Just when it looked like the Rockies were going to get really hot, the Oakland Athletics rolled into LoDo like a cold front and beat them, 9-5. To make matters worse, starting pitcher Jon Gray left the game in the third inning with right elbow soreness and tightness in his forearm, manager Bud Black said after the game. “We were […]

Major League Baseball officials informed owners Thursday that it is engaged in the next phase of league-directed enforcement banning the use of foreign substances by pitchers — which would include 10-day suspensions — two persons with direct knowledge of the meeting told USA TODAY Sports. The persons spoke on the condition of anonymity because MLB has yet to formally announce […]

CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Indians are narrowing a final list of new names and vetting them for legal purposes after months of research and discussions with fans. The team announced in December that it is changing its name for the first time since 1915, a decision that came as part of a national movement to remove and replace prejudicial names […]

ESPN MLB Insider Kiley McDaniel covers MLB prospects, the MLB Draft and more, including trades and free agency. Has worked for four MLB teams. We’re five weeks out from the 2021 MLB draft with college regionals starting Friday and high school seasons winding down or already wrapped up, so some consensus is building. In other words, it’s time for a […]

We’re already two months into the 2021 MLB season, and the standings are starting to come into focus with teams already 50-plus games into their schedules. What does that mean for our first MLB Power Rankings of June? Well, for starters, there’s plenty of movement at the top, including a very tight race for No. 1. Has the Tampa Bay […]

Lou Gehrig played what would be his final big-league game on April 30, 1939, at 35 years old. A few days later, the Yankees legend known throughout his playing days as “Laruppin’ Lou” sat down with The Sporting News for an honest, in-depth look at the days and months leading up to the end of his historic streak of 2,130 […]

The Giants plan to celebrate Pride Month in a way unlike any Major League Baseball team to date.  On Tuesday, the Giants announced that they will incorporate the 11 pride colors in their on-field uniforms with a San Francisco logo pride patch on the right sleeve of the jersey and a custom hat with the pride colors in the logo.  San […]

ESPN MLB insider Author of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” WHEN HE WAS told he was going to die, Bryan Wayne Galentine started to think about what he wanted to leave behind. Every day, for however long amyotrophic lateral sclerosis allowed him to live, the disease was going to steal from him. […]

Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. CHICAGO — San Diego shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. left the Padres’ game Tuesday vs. the Cubs in Chicago with right oblique tightness, according to the team. The Padres included in their announcement that the move was made for “precautionary reasons” after he went 0-3 on the night. Tatis, […]

The banged-up New York Mets got much-needed reinforcements on Monday as the team activated three key players from the injured list, including Kevin Pillar, who is returning just two weeks after being hit in the face by a 94 mph fastball. Besides Pillar, the Mets also activated first baseman Pete Alonso and right-handed setup man Seth Lugo. The Mets also […]