4:47 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — The Texas Rangers have hired Shiraz Rehman as assistant general manager after he spent the past seven years in baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs. Rehman will assist Rangers general manager Jon Daniels in the day-to-day management of major league operations, including player acquisitions, roster management, player
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4:01 PM ET The Los Angeles Angels opted out of their stadium lease with the city of Anaheim on Tuesday, throwing the status of their home since 1966 into limbo. “As we look to the future, we need the ability to continue to deliver a high-quality fan experience beyond what the original lease allows,” Angels
7:34 PM ET HOUSTON — The Boston Red Sox were still unsure Tuesday when Chris Sale would be available to pitch again, but the lefty ace was back with the team for Game 3 of the AL Championship Series. When players for both teams were introduced before the first series game in Houston, Sale lined
Here’s what Nathan Eovaldi said about playing at Minute Maid Park, having grown up in Alvin, Texas: “It definitely is very special to me. You know, growing up we watched a lot of baseball games here, and then travel ball and stuff we got to play a couple times. It’s real special to me.” Marly
8:35 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. The dramatic turnaround of the Houston Astros franchise from historically bad — they were the second team in MLB history to have three consecutive seasons of at least 106 losses — to world champions in just five years has
8:24 AM ET HOUSTON — Nathan Eovaldi is only the second-best pitcher ever who can throw 100 mph and hails from Alvin, Texas. That’s not an insult. The other one is Nolan Ryan. Alvin is a town of 26,000, located 30 miles south of Houston. A local highway is named, appropriately enough, the Nolan Ryan
8:00 AM ET LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers navigated the 2018 regular season as a persistent enigma. They were loaded with talent and rich in depth, clearly and significantly superior to the vast majority of their competition. But sprinkled throughout their run toward a sixth consecutive division title were several mind-numbing stretches —
8:10 AM ET If Alex Bregman were homering as often as peak Barry Bonds, we wouldn’t say the Red Sox were giving him the Barry Bonds treatment. We’d just say Bregman was hot, or had somehow become as good as Bonds, and that no amount of effort on the part of Red Sox pitchers has
2:40 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Coming into the National League Championship Series, we — the reliable baseball experts of the media world — smugly thought we had the Milwaukee Brewers‘ plan for beating the Los Angeles Dodgers all laid out. Get an early lead, likely with thunderous offense led by MVP candidate Christian Yelich.
1:28 AM ET LOS ANGELES — Austin Barnes will once again start in place of the struggling Yasmani Grandal in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series, Dave Roberts, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ manager, announced immediately after Monday’s 4-0 loss. Defensively, Grandal committed his third passed ball in two starts in this series and