9:32 PM ET San Francisco Giants right-hander Johnny Cueto is facing the likelihood of undergoing Tommy John surgery, manager Bruce Bochy said before Monday night’s game in San Diego. Cueto recently met with team doctors regarding a sore elbow, and Bochy said Monday it was a “strong possibility” that Cueto may need the surgery. Giants
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11:13 AM ET Lee Singer Who says you have to wait for the fall for baseball to have a postseason feel? There are three games Monday between teams currently in playoff position. As Machado gets used to his new surroundings, we examine how the superstar is fitting into L.A.’s lineup. The Red Sox and Phillies
11:53 PM ET Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner became the latest athlete, and the third major leaguer this month, to have old embarrassing and offensive tweets resurface. Tweets dating back to 2011 and 2012 from the then-18-year-old’s account used a gay slur, featured anti-gay comments and a joke with racist undertones. On Sunday night, Turner
7:32 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb says he “regrets” posting a series of offensive tweets that surfaced during his near-no-hitter Sunday afternoon against the Los Angeles Dodgers. The tweets were sent in 2011 and 2012, when Newcomb was 18. One tweet included a racial epithet that was part
7:00 AM ET As E:60 prepared its profile of Mike Trout, there were many, many great stories and anecdotes that we didn’t have time to include or fully explore in the TV piece. Here are a few of those. Garrett Richards and Mike Trout played together in the minor leagues, and Richards recalled that one
12:49 AM ET The Colorado Rockies are bringing back veteran outfielder Matt Holliday on a minor league deal, according to multiple reports. Holliday, 38, played in Colorado from 2004 to 2008, achieving his greatest success with the team. He led the National League in batting average and RBIs in 2007, when the Rockies got all
9:04 PM ET ST. LOUIS — New Chicago Cubs pitcher Cole Hamels, isn’t worried about finding success again after struggling for much of the season, especially in July, when he posted an 11.12 ERA for his old team, the Texas Rangers. “You get a little bit of revitalized energy,” Hamels said Saturday of joining the
7:20 AM ET ST. LOUIS — The Chicago Cubs added a huge name, Cole Hamels, for their stretch run. But will it be the Hamels everyone remembers from his glory days in Philadelphia or the one with the highest ERA and OPS against in baseball since late June? We attempt to answer that question and
2:26 AM ET The Kansas City Royals have traded former All-Star slugger Mike Moustakas to the Milwaukee Brewers for minor league outfielder Brett Phillips and minor league pitcher Jorge Lopez. A key member of the Royals’ 2015 World Series championship team, he became a free agent after last season, then signed a one-year contract with
7:07 PM ET NEW YORK — As the Yankees turn to others to help account for the expected three-week absence of Aaron Judge for a chip fracture in his right wrist, manager Aaron Boone said he couldn’t anticipate the future but that he “absolutely” thought they had a team that, even without the slugger, could