prospect Victor Victor Mesa has been diagnosed with a Grade 1 right hamstring strain and reassigned to minor league rehabilitation, a setback in the development of the highly regarded Cuban defector. Mesa underwent an MRI after being hurt Sunday in a spring training game
1:38 PM ET Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Infielder Logan Forsythe has agreed to a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers and will be at major league spring training. The addition of Forsythe on Tuesday provides infield depth. Chase d’Arnaud and Christian Lopes, also in camp on minor league deals, are both sidelined with