4:28 PM ET The San Diego Padres are in agreement on a deal to acquire reliever Trevor Rosenthal from the Kansas City Royals, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Saturday. Arguably the best reliever on the market is headed to the Padres, whose beleaguered bullpen will get a huge boost from a revitalized Rosenthal. Two
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6:02 PM ET The Boston Red Sox have placed right-hander Nathan Eovaldi on the 10-day injured list with a right calf strain. Eovaldi was the team’s Opening Day starter and is 2-2 with a 4.98 ERA in six starts. The move is retroactive to Aug. 26. The injury to Eovaldi is the latest in a
4:53 PM ET The Los Angeles Dodgers called up top prospect Gavin Lux on Saturday and will essentially utilize him as the strong side of a second-base platoon moving forward. The left-handed-hitting Lux, who is expected to be in the starting lineup on Saturday and Sunday against the Texas Rangers, will start against right-handers moving
2:13 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK – The Yankees‘ DJ LeMahieu returned to the lineup on Saturday, coming off the 10-day injured list with New York looking to snap a seven-game losing streak as it continues to deal with myriad injuries. LeMahieu, who
4:18 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Left-hander Ryan Yarbrough became the 11th Tampa Bay Rays pitcher since the start of summer camp to be sidelined with an injury when he went on the 10-day injured list Saturday because of left groin tightness. Starting catcher Mike Zunino also went on the injured list with a
9:25 PM ET ESPN News Services HOUSTON — The Houston Astros and Oakland Athletics jointly walked off the field following a moment of silence, draping a Black Lives Matter T-shirt across home plate as they chose not to play Friday night. The decision came on Jackie Robinson Day across the majors, and in the wake
1:05 AM ET Manny Ramirez, the 48-year-old perennial All-Star who last played in the majors in 2011, is signing a one-year deal to play for the Sydney Blue Sox in the Australian Baseball League, team owner Adam Dobb told theabl.com.au. “As a lifelong Boston Red Sox fan, this is a dream come true,” Dobb told
8:43 PM ET As Major League Baseball commemorates Jackie Robinson on Friday and Saturday, a wave of players, coaches and executives are expressing their gratitude for the Brooklyn Dodgers legend and civil rights icon. The scheduled celebration of Robinson and his legacy comes on the heels of multiple teams deciding this week not to play
11:13 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Actor Chadwick Boseman, who starred as Black icon Jackie Robinson in “42” before rising to fame as the regal Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, died Friday of cancer, his representative said. He was 43. Boseman’s death came as Major League Baseball observed Jackie Robinson
11:23 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Billionaire Steve Cohen has reentered into negotiations to purchase the New York Mets, hoping to salvage a deal for the franchise after a previous agreement to buy the team fell apart, a