6:34 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Blue Jays have received approval from top Canadian health officials with one last signoff required by the country’s immigration minister for an exemption on border restrictions that would allow them to play in Canada later this month, an official familiar with the talks told The Associated Press
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10:02 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — New York Mets star shortstop Francisco Lindor left Friday night’s game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth inning with soreness on his right side. Lindor winced after grounding out to second base. He took a few steps out of the batter’s box but then peeled off toward
8:13 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers began the second half of their season on Friday with lingering uncertainty over the status of longtime ace Clayton Kershaw, who is on the injured list with inflammation in his left forearm. Kershaw has been working out, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, but there’s still no telling when
6:18 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Drew Robinson, who survived a suicide attempt and returned to play baseball with one eye while spreading a message about the importance of mental health, said in an Instagram post on Friday
7:23 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Three men arrested with more than a dozen weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a Denver hotel near the site of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game have been charged with federal firearms crimes, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Friday. The number of weapons found July 9
7:56 PM ET ESPN News Services Colorado Rockies manager Bud Black, first base coach Ron Gideon and four players were not available for Friday’s home game against the Los Angeles Dodgers due to COVID-19 reasons, but the clubs still planned to play. Right-handers Antonio Senzatela, Yency Almonte and Jhoulys Chacin and outfielder Yonathan Daza were
12:18 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox are expected to return to action Friday, sources told ESPN’s Enrique Rojas, after positive COVID-19 tests for Yankees players caused Thursday’s game to be postponed. In testing since, there have been no new positive cases, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan, with
9:16 PM ET The Atlanta Braves acquired outfielder Joc Pederson from the Chicago Cubs for minor league first baseman Bryce Ball, the teams announced on Thursday. Pederson, 29, had 11 home runs and a .718 OPS in 73 games for the Cubs after signing a one-year, $4.5 million deal that included a $10 million mutual
4:20 PM ET Boston Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale began his rehab assignment Thursday in the Florida Complex League, finishing the day after throwing three innings in which he allowed zero runs on four hits and zero walks while striking out five batters. Boston had planned for Sale to throw two innings, but the left-hander
4:02 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA — The Toronto Blue Jays‘ return to their home ballpark is “trending in a very good direction,” Canada’s deputy chief public health officer said Thursday. The Blue Jays have played their home games this season in Dunedin, Florida, and Buffalo, New York, because the U.S.-Canada border remains closed to