10:00 AM ET The 2021 MLB draft is less than two months away, with this year’s event scheduled to be held July 11-13 in conjunction with Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game festivities. The Pittsburgh Pirates have the No. 1 pick, followed by the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles. While there
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8:23 PM ET Not that anybody has questioned Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s raw power anytime lately, but the first of his two home runs on Monday was a booming testament to his strength. Ryan Yarbrough threw a first-pitch, 78-mph changeup on the outer third of the plate. Guerrero, knees slightly bent, hands cocked on the handle
6:48 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — The birds-on-the-bat uniforms, the players in the other dugout, the opposing manager, it all looked familiar to Tony La Russa. Too familiar. The 76-year-old Hall of Fame manager of the Chicago White Sox found himself in a strange spot Monday night: Leading his club against the team he
7:07 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mets right fielder Michael Conforto and second baseman Jeff McNeil have hamstring injuries that are likely to keep them out for another month. “They’re significant hamstring strains,” general manager Zack Scott said Monday during a lengthy recounting on the Mets’ injuries. They currently have a major league-high
10:11 PM ET It wasn’t all that long ago — two Sundays ago, actually — when it felt as if everyone was worried about the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were losing, they were injured, and the landscape of the National League West made it seem as if the Dodgers, poised to challenge the wins record
4:52 PM ET ESPN News Services St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Miles Mikolas was placed on the 10-day injured list Sunday, a day after leaving his first major league start since the 2019 playoffs with forearm tightness. Mikolas, who won 18 games in 2018, was activated Saturday for his first major league start since the 2019
2:12 PM ET Associated Press CARY, N.C. — Pitchers Homer Bailey, Edwin Jackson and David Robertson, catcher Matt Wieters, infielder Todd Frazier and outfielders Matt Kemp and John Jay were among 28 players announced Sunday for a U.S. training camp ahead of the Americans’ second chance to qualify for the Olympic baseball tournament. Left-hander Clayton
12:40 PM ET Associated Press DUNEDIN, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays center fielder Kevin Kiermaier has another freaky injury: left eye irritation stemming from an eyelash. Kiermaier left Saturday night’s game against Toronto in the fifth inning after first experiencing discomfort while shagging balls during batting practice. “A couple minutes in, I was like, dang
11:25 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Indians placed cleanup hitter Franmil Reyes on the 10-day injured list Sunday because of a strained left abdominal muscle. Reyes was injured while fouling off a pitch in the sixth inning Saturday against the Minnesota Twins. He had an MRI on Sunday morning. The team is expected
12:30 PM ET ESPN News Services The Minnesota Twins have placed right-hander Kenta Maeda on the 10-day injured list with a right adductor strain, the team announced Sunday. Maeda suffered the injury during Saturday’s 5-3 loss to the Cleveland Indians, when he was pulled before the sixth inning after allowing three runs and three hits