7:57 AM ET Jose Altuve will not return from the disabled list during the Houston Astros‘ current homestand, meaning the reigning American League MVP will miss at least another four games. Altuve is making progress in his recovery from a right knee injury but, as of Friday, was not yet running at full speed. The
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11:45 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Time is running out for the Washington Nationals to deliver on the mission Dave Martinez was hired to achieve. The Nationals have spent most of the season chasing the top spot in the National League East and are currently
11:28 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Ronald Guzman became the first rookie to hit three home runs in a game against the Yankees, powering the Texas Rangers past New York 12-7 on Friday night. Eight days after Boston’s Steve Pearce connected three times off the Yankees, Guzman duplicated the feat in ending New
4:50 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Angels outfielder Mike Trout has been placed on the 10-day disabled list with right wrist inflammation, the team announced. Trout hasn’t played since Aug. 1, when he hurt his wrist during a feet-first slide into third base in Tampa Bay. The Angels said the DL move was
1:32 AM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Felix Hernandez has lost his spot in the Seattle Mariners‘ rotation in the wake of his latest terrible start in a season filled with struggles. The right-hander, who threw a perfect game in 2012, will pitch out of the bullpen for the first time in the majors. He’s
12:41 AM ET Los Angeles Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen suffered an irregular heartbeat Thursday and was taken to a local hospital, manager Dave Roberts told reporters in Denver. Jansen is returning to Los Angeles and will miss the remainder of the team’s series against the Colorado Rockies. He did not pitch in the Dodgers’ 8-5
3:39 PM ET Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander, in the midst of another All-Star season, credits wife Kate Upton with saving his career. “She was instrumental in me not…like, jumping off a bridge,” Verlander told Bleacher Report. “I was depressed and kind of just upset at the world and trying to hide my own s–t.”
1:03 AM ET WASHINGTON — At the ripe old age of 20, Ronald Acuna Jr. is anything but washed up. In the Atlanta Braves‘ 8-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, Acuna stole the show from Juan Soto, the Nationals’ 19-year-old rookie who has been getting loads of love over the past couple of
9:34 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The Miami Marlins were 21 games under .500 and playing before another small crowd as Derek Jeter spoke in the fifth inning Wednesday night, so he didn’t sugarcoat the state of the franchise 10 months into his tenure as CEO. “We have a ways to go,” Jeter said.
3:41 PM ET The Washington Nationals put reliever Kelvin Herrera on the 10-day disabled list with a right rotator cuff impingement on Wednesday. Herrera left the second game of a doubleheader against the Braves on Tuesday with right shoulder tightness. The Nationals recalled right-hander Koda Glover from Triple-A Syracuse to take Herrera’s place on the