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1:31 AM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Max Fried held sputtering San Diego in check for five innings in his return from the injured list, and Austin Riley hit a two-run homer as the Atlanta Braves defeated the Padres 2-0 Monday night for their seventh straight win. The Padres were shut out for

9:04 PM ET Texas Rangers right-hander Jacob deGrom was removed from his start Monday night against the Royals in Kansas City due to right wrist soreness. The team called the move precautionary and said deGrom will continue to be evaluated. Editor’s Picks DeGrom had spun four hitless innings before departing, striking out five and walking

11:43 AM ET The Minnesota Twins and right-hander Pablo Lopez are finalizing a four-year, $73.5 million contract extension, according to multiple reports. Lopez, 27, was acquired by the Twins in the January trade that sent Luis Arraez to the Miami Marlins. Lopez is 1-1 with a 1.73 ERA in four starts in a Twins uniform.

12:52 AM ET ESPN News Services KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Atlanta Braves ace Max Fried will return from the injured list on Monday and start against the San Diego Padres. Braves manager Brian Snitker confirmed the decision on Sunday, following Atlanta’s 5-4 win over the Kansas City Royals, telling reporters the club would not be

7:46 AM ET Associated Press YOKOSUKA, Japan — Shunned by major league clubs, Trevor Bauer is trying to find his way in Japan, where fans are drawn by his celebrity status and seem unconcerned by domestic violence allegations against him. The 2020 Cy Young Award winner pitched his first competitive game in almost two years

11:37 AM ET ESPN News Services The New York Yankees placed Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain, the team announced Sunday. Stanton was replaced by a pinch runner after hitting a double in the seventh inning of Saturday’s 6-1 win over the Minnesota Twins. Manager Aaron Boone said Stanton

7:14 PM ET Marly RiveraESPN Writer Close Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. NEW YORK — Manager Rocco Baldelli was ejected during the Minnesota Twins‘ 6-1 loss to the New York Yankees on Saturday after an excess rosin controversy concerning starting pitcher Domingo Germán. First-base umpire and crew chief James Hoye had

7:29 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN DIEGO — Milwaukee Brewers reliever Gus Varland was hit on the jaw with a 105.1 mph line drive by Manny Machado and came out of Saturday’s game against the San Diego Padres. The scary moment came in the bottom of the eighth. Varland was knocked to the ground

Apr 14, 2022 The meeting that took place in Branch Rickey’s office on Montague Street in Brooklyn in late August of 1945 has obtained an almost apocryphal status. Dodgers scout Clyde Sukeforth had met up with Jackie Robinson in Toledo, and the two traveled together to New York to meet the Dodgers’ general manager. Sukeforth

9:58 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Tampa Bay Rays lost their first game following a record-tying 13-0 start as Colin Poche forced in two runs with bases-loaded walks and second baseman Brandon Lowe made a key error in a four-run fifth inning that lifted the Toronto Blue Jays to a 6-3 win on

8:51 PM ET Jeffrey Springs played an important role in the Rays‘ record-tying start to the 2023 season, but the left-handed pitcher is now out indefinitely with an elbow issue that manifested in his start against the Red Sox on earlier this week. Springs will miss at least two months, sources confirmed to ESPN on

11:44 AM ET The San Francisco Giants have reached a five-year, $90 million extension with right-handed pitcher Logan Webb through the 2028 season, it was announced Friday. Webb has a 31-22 record with a 3.59 ERA in 80 starts since entering the majors with the Giants in 2019, including an 0-3 mark with a 6.35

4:22 PM ET Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays tied Major League Baseball’s post-1900 record for 13 consecutive wins at a season’s start, rallying to beat the Boston Red Sox 9-3 Thursday behind a seven-run fifth inning that Harold Ramirez began and capped with doubles. Tampa Bay matched the 13-0 start

7:00 AM ET We are two weeks into the 2023 MLB season, and most teams have played a dozen games of their 162-game schedule. In other words, it’s early. Perhaps too early to glean a whole lot from what has happened so far. But what’s the fun in that? We asked our MLB experts to

7:00 AM ET There’s a new top team in our rankings! After two weeks of baseball, the Rays remain undefeated, their 12-0 start the best since the 1987 Brewers. Will they be able to keep up this dominance? Or will the division rival Yankees catch them soon enough? As if that wasn’t surprising enough, elsewhere

10:28 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Rays won their 12th straight game to start the season, one short of the best major league start since 1900, as Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer in a 9-7 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night. The 1987 Milwaukee

4:12 PM ET Texas Rangers star shortstop Corey Seager will miss at least four weeks with a strained hamstring. Rangers general manager Chris Young told reporters Wednesday that Seager has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 strain of his left hamstring. The Rangers placed Seager on the 10-day injured list and activated outfielder Leodys Taveras

7:00 AM ET FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES, St. Louis Cardinals catching great Yadier Molina was a fixture in an organization known for churning out pitchers and throwing out runners. Over a Hall-of-Fame worthy career, Molina was the most respected player on his team every time he donned the uniform. For the final seven years of