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3:17 PM ET Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago has been suspended 10 games and fined by Major League Baseball for having a foreign substance on his glove, it was announced Tuesday. The 33-year-old left-hander is the first player ejected and suspended under the league’s new crackdown on pitchers using foreign substances. Santiago is appealing the

6:32 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Mike Trout was transferred to the 60-day injured list by the Los Angeles Angels on Monday, ruling out his return until after the All-Star break. Trout swung a bat in a batting cage Monday for the first time since he strained his right calf on May 17.

11:31 AM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Indians outfielder Josh Naylor will need surgery after breaking his right ankle during a frightening collision with Cleveland second baseman Ernie Clement. Naylor smashed into the rookie in the fourth inning Sunday in Minnesota. Naylor was sprinting toward a shallow pop in short right field when he hit

2:01 PM ET Colorado Rockies shortstop Trevor Story announced Monday he will take part in the All-Star Game Home Run Derby at Coors Field. Story joins the Los Angeles Angels‘ Shohei Ohtani and New York Mets‘ Pete Alonso as players confirming they will take part in the derby. Sources also confirmed to ESPN that the

3:54 PM ET Seattle Mariners pitcher Hector Santiago was ejected in the fifth inning of Sunday’s game against the Chicago White Sox after umpires inspected his glove. Santiago, 33, was pulled from the game after giving up two walks and two hits in the inning. Per the league’s new rule on inspecting pitchers for foreign

6:30 PM ET It’s been a tumultuous June for pitchers across baseball, and none of them has operated under a brighter spotlight than New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole. On Sunday, it took one pitch for the spotlight on Cole to brighten a little more. That pitch was a 96 mph four-seam fastball with a

1:59 PM ET The Houston Astros have a major league-best seven finalists to start in the 2021 All-Star Game. The top-three finalists for each position based on fan voting in each league, plus designated hitter for the American League, were announced Sunday. Three teams — the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays

2:12 AM ET Associated Press SAN DIEGO — The Arizona Diamondbacks snapped their MLB-record 24-game road losing streak by routing the San Diego Padres 10-1 on Saturday night, getting six scoreless innings from Merrill Kelly and four hits and five RBIs from Eduardo Escobar. Escobar and Christian Walker homered for the Diamondbacks, who hadn’t won

7:14 PM ET One of the best stories in baseball just got better. Major League Baseball has reportedly extended an invitation to the Home Run Derby to Baltimore Orioles slugger Trey Mancini, who missed the entire 2020 season after being diagnosed with Stage 3 colon cancer. He returned this season after undergoing surgery to treat

12:22 PM ET ESPN News Services Atlanta Braves right-hander Mike Soroka will not pitch in 2021 after suffering another tear of his right Achilles tendon, the team announced Saturday. The Braves said Soroka suffered the reinjury while walking to the clubhouse at Truist Park on Thursday. Soroka reported feeling a pop in his Achilles, and

8:50 PM ET San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. said he will not compete in next month’s Home Run Derby, citing his shoulder and the team’s postseason hopes. Tatis, who entered Friday third in the majors with 22 homers, has been having trouble this season with his left shoulder, which caused him to land

6:17 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola struck out 10 straight New York Mets batters Friday, tying a major league record that stood alone for more than five decades. Hall of Fame ace Tom Seaver fanned his final 10 hitters for the Mets in a 2-1 victory over the

12:10 AM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Kevin Kiermaier broke up a combined no-hit bid by the Boston Red Sox with a one-out double in the eighth inning and Manuel Margot scored on a wild pitch in the ninth to give the Tampa Bay Rays a 1-0 victory Thursday night. Margot got

1:23 AM ET The Chicago Cubs threw their first combined no-hitter in franchise history as four pitchers shut down the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 on Thursday night. It’s the seventh no-hitter in baseball this season, the most ever before July 1 and tied for the most in a season since 1900, when the modern era

2:42 PM ET Associated Press LITTLE FALLS, N.J. — Yogi Berra once said, “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.” Well, neither are postage stamps. They cost 55 cents for a forever stamp, and that’s the price for the Yogi Berra stamp issued Thursday by the U.S. Postal Service. The stamp honoring the New York

7:00 AM ET After a short stay at the top of the list by the Tampa Bay Rays, a new team has passed the defending AL champs as No. 1 in our final MLB Power Rankings of June. Did the San Francisco Giants finally impress our voters enough to move to the top of our

8:09 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — On-field exams of pitchers started Monday, a week after Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred announced a crackdown on unauthorized grip substances. How’s it going so far? Depends on who you ask. While players throughout baseball have offered several different takes — many have been outspoken

5:21 PM ET ESPN News Services Cleveland Indians right-hander Aaron Civale has a sprained middle finger on his throwing hand and is expected to miss 4-5 weeks of game activity, the team said Wednesday. Cleveland said Civale won’t throw for 1-2 weeks. Civale left in the fifth inning of Monday night’s win over the Chicago