Bad Bunny’s agency claims MLBPA issued ‘death penalty’ for sanctions
Jeff Passan, ESPNMay 16, 2024, 02:45 PM ETCloseESPN MLB insiderAuthor of "The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports"Rimas Sports, the agency founded by recording artist Bad Bunny, has accused the Major...
Dodgers pitcher Emmet Sheehan has surgery to repair UCL
Alden Gonzalez, ESPN Staff WriterMay 16, 2024, 07:56 PM ETCloseESPN 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.LOS ANGELES -- Emmet Sheehan, an...
Phillies’ Taijuan Walker leaves game after hit in foot by liner
May 16, 2024, 08:39 PM ETPhiladelphia Phillies right-hander Taijuan Walker left 3⅓ innings into Thursday's 6-5 loss to the New York Mets after he was hit in the left foot by a line drive off the bat...
Rangers transfer Max Scherzer to 60-day injured list
May 15, 2024, 08:10 PM ETARLINGTON, Texas -- Max Scherzer was transferred to the 60-day injured list Wednesday, when the Texas Rangers made a move they initially avoided at the start of the season when there was...
Weekend fantasy baseball preview: Paul Skenes’ second start
May 16, 2024, 12:27 PM ETA pair of individual pitching storylines headline the weekend schedule.Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Paul Skenes, who averaged 100.1 mph with his fastball while totaling seven strikeouts in his MLB debut last Saturday (putting...
Fantasy baseball – MLB pitchers who are defying projections
May 15, 2024, 12:15 PM ETIt's the eternal struggle in fantasy baseball: Gut versus projections.Projections provide us a baseline from which we begin setting our expectations of a player. But no matter how complex, how detailed the...
Adley Rutschman’s walk-off blast saves O’s streak of no sweeps
May 15, 2024, 07:08 PM ETBALTIMORE -- Adley Rutschman has still never been swept in the regular season as a big leaguer.With that streak on the verge of ending, the Baltimore catcher took matters into his own...
Umpire Jim Wolf exits Royals-Mariners after foul ball off mask
May 15, 2024, 06:15 PM ETSEATTLE -- Umpire Jim Wolf was pulled for precautionary reasons during the fifth inning of Wednesday's game between the Kansas City Royals and Seattle Mariners after taking a foul ball off his...
Giants sign veteran catcher Curt Casali to 1-year deal
May 15, 2024, 09:46 PM ETSAN FRANCISCO -- The San Francisco Giants signed veteran catcher Curt Casali to a one-year contract on Wednesday amid a growing number of injuries on their roster.Starting catcher Patrick Bailey went back...
Astros’ Ronel Blanco suspended for foreign substance in glove
May 15, 2024, 04:24 PM ETHouston Astros pitcher Ronel Blanco, who was ejected from Tuesday's game after umpires found a foreign substance on his glove, has been suspended 10 games by MLB, it was announced Wednesday.Blanco also...
