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ESPN News Services Apr 6, 2024, 04:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Spencer Strider, the Atlanta Braves‘ ace and the major league leader in wins and strikeouts last season, has damage to the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, the team said on Saturday. Atlanta said the diagnosis came after and MRI and that

ESPN News Services Apr 6, 2024, 08:39 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The head of the baseball players’ association thinks a shorter pitch clock has contributed to a series of pitcher injuries. “Despite unanimous player opposition and significant concerns regarding health and safety, the commissioner’s office reduced the length of the pitch

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterApr 6, 2024, 08:00 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 11:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ANAHEIM, Calif. — Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story left Boston’s game against the Angels in the fourth inning Friday night after injuring his shoulder on a backhand dive to stop a hit by Mike Trout. Story got his glove on Trout’s hard grounder, but

Associated Press Apr 5, 2024, 09:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DENVER — Pete Fairbanks had a gripe over his grip on the baseball. For that, he blamed the humidor at Coors Field. The Tampa Bay Rays‘ reliever took issue with the variability of the balls Friday after he issued three walks in the ninth

Jorge Castillo, ESPN Staff WriterApr 5, 2024, 12:03 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. Open Extended Reactions NEW

ESPN News Services Apr 4, 2024, 11:04 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Athletics will spend the next three seasons playing at a minor league ballpark in West Sacramento before their planned move to Las Vegas for the 2028 season. The team announced Thursday that it would play at Sutter Health Park — the home

Apr 4, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Entering the 2024 MLB season, two superteams have stood out from the crowd. In fact, the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers were in a tier of their own at the top of our initial MLB Power Rankings and are the clear projected favorites to win

Apr 4, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We’re one week into the 2024 MLB season, and after the Brewers and Pirates each suffered their first loss of the season on Wednesday, we have one team still undefeated through seven days of play — the Tigers?! We’ve seen hot starts across the league from

Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterApr 4, 2024, 12:45 AM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — Shohei Ohtani is finally on the board. The two-way star cranked his first home run

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterApr 3, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions Welcome to the 2024 MLB Watchability Index! As ESPN NBA writer Zach Lowe would say — and we’re stealing this idea from his annual League Pass

Associated Press Apr 3, 2024, 01:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers reliever Trevor Megill has gone on the seven-day concussion list after passing out while recovering from an apparent case of food poisoning. Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Wednesday that Megill suffered from food poisoning on Saturday during the team’s three-game

Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterApr 2, 2024, 11:21 PM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) Open Extended Reactions Representatives of the Athletics‘ ownership met with officials from Oakland and Alameda County on Tuesday to discuss the city’s most recent offer to keep the

ESPN News Services Apr 2, 2024, 08:50 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Bryce Harper‘s first hit of the season was a big one. Same for his second. And his third. Harper homered in each of his first three at-bats for Philadelphia during Tuesday night’s game against Cincinnati. The two-time NL MVP went 0

Apr 2, 2024, 10:55 AM ET Larry Lucchino, the former president and CEO of the Boston Red Sox who oversaw three World Series titles during his tenure, has died at the age of 78, the team announced Tuesday. Lucchino became CEO of the Red Sox upon purchase of the team by the ownership group headed

Associated Press Apr 2, 2024, 01:57 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PHOENIX — Luis Gil had a successful outing in his return from Tommy John surgery and the New York Yankees started the season on a five-game winning streak for the first time in 32 years, defeating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-2 on Monday night. Anthony

ESPN News Services Apr 1, 2024, 10:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions HOUSTON — Ronel Blanco, making his first start of the season, baffled the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night, pitching a no-hitter in the Houston Astros‘ 10-0 victory. Blanco, coming off a modest 2-1 season in which he finished with a 4.50 ERA,

ESPN News Services Mar 31, 2024, 09:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MIAMI — Stuck in a four-game losing streak to start the season, and fresh off a playoff appearance the year before, Miami Marlins outfielder Jazz Chisholm Jr. addressed the club’s decision to open the retractable roof on top of LoanDepot Park this weekend.