3:55 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” A member of the Seattle Mariners‘ traveling party tested positive for COVID-19, causing concern within the organization about potential spread due to a significant portion of players being unvaccinated, sources familiar with
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4:32 PM ET ESPN News Services Shortstop Willy Adames and right-hander Trevor Richards have been traded from the Tampa Bay Rays to the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for two relief pitchers, it was announced Friday. In return, the Rays will be getting right-handers Drew Rasmussen and J.P. Feyereisen. Adames’ departure leaves the door open for
6:24 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Right-hander Stephen Strasburg was activated from the 10-day injured list to start for the Washington Nationals against the Baltimore Orioles on Friday night. Strasburg had been on the injured list since April 15 with right shoulder inflammation. He is 0-1 with a 6.30 ERA in two starts this
5:00 PM ET An extensive baseball card collection of over 1,000 cards from Dr. Thomas Newman that includes a rare 1933 Babe Ruth card will go to auction on June 12 through Memory Lane Inc. The 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth card has a PSA grade of Mint 9, the only card of that version on
5:09 PM ET ESPN News Services The New York Mets placed first baseman Pete Alonso and right-hander Tommy Hunter on the 10-day injured list on Friday. The moves are retroactive to May 19. Alonso has a sprained right hand, and Hunter is experiencing lower back pain. Alonso has been nursing the injury since he was
3:31 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — A federal jury has found that a Chicago police lieutenant used excessive force when he tackled and beat a man during the celebration outside Wrigley Field after the Cubs won the 2016 World Series. According to the Chicago Tribune, the jury on Wednesday found in favor of Asher
7:00 AM ET “Dad, you’re trending.” Hunter Wendelstedt started to get nervous. The night before, Wendelstedt — an MLB umpire since 1998 — had manned second base during a Sunday night matchup between the Atlanta Braves and Philadelphia Phillies. He cycled through the game in his mind, replaying all the calls he had made. “I
9:00 AM ET An afternoon in mid-May and we are waiting on a game to start. It was 40 years ago today, May 21, 1981, when those opening words were conjured up by Roger Angell, the greatest baseball writer who has ever lived. The New Yorker magazine scribe was sitting with 2,500 fellow baseball fans
8:36 PM ET If Jacob deGrom was rusty, he seemed able to shake it off pretty fast. DeGrom, the New York Mets‘ ace and two-time National League Cy Young Award winner, struck out eight over three shutout innings Thursday during a rehab start for the St. Lucie Mets, New York’s low Class A affiliate. He
11:54 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Albert Pujols hit a two-run homer, his first for the Los Angeles Dodgers, in the second inning against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night. He sent an 0-1 pitch from Merrill Kelly to right field, with Josh Reddick jumping to the top of the wall in an