2:57 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Cincinnati Reds outfielder Nick Castellanos‘ appeal of a two-game suspension has been denied, sources told ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan. Castellanos will serve both games for what MLB called “his aggressive
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2:31 PM ET NEW YORK — Amid the New York Yankees‘ worst two-week stretch to begin an MLB season in more than two decades, general manager Brian Cashman admitted the team is off to a “really disappointing” start but is exuding patience with both the roster and coaching staff. “It’s 15 games,” Cashman said Monday.
7:50 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — The Phillies placed three players on the injured list due to COVID-19 protocols and two more coaches weren’t with the team for a game Monday against the San Francisco Giants. A source told ESPN’s Jesse Rogers that one player tested positive and the others were placed on
5:06 PM ET Miami Marlins outfielder Starling Marte has a fractured rib and will be sidelined for at least a week, the team announced Monday. An MRI taken Monday on Marte’s left side revealed a non-displaced fracture in his 12th rib, according to the Marlins. Marte will miss all baseball activities for the next five
2:57 PM ET An MRI performed on Ronald Acuna Jr. showed he has a mild abdominal strain and he is day-to-day, the Atlanta Braves announced Monday. The star outfielder left the Braves’ blowout victory over the Chicago Cubs on Sunday night in the fourth inning with the injury. Acuna had reached base via a walk
10:01 PM ET It was a disastrous weekend at Yankee Stadium for the men in pinstripes. In a boo-filled 8-2 loss on Friday to the Tampa Bay Rays, fans littered the field with baseballs and other objects in the eighth inning, creating a short delay. On Saturday, the New York Yankees couldn’t solve Tyler Glasnow,
10:35 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres played 30 innings of baseball over the weekend and were separated by two runs or fewer in all but three of them. Friday’s game spanned 12 innings and consisted of 17 pitchers and four ties. Saturday’s game ended on a Mookie Betts diving
7:44 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Gerrit Cole shook his head, disgusted. Aaron Hicks put hands on hips and bowed his head. By the end of the afternoon, pretty much all of the New York Yankees were appalled, along with their loudly booing fans. Yoshi Tsutsugo hit a tiebreaking double off Cole in
9:02 PM ET CHICAGO — Atlanta Braves star Ronald Acuna Jr. left Sunday night’s contest against the Chicago Cubs in the fourth inning due to pain in his lower abdominal muscles, according to the Braves. Acuna had reached base via a walk in the top of the fourth but was attended to by Braves trainers
3:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Monday’s game between the Twins and Athletics at Oakland Coliseum has been postponed as the Twins organization continues to conduct testing and contact tracing for COVID-19. The game has been tentatively rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on Tuesday with Game 1 scheduled for 6:30 p.m. ET. The Twins’