Kris Bryant’s up-and-down first season with the Rockies hit a positive note on Thursday night facing the Dodgers. Bryant, despite ongoing plantar fasciitis issues, proved healthy enough to play in left field to open Colorado’s four-game homestand against Los Angeles. Bryant had DH’d over his previous two games while dealing with significant pain in his left foot. “We feel confident […]

Previously a Staff Writer at Bleacher Report Cornell University graduate Two years ago, Spike Lee called Randy Wilkins and asked him who his favorite Yankee was. For Wilkins, a 42-year-old lifelong Yankees fan born in the Bronx, the answer was easy: Derek Jeter. But Wilkins was confused. His mentor had called him out of the blue in the middle of […]

BALTIMORE — Jackson Holliday slipped on a Baltimore Orioles jersey, jammed the team’s cap over his long, sandy blond hair and grinned broadly as the cameramen clicked away. And boy, did he have reason to smile. The 18-year-old high schooler and No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 amateur draft signed a contract Wednesday with an $8.19 million signing bonus. […]

Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Spring training was compressed this year, seven weeks’ worth of work squeezed into a whirlwind of 21 days, and Matt Talarico had no real sense of what impression he might have made in his baserunning instruction to New York Yankees players — until a […]

ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. Druw Jones, the second overall pick in this month’s MLB draft, injured his shoulder Monday during his first batting practice with the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, the team said. It wasn’t immediately clear how serious the injury […]

The New York Yankees have placed All-Star outfielder Giancarlo Stanton on the 10-day injured list with left Achilles tendinitis. The Yankees announced the roster move before Tuesday night’s crosstown showdown against the Mets but did not disclose how long Stanton will be sidelined. Stanton was out of the starting lineup for New York’s last two games against the Orioles this […]

PHILADELPHIA — Pete Rose will make an appearance on the field in Philadelphia next month for the first time since receiving a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball. Rose agreed to the lifetime ban in August 1989 after an investigation for MLB by lawyer John Dowd found Rose placed numerous bets on the Cincinnati Reds to win from 1985-87 while […]

Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout will not be returning when he’s eligible to come off the injured list on Monday. Trout, dealing with left rib cage inflammation, hasn’t played since July 12. He was a late scratch from the lineup in the Angels’ 7-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers last week before the All-Star break. Head athletic trainer […]

New York Yankees reliever Michael King will miss the rest of the 2022 season after suffering a fractured right elbow during Friday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles, sources confirmed to ESPN. The right-handed King exited in the eighth inning after throwing a pitch to Baltimore Orioles third baseman Ramon Urias. Yankees manager Aaron Boone did not reveal a status for […]

Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. As the second half begins, the Chicago White Sox are sitting in third place, 3.5 games out of the AL Central lead. After going into the season with an 86% chance of making the playoffs, they’re the American League’s most underachieving team — while employing its most controversial […]