7:52 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Detroit Tigers starter Julio Teheran felt tightness in his right triceps while warming up for Friday’s game against the Cleveland Indians and was shut down as a precaution. The team replaced Teheran with left-handed reliever Derek Holland, who made five starts with Pittsburgh last season. Holland had appeared
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4:20 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Free-agent pitcher David Carpenter has been suspended for one year for violating the minor league joint drug prevention and treatment program. The commissioner’s office announced the ban Friday. Carpenter has pitched in six big league seasons and last appeared in the majors in 2019 for the Texas
2:44 PM ET Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Cody Bellinger was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday with a left calf contusion. Bellinger has missed the Dodgers’ past two games with the injury, which occurred when he was spiked by Oakland Athletics reliever Reymin Guduan on Monday while beating out an infield single in the
7:00 AM ET The reigning 2020 World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers enter the 2021 season as a favorite to repeat. In fact, the best-case scenario for this year’s L.A. squad is downright scary. But that doesn’t mean the rest of the league is just going to lie down and watch the Dodgers waltz to
7:00 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The first week of baseball is only a small taste of the 162-game main course that is an MLB season. But we’re not about to let that stop us from having some fun in early April as the sport returns to a full schedule after last year’s shortened 60-game campaign.
3:56 PM ET Fans at Camden Yards gave Trey Mancini a standing ovation Thursday in his first home at-bat since returning from colon cancer. He also received applause from the Boston Red Sox players in the field. Mancini tipped his batting helmet in appreciation of the ovation. Mancini then beat out a double-play grounder and
10:32 PM ET CHICAGO — Chicago White Sox hurler Lance Lynn became the first pitcher to throw a complete-game shutout this season, stymieing the Kansas City Royals 6-0 in the White Sox’s home opener on Thursday. “It’s awesome to get the first one, but it’s behind me,” Lynn said after the game. “They scored some
6:18 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Craig Kimbrel‘s two-year journey through the wilderness appears to be over. The seven-time All-Star stuff is back. And the Chicago Cubs closer used every bit of it while finishing off the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates in a 4-2 win on Thursday to become the 12th pitcher in major league
6:58 PM ET Oakland Athletics right-handed reliever Trevor Rosenthal underwent surgery on Thursday after he was diagnosed with severe neurovascular compression. The procedure, involving the removal of Rosenhal’s first rib, a pec minor release and scalene release, was performed by Dr. Gregory Pearl in Dallas, Texas. Rosenthal will remain in Dallas until Sunday and return
3:37 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Infielder Ketel Marte was placed on the 10-day injured list by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday, a day after hurting his right hamstring against the Colorado Rockies. Arizona recalled Andrew Young, who had been with its taxi squad, ahead of Thursday’s game at Coors Field. Marte was injured