4:04 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Every baseball general manager needs to win, especially the first female GM. Kim Ng knows it. She spent years beating her head against sports’ glass ceiling, until the Miami Marlins hired her in October as general manager. At her introductory news conference, she said she felt as though
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3:12 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Tampa Bay Rays first baseman Ji-Man Choi will have arthroscopic surgery on his right knee and is expected to be sidelined at least three to five weeks. Manager Kevin Cash said Tuesday that the AL champions should have a better idea of how long Choi might
2:39 PM ET Associated Press DUNEDIN, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays will play their third homestand of the season at their spring training ballpark in Dunedin, Florida, because of COVID-19 restrictions. Toronto announced Feb. 18 that its first two homestands will be at TD Ballpark, and on Tuesday they added 10 games May 14-24
Mar 28, 2021 ESPN.com staff It might not seem like it, but baseball season is right around the corner. And futures betting is already here. Opening Day 2021 is scheduled for Thursday, with all 30 teams slated to be play. The Dodgers, whose opening posted win total of 104.5 ties the 1999 Yankees for highest
7:00 AM ET After a shortened 60-game 2020 schedule in 2020, Major League Baseball returns to a full 162-game season in 2021. The Los Angeles Dodgers ruled last year’s unusual campaign, beating the Tampa Bay Rays in six games for L.A.’s first World Series title since 1988, but are they still the team to beat
11:35 PM ET Dustin May will open the season as the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ fifth starter, pushing David Price, the former Cy Young Award winner who is owed $64 million over the next two years, into an undefined bullpen role to open 2021. Price will be one of three traditional starters available out of the
1:40 AM ET Los Angeles Angels two-way star Shohei Ohtani struggled in his final spring training start against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night, giving up seven runs and recording only seven outs while facing clear command issues at Dodger Stadium as he pitched around a blister. The Angels ultimately removed Ohtani in the
7:32 PM ET Once deemed the biggest bust in draft history, former No. 1 overall pick Mark Appel is heading to minor league camp with the Philadelphia Phillies, ready to embark on a comeback after last pitching in a game in 2017. Appel, 29, talked with reporters on Monday from a Florida hotel room, where
1:51 PM ET Major League Baseball issued a memo to teams on Monday outlining relaxed protocols for vaccinated players, coaches and staff members, creating a path for them to gather indoors, eat at restaurants, bring family members with them on the road and mostly restore their normal lives after nearly a full year of stringent
3:05 PM ET With the slightly tweaked baseballs in play, scoring and home runs are down in spring training. Through Sunday, spring training games are averaging 9.4 runs, the lowest-scoring output in the preseason since at least 2015 and down more than one run from 2019 spring training (10.5 per game). In each of the