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ESPN News Services Mar 1, 2025, 07:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions President Donald Trump said Friday that he would pardon baseball great Pete Rose and criticized Major League Baseball for barring the all-time hit leader from the sport’s Hall of Fame for gambling. Rose, who died last year at 83, was banned from baseball

Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — As much as Shohei Ohtani relished the opposite-field home run he crushed Friday night in his first at-bat this spring, the reigning National League MVP left the Los Angeles Dodgers‘ 6-5 win over the Los Angeles Angels feeling even better about how his surgically repaired left shoulder withstood its

Jesse RogersFeb 28, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — One team is a worldwide attraction fresh off its eighth World Series title. The other just lost an MLB record 121 games and hasn’t won a playoff series since

Associated Press Feb 27, 2025, 05:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Chicago White Sox left fielder Andrew Benintendi will miss four to six weeks with a broken hand after being hit by a pitch in a spring training game on Thursday. Benintendi was hit on the right hand with an 87 mph

Feb 27, 2025, 09:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Countless home runs are hit every spring training. But it would be tough to argue many carry more meaning than the two-run shot Jake Burger hit Thursday. Burger spent the week at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, where his 4-month-old daughter, Penelope, had open-heart surgery.

Feb 27, 2025, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Derek Bender, the former Minnesota Twins minor league catcher who is under MLB investigation for telling opposing hitters what pitches were coming, denied the allegations in an interview with The Athletic as he remains out of professional baseball. “No,” Bender told The Athletic, in an interview

Associated Press Feb 26, 2025, 02:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani will make his first spring training appearance of the year Friday night against his old team, the Angels. Ohtani, 30, will be the designated hitter. Roberts has not given a timetable for

Open Extended Reactions FORT MYERS, Fla. — Inside the batting cages at the Boston Red Sox‘s spring training complex, where the future of hitting is playing out in real time, the best trio of position prospects in a generation blossomed. Kristian Campbell, Roman Anthony and Marcelo Mayer have spent hundreds of hours in the building,

ESPN News Services Feb 26, 2025, 02:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston Astros star Jose Altuve will make his spring training debut Friday — and he’ll do it in left field, manager Joe Espada told reporters Wednesday. Following the offseason trade of All-Star outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs, the Astros have an

Associated Press Feb 25, 2025, 01:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEARWATER, Fla. — Bryce Harper‘s love for the Phillie Phanatic runs skin deep. Literally. The Philadelphia Phillies star arrived at spring training sporting a tattoo on his right arm of the team’s iconic mascot zooming around on an all-terrain vehicle. Harper worked with Utah-based

ESPN News Services Feb 25, 2025, 05:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUNEDIN, Fla. — Veteran starter Max Scherzer made his debut with the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, but it was also his first appearance on the mound in Major League Baseball’s automated ball-strike system era. He’s not a fan of it. In fact,

Buster OlneyFeb 25, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Open Extended Reactions The Toronto Blue Jays‘ handling of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. might best be summarized by Roman philosopher Cicero’s mantra: More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Step by

ESPN News Services Feb 24, 2025, 11:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — Hit hard by injuries early in spring training, the New York Mets added some depth Monday night when they acquired outfielder Alexander Canario from the Chicago Cubs for cash. Canario, who turns 25 in May, made his major league debut

Associated Press Feb 24, 2025, 04:14 PM ET CLEVELAND — Lawrence J. Dolan, owner of Cleveland’s major league baseball team since 2000, has died at age 94. The Cleveland Guardians put out a statement Monday saying Dolan died Sunday night of natural causes. “Mr. Dolan invested his entire life in Greater Cleveland and impacted our

Field Level Media Feb 24, 2025, 01:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Yankees slugger Giancarlo Stanton has returned to New York to undergo medical testing, multiple outlets reported Monday. Stanton, 35, has yet to take part in spring training activities in Tampa, Fla., as he continues to battle tendinitis in both elbows. The New York

ESPN News Services Feb 23, 2025, 02:41 PM ET Open Extended Reactions FORT MYERS, Fla. — Alex Bregman hit a two-run homer as part of a three-hit day in his spring training debut with the Boston Red Sox, launching a drive over the left-field wall in the second inning against the Toronto Blue Jays on

ESPN News Services Feb 23, 2025, 03:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LEWISBURG, Pa. — – Former Major League Baseball star Alex Rodriguez showed his skill on the hardwood Sunday, making a half-court shot to win a Bucknell student $10,000. The 14-time All-Star was invited to take the shot during halftime of Bucknell’s basketball game

Associated Press Feb 23, 2025, 12:59 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Manuel Margot has signed a minor league deal with Milwaukee that includes an invitation to major league camp, giving the Brewers some more outfield depth as they deal with an injury to Blake Perkins. Margot’s signing was announced Sunday, a day after