Associated Press Sep 14, 2023, 01:12 PM ET BOSTON — Yankees top prospect Jasson Domínguez will have Tommy John surgery next Wednesday, manager Aaron Boone said Thursday morning before they played the Red Sox in a split doubleheader. “Jasson is going to have surgery next Wednesday,” Boone said, sitting in the dugout while talking to
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Associated Press Sep 14, 2023, 12:45 PM ET BOSTON — The Boston Red Sox fired chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom on Thursday as the team stumbles toward a third last-place finish in four seasons. The team made the announcement before the start of a doubleheader against the New York Yankees, who took the first two
Sep 14, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Midway through September, the 2023 playoff picture is quickly taking shape. The Braves became the first team to secure a postseason berth this past weekend and followed that up by clinching the National League East with a win over the Phillies on Wednesday night. The Orioles and Dodgers are
ESPN News Services Sep 13, 2023, 09:26 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Atlanta Braves clinched their sixth straight National League East title, beating the Philadelphia Phillies 4-1 on Wednesday night behind Spencer Strider‘s major-league-leading 17th win and Austin Riley‘s two-run homer. Kirby Yates struck out Brandon Marsh to end the game, and the Atlanta players
Associated Press Sep 13, 2023, 10:32 PM ET HOUSTON — Hunter Brown and the Houston Astros held the Oakland Athletics hitless until Ryan Noda‘s one-out single in the ninth inning of a 6-2 victory Wednesday night that sent the A’s to their first consecutive 100-loss seasons since the 1960s. Brown pitched five innings, and Rafael
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2023, 02:48 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. LOS ANGELES — The National League Cy Young race was tightening up, the regular season was down to its final three
Sep 13, 2023, 09:06 PM ET The Miami Marlins are taking it “day by day” with reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcantara after an MRI revealed he has a sprained right UCL, manager Skip Schumaker said before Wednesday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers. Alcantara, who went on the 15-day injured list on Sept.
Associated Press Sep 13, 2023, 10:30 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler said Wednesday he shut down his comeback from Tommy John surgery this season because he wasn’t recovering well after a rehab start. The right-hander tossed two scoreless innings in a rehab appearance on Sept. 3 for Triple-A Oklahoma
ESPN News Services Sep 13, 2023, 06:26 PM ET The Boston Red Sox placed closer Kenley Jansen on the COVID-19 injured list, it was announced on Wednesday. The right-hander will have to sit out at least seven days. The team recalled left-handed pitcher Brandon Walter from Triple-A Worcester to fill Jansen’s roster spot. Jansen, 35,
Associated Press Sep 13, 2023, 06:48 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Twins are still planning on the oft-injured Byron Buxton playing again this season despite persistent knee problems, head athletic trainer Nick Paparesta said Wednesday. Buxton received a cortisone injection Sunday in his troublesome right knee to treat a new bout of inflammation and