7:54 PM ET ESPN News Services Tim Tebow is retiring from baseball after five years as a minor leaguer with the New York Mets. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner returned to baseball in 2016 for the first time since his junior year of high school and reached Triple-A, encouraged by then-general manager and current team
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4:42 PM ET Associated Press Mets manager Luis Rojas condemned the behavior of former New York hitting performance coordinator Ryan Ellis on Wednesday but said he never witnessed his longtime co-worker act inappropriately. Ellis was fired last month for sexual harassment. The Athletic reported Wednesday that in the summer of 2018, three female Mets employees
7:29 PM ET Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — – Oakland Athletics catcher Sean Murphy will be sidelined for several weeks with a collapsed lung that required surgery but is expected to be fine and fully recovered by opening day. “I don’t think he liked the idea of just sort of being out there in the
7:00 PM ET Blake Snell, a member of the Tampa Bay Rays until only recently, initially was thankful the Boston Red Sox traded Mookie Betts away from his division last year. He brought that up on Wednesday, his first official day as a member of the San Diego Padres, and the cruel irony of being
5:42 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — This year, the start of spring training was meaningful in a different way for AJ Hinch. After winning a World Series and two pennants as Houston’s manager, Hinch spent last season serving a suspension in the aftermath of the Astros‘ sign-stealing scandal. Now he has resurfaced with Detroit,
5:15 PM ET Buster Posey tried to watch every inning of San Francisco Giants baseball that he could last year, but he was busy. Most of his energy was spent caring for four children, particularly two adopted twin girls who were born eight weeks premature last summer. But he also found a useful way to
1:08 PM ET Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota Twins bench coach Mike Bell has taken an indefinite leave from the team because of kidney cancer. The 46-year-old Bell had surgery to remove the growth on Jan. 28, shortly after being diagnosed. He’s been recovering at home with his family in Arizona. “He’s also very, very
12:14 PM ET Cody Allen, the career leader in saves and appearances for the Cleveland Indians, has retired, the team said on Twitter on Thursday. “From a 23rd round draft pick to the franchise saves,” the Indians posted on Twitter. “Congrats on a great career, Cody. Happy Retirement.” Allen, who signed a minor league deal
10:15 AM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Right-handed reliever John Curtiss was traded Wednesday by the Tampa Bay Rays to the Miami Marlins for minor league first baseman Evan Edwards. The Rays also dealt minor league catcher Ronaldo Hernandez and minor league infielder Nick Sogard to the Boston Red Sox for right-handed pitcher Chris Mazza,
9:30 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Pitchers and catchers have reported to spring training for all 30 teams, and the countdown to Opening Day is on. Between now and April 1, the league and players will contort themselves