12:15 AM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Ravaged by injuries, the New York Mets need Jacob deGrom now more than ever. That’s why his typically brilliant performance Tuesday night was such a welcome sight in a sea of bad news. The two-time Cy Young Award winner struck out nine in his successful return
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11:41 PM ET Hours after releasing a new line of MLB-affiliated “Local Market” hats on Tuesday, New Era pulled the product from its website. New Era is the official cap supplier to MLB. The line featured a combination of team logos, local area codes, landmarks, World Series logos and other local tie-ins scattered over the
11:03 PM ET CHICAGO — Joe West broke the record for most games umpired in the history of Major League Baseball as soon as the Chicago White Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals game was official after five innings on Tuesday night. West, 68, umpired his 5,376th regular-season game, one more than Hall of Fame umpire
6:50 PM ET Joe DeMartinoESPN Editor Close General Editor Joined ESPN in 2006 Massachusetts native, Northwestern graduate Cleveland Indians pitcher Zach Plesac is on the injured list with a non-displaced fracture of his right thumb — a relatively normal thing for a pitcher to suffer in the course of his job. The thing is, according
8:38 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Corey Kluber‘s bid to match Johnny Vander Meer’s feat of consecutive no-hitters ended when Toronto’s Bo Bichette reached on an infield single with one out in the third on Tuesday night, and the New York Yankees removed the 35-year-old right-hander after the inning. Two innings later,
3:28 PM ET ESPN News Services The Philadelphia Phillies placed slugger Bryce Harper on the 10-day injured list with a bruised left forearm on Tuesday. The move was made retroactive to Sunday. The outfielder, who is in an 0-for-16 slump, was held out of the Phillies’ lineup for the past two games. Manager Joe Girardi
7:05 PM ET Add the latest entry to the book chronicling bizarre baseball injuries. Cleveland manager Terry Francona said Tuesday the team will place right-handed starter Zach Plesac to the injured list with a non-displaced fracture of his right thumb. The 26-year old suffered the injury while “rather aggressively ripping off his shirt” and catching
8:02 PM ET New York Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard left his second rehab start in the minors after one inning as a precautionary measure due to soreness in his right elbow, the team announced. Pitching for Class A St. Lucie, Syndergaard was scheduled to pitch at least four innings as he returns from Tommy John
7:17 PM ET Minute Maid Park in Houston opened at full capacity on Tuesday, just in time to welcome the reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers, a team that seemingly hasn’t forgotten about how the Houston Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal might have cost them another title four years ago. “It’ll always be something weird there,”
7:52 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Marlins third baseman Brian Anderson will be sidelined for at least several weeks with a partial shoulder dislocation and was put on the 10-day injured list Tuesday. Surgery is a possibility, general manager Kim Ng said. “The most important thing for us right now is to give it