Associated Press Sep 8, 2023, 04:24 PM ET TORONTO — All-Star shortstop Bo Bichette was activated off the 10-day injured list by the Blue Jays before Friday’s game against the Royals. He is set to hit second in his first game since being sidelined Aug. 27 because of a strained right quadriceps. Bichette leads the
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Sep 8, 2023, 05:55 PM ET The Minnesota Twins returned first baseman/outfielder Alex Kirilloff from a rehab assignment and placed outfielder Joey Gallo on the 10-day injured list Friday. Kirilloff has missed Minnesota’s past 34 games after being placed on the 10-day IL with a right shoulder strain. In his third season in the major
ESPN News Services Sep 8, 2023, 04:24 PM ET Right-hander Germán Márquez and the Colorado Rockies are in agreement on a two-year, $20 million contract extension, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. The team announced the extension but did not disclose terms. Márquez, 28, had Tommy John surgery in May and will miss most
Sep 8, 2023, 03:45 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers activated All-Star designated hitter J.D. Martinez from the 10-day injured list on Friday, while infielder Michael Busch was optioned to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Martinez, 36, missed 17 games with groin tightness. He is batting .256 with 25 homers and 78 RBIs in 92 games. The
ESPN News Services Sep 7, 2023, 07:25 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías was arrested after someone saw a physical altercation between a man and a woman outside a Major League Soccer stadium and contacted police, according to the arrest report released Thursday. The report by the Department of Public
Sep 7, 2023, 10:55 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts left LoanDepot Park in Miami on crutches after fouling a ball off his foot Thursday night against the Marlins, according to multiple reports. X-rays reportedly were negative. Betts fouled a ball off his foot in the first inning and remained in the
Associated Press Sep 7, 2023, 08:45 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani took swings in the batting cage and did other baseball activities Thursday, nearing a return to the Los Angeles Angels‘ lineup after straining his right oblique muscles early in the week. Ohtani wasn’t in the Angels’ starting lineup for the fourth straight
Jesse Rogers, ESPN Staff WriterSep 7, 2023, 07:23 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. CHICAGO — The Arizona Diamondbacks‘ sixth overall pick in the amateur draft in 2021 was at Panera Bread when he got the call Wednesday that he was joining the big league club
Associated Press Sep 7, 2023, 06:03 PM ET NEW YORK — Detroit Tigers pitcher Matt Manning was placed on the 15-day injured list Thursday and will miss the rest of the season with a broken right foot after he was hit by a 119.5 mph comebacker off the bat off the New York Yankees‘ Giancarlo
ESPN News Services Sep 7, 2023, 08:56 PM ET NEW YORK — YES Network cameraman Pete Stendel returned to work Thursday night, two months after he was hit in the face by a ball. Stendel worked the center field camera during the Yankees’ game against Detroit, YES spokesman Eric Handler said. Stendel sustained an orbital