4:35 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Braves right-hander Mike Soroka has experienced a setback in his recovery from surgery to repair his torn right Achilles tendon and will have a follow-up procedure next week. Soroka was the Braves’ Opening Day starter in 2020. He suffered the season-ending injury against the New York Mets
6:33 PM ET Associated Press MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers ace Corbin Burnes says he tested positive for the coronavirus last month but remained asymptomatic throughout his stint on the injured list. Burnes is expected to start Thursday against the St. Louis Cardinals in his first appearance since April 26. He is 2-2 with a 1.53
8:44 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Dodgers backup third baseman Edwin Rios will miss the rest of the season after surgery on his right shoulder. Right-hander Dustin May also underwent Tommy John surgery on Wednesday, sidelining him until at least the summer of 2022. The defending World Series champions announced their
4:59 PM ET Associated Press The Houston Astros are providing furnished apartments to minor league players at all levels for the 2021 season, believed to be the first big league club to do so. Players with the Triple-A Sugar Land Skeeters, Double-A Corpus Christi Hooks, High-A Fayetteville Woodpeckers, Low-A Asheville Tourists and the franchise’s Gulf
5:04 PM ET ESPN Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print The Seattle Mariners are calling up right-hander Logan Gilbert, their top pitching prospect, and he’s likely to start Thursday’s game against the Cleveland Indians, sources told ESPN’s Jeff Passan. Gilbert is ranked as the No. 43 prospect in baseball, according to ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel.
5:36 PM ET The New York Yankees have confirmed seven COVID-19 positives on their coaching and support staff, manager Aaron Boone announced Wednesday. The new positives include pitching coach Matt Blake. The Yankees announced Tuesday that third-base coach Phil Nevin and first-base coach Reggie Willits had tested positive for COVID-19. Six of the seven people
8:13 PM ET Mechelle VoepelESPN.com Close Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. It’s been 13 years since three-time U.S. Women’s Open winner Annika Sorenstam played a United States Golf Association event. But that
6:51 PM ET A short run of success can be extremely misleading. And when you make a few huge decisions based in part on a really short run of success, it can set you back for quite a while. Last summer during Project Restart, Arsenal beat league champions Liverpool and took down both Manchester City
7:39 PM ET Associated Press Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere, Sacred Heart running back Julius Chestnut and VMI receiver Jakob Herres are among the Walter Payton Award finalists highlighting The Associated Press FCS All-America team released Wednesday. The Championship Subdivision’s spring season, pushed back nearly six months because of the pandemic, will conclude Sunday with
5:52 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers are signing veteran quarterback Blake Bortles to a one-year contract, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday, making him the first addition at the position since the news of Aaron Rodgers‘ unhappiness with the organization broke last month. It doesn’t necessarily mean the two are