7:55 PM ET Padres ace Mike Clevinger is off the team’s NLDS roster because of an injury, a move that means he is ineligible to take part in the NLCS should San Diego advance. Major League Baseball approved the roster move Wednesday. According to its release, Dr. Gary Green, the league’s medical director, confirmed that
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2:55 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Terry Francona’s mind briefly wandered to a life without baseball while he battled through a major health scare. Retirement stared him in the face. “Some days when I was extremely frustrated, the thought crossed my mind,” the Indians manager said. “When it was hard to see the light
7:15 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN It was another four-game day in the MLB playoffs with every division series in action again on Wednesday. The Atlanta Braves got things started with a victory over the Miami Marlins. Then the Oakland Athletics averted a sweep by the Houston Astros. Later, the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New
8:00 PM ET Are the Atlanta Braves the biggest threat to the Los Angeles Dodgers, or is it the other way around? A case could be made for either declaration. There isn’t a lot we can say definitively about this baseball season, with its short run and wonky, siloed schedule format. The Dodgers have been
9:48 AM ET ESPN News Services Dick Williams has resigned as the Cincinnati Reds‘ president of baseball operations after nearly 15 years with the team. Williams cited spending time with his family as one of the primary reasons for his resignation. The Reds said Nick Krall will remain in his current role as the team’s
1:21 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Zack Greinke‘s ailing right arm is structurally sound and the Houston Astros are still hopeful that he can contribute again at some point this postseason, manager Dusty Baker said Wednesday morning, hours before Game 3 of their American League Division Series. Greinke, who hasn’t pitched since Game 1 of
7:00 AM ET ESPN.com staff It’s only Wednesday in MLB’s League Division Series Week and we already have our first potential elimination game as the Astros close in on returning to the American League Championship Series to defend last year’s pennant. With the Yankees and Rays splitting their first two games and questions growing out
11:02 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” ARLINGTON, Texas — San Diego Padres right-hander Mike Clevinger was removed in the second inning of his National League Division Series Game 1 start against the Los Angeles Dodgers after a precipitous
1:23 AM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — San Diego Padres manager Jayce Tingler was ejected by plate umpire Lance Barrett in the sixth inning of a 5-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. Tingler was tossed for arguing balls and strikes while making his sixth pitching change during Game 1 of
10:20 PM ET SAN DIEGO — This is the Giancarlo Stanton who New York Yankees fans have been waiting to see for the past three seasons. Stanton has hit two home runs in Tuesday’s Game 2 of the Yankees’ division series against the Tampa Bay Rays and the second one was a legendary three-run blast