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2:45 AM ET MLB InsidersESPN We dipped our toes into the waters of the 2020 baseball season with two games on Thursday. On Friday, we dove in headfirst with 14 contests — the first time since the regular season ended on Sept. 29, 2019, that we had coast-to-coast baseball. That was 299 days ago, and
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11:26 PM ET ESPN News Services CLEVELAND — From All-Star MVP to ace, and Shane Bieber‘s only getting better. Bieber struck out 14 over six scoreless innings in a historic outing as the Indians beat the Kansas City Royals 2-0 in their delayed home opener on Friday night. The 25-year-old passed Bob Gibson and Lon
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12:21 PM ET ESPN News Services The displaced Toronto Blue Jays will play the majority of their home games in Buffalo, New York, this year amid the coronavirus pandemic, the team announced Friday. The Blue Jays will play at Sahlen Field, home of the team’s Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons. “We are extremely grateful to
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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
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11:52 AM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Star outfielder Mookie Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers are finalizing a massive 13-year deal worth more than $380 million that would keep the former American League MVP from reaching free agency
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7:15 AM ET In the shortened Major League Baseball season that’s on tap for 2020, which players’ top-tier performances will define the year for baseball? We asked a panel of 32 experts from ESPN’s MLB coverage team to name the star players they think will deliver seasons that merit recognition as baseball’s MVPs, Cy Young
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12:58 AM ET ESPN News Services Alyssa Nakken, the first female major league coach, coached first base for the San Francisco Giants during Monday night’s exhibition game against the Oakland Athletics. Nakken joined first-year Giants manager Gabe Kapler’s staff in January. She has been with the organization since 2014, when she started as an intern
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