8:00 AM ET ESPN News Services Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman referred to “racist undertones” in a tweet late Tuesday night after television analyst Bob Brenly made comments about the right-hander’s head covering during New York’s game against the Diamondbacks. Brenly, the former World Series-winning manager who now calls Diamondbacks games for Bally Sports Arizona, made
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7:00 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” WHEN HE WAS told he was going to die, Bryan Wayne Galentine started to think about what he wanted to leave behind. Every day, for however long amyotrophic lateral sclerosis allowed him
10:46 PM ET ESPN News Services CHICAGO — San Diego shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. left the Padres’ game Tuesday vs. the Cubs in Chicago with right oblique tightness, according to the team. The Padres included that the move was made for “precautionary reasons” after he went 0-3 on the night. Tatis entered play Tuesday with
8:39 PM ET ESPN News Services The St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday placed right-handed pitcher Jack Flaherty on the 10-day injured list with a left oblique strain that manager Mike Shildt termed a “real strain/tear.” Flaherty was reevaluated after leaving Monday night’s start at Dodger Stadium with tightness on that side. He hinted it was
11:51 PM ET Washington Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg left Tuesday night’s start against the Braves in Atlanta because of a tight right trapezius muscle, manager Dave Martinez said after his team’s 11-6 win. Strasburg will have an MRI on Wednesday, Martinez said. It was his third start since returning from more than a month on
9:31 PM ET The San Francisco Giants will celebrate Pride Month by displaying Pride colors on the right sleeve of their home jerseys and on the “SF” logo of their caps for Saturday’s game against the Chicago Cubs, an unprecedented move in Major League Baseball’s ongoing inclusion efforts. Pride Month — a tribute to the
12:27 AM ET A photo depicting food provided to some Oakland Athletics minor leaguers went viral on Tuesday, sparking references to the infamous Fyre Festival that allegedly once offered sandwich bread with sliced cheese for dinner. Pictures of the food were shared through a Twitter account run by Advocates for Minor Leaguers, an organization fighting
10:27 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Mike Marshall, who became the first reliever to win the Cy Young Award when he set a major league record by pitching 106 games in a season for the Los Angeles Dodgers, has died. He was 78. Marshall died Monday night at home in Zephyrhills, Florida, where
11:08 PM ET CHICAGO — The Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox are among several teams across Major League Baseball yet to be approved for 100% capacity, and both organizations are not happy about it, sources familiar with them told ESPN. There’s growing frustration among the teams with the city of Chicago, sources said, even
4:52 PM ET ESPN News Services SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners placed outfielder Kyle Lewis on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a torn meniscus in his right knee. Manager Scott Servais termed it a “small tear” in his pregame media availability, but it’s troublesome nonetheless. This is the second time this season the Mariners