2:54 PM ET Major League Baseball is putting the final touches on a memo that will detail the sport’s rule against foreign substances, with the expectation among some sources that the document will be forwarded to teams sometime in the next few days and presented to coaching staffs and players. The actual order to umpires
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6:09 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Jim “Mudcat” Grant, the first Black 20-game winner in the American League and a key part of the Minnesota Twins‘ first World Series team in 1965, has died. He was 85. The Twins announced Grant’s death Saturday. No cause was given. Grant’s personal assistant, on behalf of the
6:35 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Yankees right-hander Luis Severino was removed from a minor league rehab start Saturday because of a right groin injury and will get an MRI. Severino, 27, was making his second rehab start following Tommy John surgery in February 2020, pitching for High Class A Hudson Valley against
2:39 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Two-time National League Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom is expected to make his next scheduled start for the New York Mets despite having to leave Friday’s game after six innings with flexor tendinitis. DeGrom played catch and threw a bullpen session Saturday afternoon. Manager Luis Rojas
1:49 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Nationals placed reliever Daniel Hudson on the 10-day injured list with right elbow inflammation on Saturday. Hudson has a 4-1 record with a 2.59 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 23 games. He joined the Nationals in a midseason trade with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2019 and
10:07 PM ET New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom was pulled after six innings in his start against the San Diego Padres on Friday night due to right flexor tendinitis, the team said. DeGrom was removed after throwing six shutout innings in continuation of his dominant start to the 2021 season. He struck out 10
7:54 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo said he understands the controversy surrounding his decision not to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but explained that he is “taking some more time to see the data in all of it.” The Cubs are one of eight teams in baseball who haven’t reached the
8:03 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Nationals ace Max Scherzer exited with an apparent injury after throwing just 12 pitches in Friday night’s start against San Francisco. There was no immediate report on Scherzer’s condition. Washington typically doesn’t announce information on player injuries until after a game ends. Scherzer got Giants leadoff hitter LaMonte
7:37 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen is taking a physical leave of absence from the team while his wife, Nicole, is dealing with brain cancer. Hazen said Friday that he will continue to consult regularly with assistant general manager Amiel Sawdaye, who will take over day-to-day baseball operations.
5:21 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets acting general manager Zack Scott refuted New York first baseman Pete Alonso‘s charge that Major League Baseball has been manipulating baseballs to hurt potential free agents, saying changes to the ball would have “no influence on how players are valued or paid.” Asked Wednesday about the