10:31 PM ET The Oakland A’s secured the final American League playoff spot on Monday night when the Tampa Bay Rays lost to the New York Yankees. The A’s will face the Yankees in the AL wild-card game in October after earning their first postseason berth since 2014 with a torrid second half of the
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9:27 PM ET WASHINGTON — Bryce Harper has finally hit the century mark. Harper collected his 100th RBI with a sacrifice fly against Miami Marlins starter Sandy Alcantara on Monday night. The fly ball to left, which came with one out in the bottom of the fourth inning and scored Adam Eaton, gives the Washington
8:25 PM ET Bobby Evans is out as San Francisco Giants general manager “effective immediately” and will be reassigned, the team said Monday in a news release. The Giants will begin a search for their next GM immediately. Executive vice president Brian Sabean and manager Bruce Bochy are expected to be retained. All three men
7:39 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Injured New York Yankees shortstop Didi Gregorius said Monday that he believes he will be back in the starting lineup before the regular season ends. “Yes,” Gregorius said at his Tropicana Field locker, affirmatively answering a reporter’s question about his belief in a return. “Before the end of
6:29 PM ET Felix Hernandez hasn’t had a gratifying season on the mound, but the Seattle Mariners right-hander accomplished something Monday of which he can be very proud — becoming a U.S. citizen. Hernandez, who was born in Valencia, Venezuela, was sworn in Monday afternoon along with dozens of other new citizens at a ceremony
10:33 AM ET Associated Press DETROIT — A food service worker at Comerica Park in Detroit has been fired after a video was posted online allegedly showing him spitting on a pizza. WXYZ-TV reports the video was visible on Instagram over the weekend and shows an employee spitting on the pizza intended for customers. WWJ-AM
9:43 AM ET Sarah Langs From the difference between teams at the top of the standings and those at the very bottom, to the number of balls in play (or not in play, to be specific), it has been a historic season in the majors. With seven days left to play, only one National League
Sep 22, 2018 Robert Sanchez The best player on baseball’s best team is built to be underestimated. Xander Bogaerts remembers the first time he saw Mookie Betts. It was late summer 2011 in South Carolina, and Bogaerts was an 18-year-old shortstop for the Low-A Greenville Drive — a confident kid who’d signed as an amateur
7:17 AM ET This is it, my friends. The final week of the regular season. We’ve come so far. Remember when the Mets were 11-1? Remember when Didi Gregorius led the majors with 10 home runs and 30 RBIs at the end of April and Johnny Cueto had a 0.84 ERA after the first month?
12:06 AM ET Let’s get right to it: The Los Angeles Dodgers are a better team than the Colorado Rockies. This isn’t really a matter of debate, although I’m guessing more than a few Rockies fans will disagree with that statement. The Dodgers have outscored the Rockies by 39 runs. That never happens. Or almost