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MLB to investigate Marcell Ozuna arrest on domestic violence charges, report says

MLB is expected to investigate the arrest of Braves outfielder Marcell Ozuna on domestic violence charges, ESPN’s Jeff Passan reported. Ozuna was arrested Saturday in Sandy Springs, Ga., an Atlanta suburb. He was booked into Fulton County Jail and charged with aggravated assault by strangulation and battery, according to jail records and a press release by the Sandy Springs Police Department. The aggravated […]

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Braves’ Snitker: ‘Messed up’ on Soroka prognosis

After saying pitcher Mike Soroka would be out for the season, Atlanta Braves manager Brian Snitker backtracked later Friday on his prognosis for the right-hander, who still has yet to return from a torn right Achilles tendon. “I messed up earlier. I was wrong,” Snitker told reporters after he told MLB Network earlier in the day that Soroka was “down […]

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Chicago Cubs star Javy Báez (somehow) fools Pittsburgh Pirates into sloppy fielding

They call him El Mago, but this wasn't magic from Javy Báez as much as it was comically bad fielding by the Pittsburgh Pirates.  In Thursday afternoon's Cubs-Pirates game, Báez, Chicago's shortstop fooled Pittsburgh first baseman Will Craig into delaying a tag on a fielder's choice that would've ended the third inning.  It started when Báez launched a grounder to Pirates third baseman Erik […]

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Shildt tossed, rips ump for ‘policing’ pitcher’s hat

CHICAGO — Giovanny Gallegos got into a sticky situation with the St. Louis Cardinals clinging to a one-run lead and two on in the seventh inning. It quickly became a heated one. Umpire Joe West ordered Gallegos to switch caps because apparently there was sunscreen on the bill. Cardinals manager Mike Shildt, thinking his player was unfairly singled out, got […]

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Yanks’ Kluber (shoulder) out at least 2 months

NEW YORK — Yankees right-hander Corey Kluber is expected to miss at least two months with a right shoulder injury and first baseman Luke Voit is also headed to the injured list with a right oblique strain. New York manager Aaron Boone announced the diagnoses Wednesday shortly after the Yankees’ scheduled game against the Toronto Blue Jays was postponed due […]

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West umpires 5,376th game to set MLB record

Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. CHICAGO — Joe West broke the record for most games umpired in the history of Major League Baseball as soon as the Chicago White Sox vs. St. Louis Cardinals game was official after five innings on Tuesday night. West, 68, umpired his 5,376th regular-season game, one more than […]

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