St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright was back on the mound Monday night against the New York Mets after being placed on the COVID-19 injured list last week. Although Wainwright is fully vaccinated and did not test positive for the coronavirus, he had been out since April 29 to care for his wife Jenny and five children who all contracted COVID-19.  “We got back from […]

Coming into the 2021 MLB season, there was a lot of optimism surrounding the Mets. The team sported one of the better-looking starting rotations in baseball and the  lineup, bolstered by the trade for Francisco Lindor, looked like it had the potential to become a powerful one. However, the team’s offense has failed to live up to expectations through 23 […]

Philadelphia Phillies relief pitcher Jose Alvarado has been suspended three games, Major League Baseball said in a release Sunday, for his role in a benches-clearing eighth-inning incident Friday against the New York Mets in Philadelphia. Alvarado was also given an undisclosed fine for inciting the incident by taunting Mets outfielder Dominic Smith after an inning-ending strikeout. Smith and New York […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have placed right-hander Dustin May on the 10-day injured list with a right arm injury. May left Saturday’s start against the Milwaukee Brewers after just 27 pitches due to the ailment and is expected to undergo an MRI on Monday. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said May felt “kind of a shooting sensation” through his arm on […]

A blown call at a terrible time left Phillies manager Joe Girardi agitated Saturday night. Girardi was livid over second base umpire Jose Navas calling Andrew McCutchen out for leaving the baseline on a double-play attempt by the Mets’ Francisco Lindor in the seventh inning. In both live-action and on replay, McCutchen appeared to keep running, and then sliding, in a […]

Hall of Fame second baseman Roberto Alomar was fired from two consulting roles and placed on baseball’s ineligible list Friday after an investigation into sexual misconduct allegations stemming from a workplace incident in 2014. Alomar, 53, was terminated from his position as a consultant for MLB and was also fired by the Blue Jays, for whom he’d held a similar role. The Blue […]

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Believe it or not, we are already just about a month into the 2021 MLB season with the calendar set to flip to May this weekend. What does that mean for this week’s edition of our MLB Power Rankings? Well, yes, it is still early — but it also isn’t too early anymore. How much did our voters reflect that […]

Rockies manager Bud Black departed Scottsdale, Ariz., with plenty of optimism about his ballclub. That’s just who he is. But Black also carried a big bag of worry when spring training ended and the real season began. His apprehension stemmed from far too many walks from Rockies relievers. “What was a little concerning to me was that a lot of […]

Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell wasn’t pleased with a second-inning obstruction call on his pitcher during the Brewers’ 6-2 loss to the Miami Marlins on Wednesday. With one out and runners on first and third, Marlins second baseman Isan Diaz hit a soft ground ball between the pitcher’s mound […]