12:41 PM ET Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday afternoon that he will not be throwing out the first pitch at the Texas Rangers‘ home opener, as had been scheduled, because of Major League Baseball’s response to voting laws recently passed in Georgia. “I was looking forward to throwing out the first pitch at the
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7:00 AM ET Baseball players, like the rest of us, have had lots of spare time during the pandemic and in quarantine. “I’ve learned to be alone,” said Padres pitcher Blake Snell. There has been lots of learning, trapped in a hotel room or sequestered at home. There has been time to think, to experiment,
2:49 AM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — There was a moment in Sunday’s Chicago White Sox–Los Angeles Angels game that would’ve passed as a nondescript subtlety if not for the obvious constraints that have come to define Major League Baseball. It was the start of the third inning. Shohei Ohtani made the final out in the
9:32 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani threw a baseball 101 mph in the top of the first then hit a baseball 115 mph a half-inning later, a stirring start to a historic Sunday night for the Los Angeles Angels’ two-way sensation. Ohtani, pitching and hitting in the same game for the first time
8:45 PM ET We had a lot happen the first four days of the 2021 MLB season. The Reds and Cardinals had the first bench-clearing incident of the season. The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger lost a home run when he passed Justin Turner on the basepaths. White Sox rookie designated hitter Yermin Mercedes set an MLB
7:19 PM ET ESPN News Services Monday’s scheduled series opener between the Atlanta Braves and Nationals has been postponed as Washington continues to deal with a coronavirus outbreak, sources told ESPN’s Buster Olney. The hope is that the teams will play Tuesday at Nationals Park, sources said, if all goes well with Washington’s COVID-19 situation.
5:17 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The Red Sox fell to their first 0-3 start at Fenway Park since 1948 and their second ever as Trey Mancini and Austin Hays hit two-run doubles during a seven-run third inning that carried the Baltimore Orioles to an 11-3 win Sunday. Cedric Mullins went 5-for-5 with three
5:52 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — Akil Baddoo had already turned heads with his productive spring. Now he has made his presence felt at Comerica Park. Baddoo homered in his first major league at-bat Sunday — on the very first pitch. The Detroit Tigers outfielder led off the bottom of the third inning with
2:54 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Domingo Germán was cheered by Yankees fans in his return from a domestic violence suspension but struggled against the Toronto Blue Jays, allowing three runs in three innings on Sunday. Germán hadn’t pitched since Sept. 18, 2019, due to an 81-game ban under Major League Baseball’s domestic
3:51 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Right-hander Tony Gonsolin was put on the 10-day injured list Sunday by the Los Angeles Dodgers with right shoulder inflammation, a move retroactive to Thursday. Right-hander Dennis Santana was recalled from the alternate training site at Glendale, Arizona, to fill the roster spot. Gonsolin, 26, made the Opening