6:15 PM ET ESPN News Services Milwaukee Brewers reliever John Axford was placed on the 10-day injured list Tuesday, one day after his first major league appearance since 2018 was cut short by a right elbow injury. The team recalled left-hander Angel Perdomo from Triple-A Nashville in a corresponding move, and also placed infielder Keston
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12:11 PM ET Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan — José Bautista had just gotten his first Olympic hit, extending the Dominican Republic’s tournament with a walk-off single that capped a ninth-inning rally and eliminated surprising Israel. Of course, that bat was going to get flipped. “It’s part of this new age baseball thing that’s happening,” the
12:08 PM ET After being canceled last summer due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Little League World Series is back for 2021. Although the continuing effects of the pandemic will limit the competitors to U.S.-based teams only, all the action from the start regional play across the country through the excitement in Williamsport will be
7:00 AM ET It was about an hour before the MLB trade deadline on Friday afternoon. Kyle Hendricks walked to the outfield on the visitors side of Nationals Park to play catch as he always does the day before he starts. By the time he returned to the Chicago Cubs clubhouse, the team he helped
9:12 PM ET Jo Adell, one of the sport’s most promising outfield prospects, was called back up by the Los Angeles Angels on Monday, shortly after another hot stretch for the team’s Triple-A affiliate. Adell, 22, homered in three consecutive games on Thursday, Friday and Sunday and was batting .289/.342/.592 with 23 home runs and
4:40 PM ET CHICAGO — Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer says his ‘greatest source of frustration’ was the team’s inability to sign any of their stars to long term contracts before trading them last Friday. Anthony Rizzo, Kris Bryant and Javier Baez were the talk of the baseball world last week as all
7:05 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays are keeping players and staff updated about the surge of COVID-19 cases in Florida. Rays manager Kevin Cash said before Monday night’s game with Seattle that the team’s training staff is “pretty adamant about getting messages out and keeping people aware” of
5:57 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Former All-Star outfielder David Dahl was designated for assignment Monday by the rebuilding Texas Rangers, who added DJ Peters to their roster after getting the outfielder on a waiver claim from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Dahl hit .210 with four homers and 18 RBIs in his 63
10:59 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankees ace Gerrit Cole has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not make his scheduled start Tuesday. New York manager Aaron Boone made the announcement after Monday night’s 7-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles. Boone said he was informed of Cole’s positive test in the second inning.
10:33 AM ET Associated Press YOKOHAMA, Japan — Yuki Yanagita tied it with an RBI grounder off Scott McGough in the ninth inning, Takuya Kai hit a winning single against Edwin Jackson in the 10th and Japan beat the United States 7-6 Monday night to reach the Olympic baseball semifinals. Japan overcame a 6-5, ninth-inning