4:20 PM ET CHICAGO — Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper took another step in his rehab from Tommy John surgery on Tuesday, participating in batting practice off teammate Ranger Suarez before going through another round of defensive drills at first base. “Grateful for every day,” Harper said after the workout. “Trying to get back as
4:21 PM ET Major League Baseball is less than three weeks into its regular season, and five of the 14 teams under Diamond Sports Group’s umbrella are currently missing payments. The Cincinnati Reds and the Texas Rangers recently joined the Arizona Diamondbacks, Cleveland Guardians and Minnesota Twins among those who have not been paid their
6:19 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Shohei Ohtani will make his next mound start for the Los Angeles Angels in Friday night’s homestand opener against the Kansas City Royals. The two-way Japanese star threw just two innings and 31 pitches in Monday’s start at Boston before his outing was cut short by an
6:10 PM ET ESPN News Services Tampa Bay Rays left-hander Jeffrey Springs is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery and be sidelined into the 2024 season, according to multiple reports. The Rays placed Springs on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow flexor strain Tuesday. Springs departed his start against the Boston Red Sox
4:42 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Giancarlo Stanton is likely to be sidelined for six weeks because of a strained left hamstring, the latest in a string of injuries for the New York Yankees slugger. Stanton has not played a full season since 2018, the first year after the Yankees acquired him from
3:02 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Major League Baseball isn’t done tinkering with potential rule changes for the sport. The league announced a series of experimental rules Tuesday that will be used in the Atlantic League this season, including a designated pinch runner, “double-hook” designated hitter rule and further limitations on a pitcher’s ability
5:38 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Right-hander Hunter Greene and the Cincinnati Reds are in agreement on a six-year, $53 million contract extension, pending a physical, sources told ESPN, tying the hardest-throwing starter in baseball long-term to the
5:56 PM ET PHOENIX — In September 2020, while embedded in the Orlando bubble, Chris Paul was preparing to play a Game 7 for the Oklahoma City Thunder against the Houston Rockets when a nemesis came to speak to him. Referee Scott Foster reminded Paul that 12 years earlier, during Paul’s first playoffs, when he
4:46 PM ET Associated Press STUTTGART, Germany — Jelena Ostapenko swept past Emma Raducanu 6-2, 6-1 at the indoor clay Porsche Grand Prix on Tuesday for the British player’s second consecutive first-round loss. In a meeting of two former Grand Slam champions, the 2017 French Open winner from Latvia broke Raducanu twice in the first
3:55 PM ET Associated Press MUNICH — Fifth-seeded Sebastian Baez was upset by Oscar Otte in the first round of the BMW Open on Tuesday as out-of-form Dominic Thiem progressed in his match thanks to a retirement. Otte was the only one of four German players to win in front of the home crowd Tuesday