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9:11 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — Drew Maggi got his first major league hit Saturday night, three days after making his big league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates following 13 years in the minor leagues. The 33-year-old lined a 2-2 splitter from Hobie Harris into center field for an RBI single in the seventh

11:51 PM ET CHICAGO — After jogging lightly to first base on a ground ball back to the pitcher, White Sox center fielder Luis Robert Jr was pulled from the team’s 12-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Leading off the bottom of the first inning, Robert hit a ground ball to the

6:17 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — New York Yankees captain Aaron Judge has a mild hip strain that manager Aaron Boone said the team will continue to evaluate through the weekend before determining whether the reigning AL MVP will go on the injured list. “In the grand scheme of things and big

1:48 PM ET Eric GomezMexico writer MEXICO CITY — By the time the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants take the field Saturday for their historic two-game series at Mexico City’s Alfredo Harp Helu Stadium, a flurry of Major League Baseball officials will have waxed poetic about the capital city’s warm reception and appetite

10:00 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Rangers ace Jacob deGrom unexpectedly exited his start against the New York Yankees after giving up his first hit with two outs in the fourth inning Friday night. DeGrom retired his first 10 batters and had a 5-0 lead when he walked Anthony Rizzo. Ahead of

4:24 PM ET ESPN News Services Right-hander Justin Verlander completed a 69-pitch rehab outing Friday for Double-A Binghamton and could be in line to make his New York Mets debut next week against the Detroit Tigers. Verlander, who opened the season on the injured list with a teres major strain near his right armpit, went

10:04 PM ET ESPN News Services New York Yankees star outfielder Aaron Judge exited Thursday’s 4-2 win at the Texas Rangers early because of right hip discomfort, the team said. Judge struck out in his only two at-bats, once with the bases loaded, before he was replaced in right field in the bottom of the

9:21 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — On what was in many ways a difficult afternoon, Shohei Ohtani still came strikingly close to accomplishing something unprecedented. He missed by only a few feet. Ohtani came to bat in Thursday’s eighth inning with a chance to become the first player in baseball history to hit for the

7:11 AM ET MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Brewers had just finished one of the most successful road trips in their history, a 7-3 romp through the western regions of the big leagues, when the team returned home to bad news. Garrett Mitchell, a rookie who had had a blistering first three weeks as the team’s

7:00 AM ET We’re around the one-month mark of the 2023 MLB season, and while it’s still too early to be paying too much attention to the standings, five of the six division leaders are teams that didn’t win their divisions last year. We’re not even out of April yet and there’s a long season

9:53 PM ET ESPN News Services Drew Maggi‘s long road to the major leagues culminated in his first career at-bat Wednesday night. The 33-year-old infielder, who had played 1,155 games across 13 minor league seasons before getting called up by the Pittsburgh Pirates earlier this week, appeared as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning,

5:03 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — Seattle Mariners left-hander Robbie Ray will have surgery to repair the flexor tendon in his pitching elbow and will miss the rest of the season. Seattle manager Scott Servais made the announcement before the Mariners played Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Ray, in the second season of a $115

11:59 AM ET The Pittsburgh Pirates and outfielder Bryan Reynolds have agreed to an eight-year, $106.75 million extension, a source confirmed to ESPN’s Jeff Passan. The deal, which is the largest in Pirates history, contains no opt-outs and includes a limited no-trade clause, the source told Passan. The Pirates hold a club option for the

9:58 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Luis Garcia scattered three hits over six innings and the Houston Astros ended the Tampa Bay Rays‘ 14-game season-opening home winning streak, 5-0 on Tuesday night. Only three teams had a longer run than the Rays, who are 20-4 overall. The 1880 Chicago White Stockings, who

6:20 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Houston Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez has left his team’s road trip with neck discomfort, manager Dusty Baker announced before Monday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Rays. Baker said Alvarez has had the problem for about a week. “We decided to send him to go

7:00 AM ET As Boston Red Sox outfielder Rob Refsnyder walked into Fenway Park last week, a heckler waiting by the player parking lot called out a question many fans have been asking in the early days of the 2023 season. “You’re hitting in the 3-hole again?!” It’s been a surprise to Refsnyder too. In

10:20 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Rookie Taj Bradley won his third consecutive start to begin his big league career, and the Tampa Bay Rays set a modern-era MLB record with their 14th consecutive home win to begin a season, beating the Houston Astros 8-3 on Monday night. Tampa Bay had shared

1:19 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred says he feels “sorry for the fans in Oakland” about the Athletics‘ plans to relocate to Las Vegas but denies claims by Oakland’s mayor that the franchise used negotiations with the city as leverage. Manfred discussed the plans Monday during a