11:48 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” WASHINGTON, D.C. — After he saw the video of a Minneapolis police officer killing George Floyd, Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Andrew McCutchen felt compelled to do something. His first instinct was to kneel
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2:59 AM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. WASHINGTON — Opening Night in the nation’s capital provided a lasting image, and that was before the game even started. The usual pregame fanfare and the introduction of the World Series champion Washington Nationals and their opener rivals, the
6:19 PM ET ESPN News Services Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw was put on the 10-day injured list because of stiffness in his back and will not make his scheduled start in Thursday’s Opening Day game against the San Francisco Giants, the team announced. The Dodgers recalled right-hander Dustin May, who will make the
4:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The Major League Baseball Players Association has agreed to a plan to expand the playoffs to 16 teams for the 2020 season, sources have told ESPN’s Marly Rivera. A playoff expansion still needs the final approval of MLB owners, sources said. All second-place teams in the six divisions would
8:32 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Nationals and Yankees knelt in unison before the first game of the baseball season as part of an opening day ceremony Thursday night that featured references to the Black Lives Matter movement, the coronavirus pandemic — including an off-the-mark first pitch by Dr. Anthony Fauci — and
7:20 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump recruited Baseball Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera to help mark baseball’s Opening Day with a group of Little League players at the White House on Thursday. On the day in which Dr. Anthony Fauci tossed out the ceremonial opening pitch for the defending champion
9:48 PM ET ESPN News Services Mookie Betts will not receive all of his money from his $365 million, 12-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers until he is approaching his 52nd birthday in 2044, according to contract details obtained by The Associated Press. He has a $65 million signing bonus that is guaranteed against
5:33 PM ET William Weinbaum Masahiro Tanaka told ESPN on Thursday that when he threw 20 pitches two days earlier during batting practice, he wore a hard-shell protective cap insert for the first time and plans to wear it in games this season. The Yankees right-hander suffered a concussion July 4, minutes into the team’s
5:41 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Baltimore Orioles and the state of Maryland have had talks about the team sharing Oriole Park at Camden Yards with the displaced Toronto Blue Jays amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Blue Jays are looking for a major league park after the Canadian government declined to allow them
8:30 PM ET MLB InsidersESPN Just when you thought the 2020 MLB season couldn’t get any more weird, how about expanding the playoff field from 10 to 16 teams — on the night of the first regular-season game? The league and players union agreed to the new format for this season only, meaning eight of