7:30 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN The New York Yankees–Boston Red Sox rivalry in 2020 is as lopsided as it’s been in quite some time. Just two years ago, the Red Sox were eliminating the Yankees from the playoffs on their way to a World Series title. This season, the Yankees are on track to get
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10:15 PM ET CHICAGO — It’s the stuff they might write a movie about someday as the St. Louis Cardinals returned to a Major League Baseball field in dramatic fashion Saturday, sweeping the Chicago White Sox in a doubleheader, after the team had missed the past 19 days of competition because of a coronavirus outbreak
9:32 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — AL batting leader DJ LeMahieu was pulled from the New York Yankees‘ 11-5 win over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night with a sprained left thumb. He will undergo imaging, according to the team. LeMahieu whiffed on a pitch from Nathan Eovaldi in the fourth
4:53 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — The Atlanta Braves decided to place outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. on the 10-day injured list retroactively Saturday because of lingering wrist soreness, and they’re hoping he can return next weekend. The 2018 NL Rookie of the Year hasn’t played since Monday because of inflammation in his left wrist.
10:29 AM ET Saturday’s game between the Reds and Pirates has been postponed after a Cincinnati player tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, a source told ESPN’s Buster Olney. The teams were informed of the positive test after Friday’s game in CIncinnati. The Athletic first reported that a Reds player had tested positive. The Reds
3:25 PM ET CHICAGO — While declaring it “Opening Day” again for his team on Saturday, St. Louis Cardinals president John Mozeliak described what he thinks led to a coronavirus outbreak, which sidelined the Cardinals after just five games this season. “We had some pretty tight rooms when we were up in Minneapolis,” Mozeliak said
2:12 PM ET ESPN News Services Detroit Tigers first baseman C.J. Cron has elected to undergo season-ending knee surgery, manager Ron Gardenhire announced Saturday. Cron exited the Tigers’ 5-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday with a sprained left knee. He was struck by Danny Mendick‘s hard-hit grounder in the fourth inning and
4:42 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — Most of the Miami Marlins players sidelined by a coronavirus outbreak have been cleared by baseball’s joint committee for reinstatement, the team said Saturday, and they’re expected to begin rehabilitation workouts soon. It’s unlikely any of the players will be activated before the next homestand, which starts Aug.
1:06 PM ET The Washington Nationals have placed right-hander Stephen Strasburg on the 10-day injured list with carpal tunnel neuritis in his throwing hand, the team announced Saturday. Strasburg left Friday night’s game after throwing just 16 pitches. Nationals manager Dave Martinez said after the 15-3 win over the Baltimore Orioles that Strasburg was pulled
1:08 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” A Cincinnati Reds player tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday, jeopardizing the team’s game Saturday against the Pittsburgh Pirates and reigniting fear of another outbreak in the sport after a pair of