9:07 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — White Sox right-hander Michael Kopech is throwing again after the touted prospect had Tommy John surgery in September. The team says Kopech had his first throwing session since the operation on Tuesday at the team’s spring training facility in Arizona. The 22-year-old Kopech says in a video sent
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7:11 PM ET Associated Press COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Lee Smith had seen the Hall of Fame several times. This visit was completely different. “I’m still in awe,” Smith said after the tour Tuesday, in preparation for his July induction. “Whenever I sign an autograph and someone says, `Hey, put Hall of Fame on it,’ I
4:17 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa and Tampa Bay outfielder Tommy Pham have won their salary arbitration cases. The decisions Tuesday gave players a 3-1 lead over teams in cases this winter. Correa was awarded a $5 million salary, rather than the $4.25 million offered by
2:21 PM ET As Bryce Harper‘s free agency slowly trudges along, New York Yankees right fielder Aaron Judge was asked about what it might take to bring the left-handed hitter — who plays the same position as Judge — to the Bronx. Blitzed by TMZ Sports in a brief red-carpet interview this week, Judge noted
9:07 AM ET A year ago, when writing this kind of article, one might have been able to identify Mitch Haniger as an up-and-coming young player. One might have been able to identify Alex Bregman, Brandon Nimmo, Whit Merrifield, Javier Baez and even — taking into account his nontraditional path — Max Muncy. All of
11:48 AM ET The Miami Marlins signed veteran outfielder Curtis Granderson to a minor league contract on Tuesday, the team announced. The contract includes an invitation to major league spring training. Anyone else ready for this offseason to end? Well, good news, baseball fans: Pitchers and catchers report in seven days! Granderson, 37, finished last
10:00 AM ET Start with this: Any trade of Jacoby Ellsbury would be incredibly difficult. He’s 35 years old and hasn’t played in a major league game in 476 days. He’s owed about $48 million for the next two years, he has a full no-trade clause, and — here’s the capper — if the season
10:08 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts on Monday distanced himself from what he called “racially insensitive” email exchanges involving his father, Joe Ricketts, after they were publicly leaked by splinternews.com. “We are aware of the racially insensitive emails in my father’s account that were published by an online media outlet,” Tom Ricketts
8:29 PM ET A California woman died last August as a result of being hit in the head by a batted ball at Dodger Stadium, according to a Los Angeles County coroner’s report obtained by ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” and details her daughter revealed to OTL in December. Linda Goldbloom, a mother of three and
4:31 PM ET Left-handed reliever Jerry Blevins has agreed to a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics, a source confirmed to ESPN. The deal includes an invitation to major league spring training. The news was first reported by the New York Post. It’s a homecoming for the 35-year-old Blevins, who pitched for the A’s