8:13 PM ET If the Miami Marlins are the Cinderellas of this baseball postseason, they maybe should have considered how the fairytale would have turned out had the heroine taken off her glass slippers and hurled them at her stepsisters. Atlanta Braves catcher Travis d’Arnaud and starting pitcher Max Fried might not have been reading
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9:39 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Houston Astros‘ resurgent run through the early part of this postseason was hit with a sobering bit of news Tuesday, following a 5-2 win in Game 2 of the American League Division Series: Right-hander Zack Greinke, the team’s most accomplished pitcher by a wide margin, is hurt. Greinke
9:53 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. The New York Yankees tried to pull off a bait and switch on the Tampa Bay Rays by announcing rookie Deivi García as their American League Division Series Game 2 starter and allowing him to pitch only one inning
4:14 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians expect manager Terry Francona to return for the 2021 season after he missed 48 games in 2020 due to health reasons. Chris Antonetti, president of baseball operations, said Tuesday that the 61-year-old Francona is back home in Arizona resting and recovering. Francona was hospitalized during
4:08 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German was reinstated from the restricted list by the commissioner’s office on Tuesday after completing an 81-game suspension under Major League Baseball’s domestic violence policy. The 28-year-old right-hander is not eligible to pitch in the postseason because he was on the restricted
7:33 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN It’s another busy day in the MLB playoffs, with all four division series in action — two series openers in the National League and two Game 2s in the American League. Here are the stars, turning points and takeaways from each of Tuesday’s games as they conclude. Key links: Ranking
7:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” The writer Kurt Vonnegut once took to a chalkboard to lecture on the simple shapes that most popular stories follow. In his first example — “Man in Hole” — a protagonist starts
Rosters have not been announced for the NL side of the Division Series round, but Braves manager Brian Snitker says his club will carry 15 pitchers and 13 position players for Atlanta’s series against Miami. Snitker cited the possibility of five games in five days, combined with the youth of his starting pitchers, as the
1:29 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Right-hander Mike Clevinger is on the 28-player roster for the San Diego Padres for the NL Division Series and starting Game 1 against the Los Angeles Dodgers after missing the first round of the playoffs. While Clevinger was among the 15 pitchers on the Padres roster released
11:48 AM ET Starling Marte was left off the 28-man roster of the Miami Marlins for their National League Division Series matchup against the Atlanta Braves, which begins Tuesday. The center fielder was injured when he was hit in the hand by a pitch thrown by Chicago Cubs reliever Dan Winkler during Game 1 of