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ESPN News Services Apr 4, 2024, 11:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Athletics will spend the next three seasons playing at a minor league ballpark in West Sacramento before their planned move to Las Vegas for the 2028 season. The team announced Thursday that it would play at Sutter Health Park — the home

ESPN News Services Apr 4, 2024, 02:04 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Miami Marlins right-hander Eury Perez will undergo Tommy John surgery and miss the 2024 season, the team announced Thursday. The decision came after Perez visited Dr. Keith Meister for the second time in approximately two weeks. He will have the procedure on his

Apr 4, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Entering the 2024 MLB season, two superteams have stood out from the crowd. In fact, the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers were in a tier of their own at the top of our initial MLB Power Rankings and are the clear projected favorites to win

Apr 4, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re one week into the 2024 MLB season, and after the Brewers and Pirates each suffered their first loss of the season on Wednesday, we have one team still undefeated through seven days of play — the Tigers?! We’ve seen hot starts across the league from

Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterApr 4, 2024, 02:11 AM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) Open Extended Reactions The Athletics appear close to severing ties with Oakland after 56 years and making a minor league ballpark in West Sacramento their interim home before

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 09:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SAN DIEGO — Kyle Higashioka had a game to forget in his first start for the San Diego Padres. In his second start, he did something so rare only five other catchers have done it since 1961. Higashioka caught two baserunners stealing and homered

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 11:25 PM ET Open Extended Reactions WASHINGTON — This, then, is what was running through Joey Gallo‘s mind as the miss-or-mash slugger for the Washington Nationals rounded the bases after his 447-foot, second-deck homer ended an 0-for-12 start to 2024: “Thank God. I did something good.” And this is what

ESPN News Services Apr 4, 2024, 04:18 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Heston Kjerstad went 5-for-7 with two home runs and 10 RBIs to lead the Norfolk Tides to a 26-11 rout of the Charlotte Knights in the Triple-A International League on Wednesday night. Kyle Stowers had three homers, four hits and

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterApr 4, 2024, 12:45 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. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani is finally on the board. The two-way star cranked his first home run

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 09:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Astros ace Justin Verlander is scheduled to make his first rehabilitation start Sunday at Triple-A Sugar Land. The 41-year-old Verlander, who opened the season on the injured list with inflammation in his right shoulder, will throw a bullpen session Thursday in Houston