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From Tommy John to Cy Young form at 39? Inside Justin Verlander’s unprecedented return to dominance

ESPN MLB insider Author of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” LAST SEPTEMBER, WITH the one-year anniversary of his Tommy John surgery approaching, Justin Verlander wanted to pitch. Even though his rehabilitation wasn’t complete, even though the tendon used to tie together the bones of his elbow still hadn’t morphed into a ligament, […]

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Ohtani triple ends Anderson’s no-hit bid in ninth

ESPN 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 — Tyler Anderson’s impressive — and somewhat improbable — no-hit bid fell two outs short Wednesday night, as Shohei Ohtani broke it up with a line-drive triple in the ninth inning of the Los Angeles […]

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Astros first to toss 2 immaculate frames in game

ARLINGTON, Texas — Houston starter Luis Garcia and reliever Phil Maton each threw an immaculate inning — nine pitches, three strikeouts — after a big opening offensive outburst for the Astros. Martin Maldonado, their 35-year-old veteran catcher, was in the middle of it all. Maldonado had a two-run double in Houston’s six-run first on manager Dusty Baker’s 73rd birthday, later […]

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Tigers put absent Rodriguez on restricted list

Starting pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez has informed the Detroit Tigers he won’t rejoin the club at this time for personal matters and has been placed on the restricted list “until further notice,” general manager Al Avila announced in a statement Monday. The left-hander, who signed as a free agent with the Tigers last offseason, has been on the injured list since […]

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Walsh goes for cycle; Trout hits 2 HRs in return

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Not many teams can claim having a no-hitter, posting a franchise-record losing streak, firing a manager and then having a player hit for the cycle in the span of nearly five weeks. Well, the Los Angeles Angels can. Jared Walsh continued one of the wildest spans in franchise history by hitting for the cycle as the Halos […]

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