Pete Alonso is your 2021 Home Run Derby champion, smacking scores of towering home runs in the thin air of Coors Field to become back-to-back champion. Alonso might have taken the crown, but the Derby was full of drama — from Shohei Ohtani and Juan Soto battling it out in an epic double-overtime first round to Trey Mancini continuing his […]

Shohei Ohtani is in the midst of perhaps the greatest single-season performances a baseball player has had in the sport’s history. This, apparently, isn’t enough for ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith — not that anyone should really care. But the ESPN hot-take artist believes it’s bad for Ohtani to use an interpreter and believes that his use of one is actually […]

The listed temperature inside Houston’s Minute Maid Park on Saturday was 73 degrees. In other words, the air conditioning was on high. Yankees slugger Aaron Judge said he felt a chill, as he does whenever he’s in the park. Maybe he wanted the thermostat raised to 78. Of course he didn’t. The A/C was just a handy way for him to […]

The Philadelphia Phillies scratched right-hander Aaron Nola from his scheduled start Sunday against the Boston Red Sox after he was placed on the COVID-related injured list. Nola was one of four players placed on the virus-related injured list by the Phillies on Sunday. Third baseman Alec Bohm, right-hander Connor Brogdon and left-hander Bailey Falter also were placed on the list. […]

Marly Rivera is a writer for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. HOUSTON — Let bygones, be bygones? Not for Aaron Judge. The All-Star outfielder hit his 21st home run of the season against Zack Greinke Saturday night, which was the only run scored by the New York Yankees in their 1-0 win over the Houston Astros in what was a masterful nine-inning […]

Vinny Castilla played in 16 MLB seasons, including nine as an infielder for the Colorado Rockies, over a decorated career. In 1998, he was named an all-star and advanced to the second round of the Home Run Derby at Coors Field with 12 total dingers. In Rockies history, Castilla ranks third all-time for home runs (239), fifth in games played […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Father to a pair of big league starting pitchers, Willie Ross made a crucial save at a ballgame in San Francisco on Saturday. Ross, dad of veteran pitchers Joe and Tyson Ross, performed the Heimlich maneuver on a choking fan during a game between the Giants and Washington Nationals, dislodging bits of a hot dog to clear […]

Top 10 draft prospects Marcelo Mayer, SS, Eastlake (Calif.) Jack Leiter, RHP, Vanderbilt Jordan Lawlar, SS, Jesuit Prep (Texas) Kahlil Watson, SS, Wake Forest (N.C.) Henry Davis, C, Louisville Kumar Rocker, RHP, Vanderbilt Jackson Jobe, RHP, Heritage Hall (Okla.) Brady House, SS, Winder-Barrow (Ga.) Ty Madden, RHP, Texas Colton Cowser, OF, Sam Houston Prospects at the draft Ryan Cusick, RHP, […]

Baseball is still a business. The 2021 MLB Draft is, once again, a bit different from what we’ve seen in the past. While the 2020 draft was cut to just five rounds, this year, the draft is a bit more normal, with 20 rounds and 612 total selections for MLB teams to fill out their rosters with this weekend. On July […]

​Todd Helton’s legendary baseball career captivated millions of Rockies fans through his 17 years in purple pinstripes. For two kids growing up in the suburbs of Denver, he was their baseball idol. Or, the G.O.A.T (Greatest of All Time). The greatest Rockies player of all-time that is, according to Reese Chapman and Christian Foutch. Fast forward to this weekend, and […]