11:51 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Right-hander Seth Lugo, who leads the New York Mets with three saves, will move into their rotation starting Thursday against Miami to replace struggling left-hander Steven Matz. Matz, who is 0-4 with an ERA of 9.00, will move to the bullpen, and Edwin Diaz will become the closer.
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6:36 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Cincinnati Reds starter Trevor Bauer was told by Major League Baseball he could be subject to discipline and removal from a game if he wears custom-made cleats that say “FREE JOE KELLY”
2:37 PM ET ESPN News Services Houston Astros manager Dusty Baker said Wednesday that Yordan Alvarez, the reigning American League Rookie of the Year, might miss the rest of the season. “Yordan Alvarez, it looks like he’s done, maybe for the year,” Baker told Houston’s SportsTalk790. Alvarez had been placed on the injured list Tuesday,
2:47 PM ET Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Cincinnati Reds put outfielder Nick Senzel on the injured list and reinstated third baseman Mike Moustakas to face his former team before a doubleheader Wednesday against the Kansas City Royals. The Reds also chose infielder Robel Garcia as their 29th man for the doubleheader, which
7:04 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The Seattle Mariners have designated Daniel Vogelbach for assignment barely a year after he was an All-Star selection. The Mariners made the move Wednesday before the start of a five-game homestand. Vogelbach was hitting .094 with only five base hits and two home runs since the season began.
7:30 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 first time anybody talked about “The Curse of the Bambino,” according to newspaper databases, was in 1989, when buzz started to build about an upcoming book of that title by Boston
7:00 AM ET Anthony OlivieriESPN.com When the minor league baseball season was canceled on June 30, hundreds of players were left scrambling. Unlike their major league counterparts, minor leaguers aren’t unionized or protected by federal minimum wage law. Most of them earn low pay during the season — players in Class A made, on average,
8:10 AM ET There was a celebrity sighting Tuesday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh. Comedian Rob Schneider was seemingly everywhere, courtesy of Pirates pitcher Derek Holland. Holland, always up for a good laugh, strategically placed cardboard cutouts of the actor around the ballpark prior to Tuesday’s game against the Cleveland Indians. Cutouts of Schneider from
7:18 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Tampa Bay Rays two-way rookie Brendan McKay will have season-ending surgery on his left throwing shoulder Wednesday. The 24-year-old McKay tested positive for COVID-19 in early July and missed most of the club’s preseason camp. He was cleared to resume activities July 31 and reported to the
1:28 AM ET Kenta Maeda is what I refer to as a kitchen sink pitcher — as in he’ll throw the whole kitchen sink at you. On Tuesday night, the veteran right-hander had everything working for the Minnesota Twins in their Major League Baseball game against the Brewers: fastball, sinker, slider, splitter, blender, waffle iron.