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Field Level Media Mar 1, 2025, 12:17 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Detroit Tigers center fielder Parker Meadows has been shut down from baseball activities due to a nerve issue in his upper right arm. Meadows, however, was not ruled out of the team’s season opener on March 27 against the host Los Angeles Dodgers.

ESPN News Services Mar 1, 2025, 07:31 AM ET Open Extended Reactions President Donald Trump said Friday that he would pardon baseball great Pete Rose and criticized Major League Baseball for barring the all-time hit champion from the sport’s Hall of Fame for gambling. Rose, who died last year at 83, was banned from baseball

Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shohei Ohtani put any concerns about his surgically repaired left shoulder to rest with just one at-bat. Ohtani crushed a full-count fastball from Yusei Kikuchi over the left-field fence in his first plate appearance this spring Friday night, staking the Los Angeles Dodgers a 1-0 advantage against the Los

Associated Press Feb 28, 2025, 04:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees right-hander Luis Gil will have an MRI after the AL Rookie of the Year experienced shoulder tightness during a bullpen session Friday, manager Aaron Boone told reporters. Boone also said right-hander JT Brubaker suffered three broken ribs when hit by

Enrique RojasFeb 28, 2025, 02:58 PM ET Close Enrique Rojas is a reporter and columnist for ESPNdeportes.com and ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions The Dominican Republic has chosen former St. Louis Cardinals and Los Angeles Angels star Albert Pujols as its next manager for the 2026 World Baseball Classic and will make the announcement official sometime

Field Level Media Feb 28, 2025, 12:49 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Detroit Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling is nursing a strained right rotator cuff and will not be ready by Opening Day, manager A.J. Hinch said Friday. The team announced that Vierling, 28, will complete a period of rest before being reevaluated for baseball activities.

Associated Press Feb 28, 2025, 10:57 AM ET PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — New York Mets infielder Nick Madrigal could miss the entire 2025 season with a fractured left shoulder. Manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters Friday that Madrigal needs surgery to repair his non-throwing shoulder, which the player dislocated Sunday when he fell to the

Associated Press Feb 28, 2025, 10:59 AM ET Open Extended Reactions CLEARWATER, Fla. — Bryce Harper is returning to the Philadelphia Phillies lineup Friday, two days after getting hit on the arm by a pitch. Harper is scheduled to hit second and play in his usual spot at first base against the Boston Red Sox.

Jesse RogersFeb 28, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — One team is a worldwide attraction, fresh off its eighth World Series title. The other just lost an MLB record 121 games and hasn’t won a playoff series since

Feb 27, 2025, 09:10 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Countless home runs are hit every spring training. But it would be tough to argue many carry more meaning than the two-run shot Jake Burger hit Thursday. Burger spent the week at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, where his 4-month-old daughter, Penelope, had open-heart surgery.

Associated Press Feb 27, 2025, 05:52 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Chicago White Sox left fielder Andrew Benintendi will miss four to six weeks with a broken hand after being hit by a pitch in a spring training game on Thursday. Benintendi was hit on the right hand with an 87 mph

Associated Press Feb 27, 2025, 06:13 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Arizona Diamondbacks right-handed pitchers Thyago Vieira and Josh Winder both need Tommy John surgery, manager Torey Lovullo said Thursday. Vieira and Winder were candidates for bullpen roles this season. Vieira appeared in 11 games last season for the D-backs with a

Associated Press Feb 27, 2025, 03:58 PM ET Open Extended Reactions MESA, Ariz. — Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zach Neto will not be ready to play by opening day while recovering from right shoulder surgery. Manager Ron Washington told reporters before the team’s spring training game on Thursday against the Chicago Cubs that Neto likely

Jesse RogersFeb 27, 2025, 02:52 PM ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. Open Extended Reactions Chicago Cubs second baseman Nico Hoerner won’t be going to Japan where the team opens the regular season next month, manager Craig Counsell announced on Thursday. Hoerner, 27, is still recovering from

Associated Press Feb 27, 2025, 04:06 PM ET Open Extended Reactions SARASOTA, Fla. — Baltimore star shortstop Gunnar Henderson was removed from a spring training game on Thursday because of what the Orioles announced as lower right side discomfort. Henderson, the 2023 American League Rookie of the Year and a 2024 All-Star Game selection, made

Feb 27, 2025, 01:30 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Derek Bender, the former Minnesota Twins minor league catcher who is under MLB investigation for telling opposing hitters what pitches were coming, denied the allegations in an interview with The Athletic as he remains out of professional baseball. “No,” Bender told The Athletic, in an interview

ESPN News Services Feb 27, 2025, 12:34 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New York Yankees right-hander Scott Effross has a Grade 2 hamstring strain, manager Aaron Boone told reporters Thursday, the latest setback for the injury-plagued reliever. Effross, 31, left his second spring training appearance after just one pitch Tuesday. Boone told reporters that Effross’

Open Extended Reactions MLB is partnering with renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami for a limited-edition collection of merchandise ahead of the 2025 Tokyo series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago Cubs. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Complex unveiled the collaboration on Thursday, which includes Murakami’s signature style on T-shirts, hoodies and Cubs and Dodgers’ jerseys,

ESPN Fantasy Feb 27, 2025, 07:01 AM ET Open Extended Reactions With spring training games now underway, baseball is once again being played and we can start to fine-tune the top of our draft lists by seeing what players actually look like on the diamond. Sign up for free fantasy baseball The 2025 fantasy baseball

Eric KarabellFeb 27, 2025, 07:08 AM ET Close Fantasy baseball, football and basketball analyst for ESPN Charter member of FSWA Hall of Fame Author of “The Best Philadelphia Sports Arguments” Open Extended Reactions Patience is rarely a virtue for most fantasy baseball managers, but often the most attractive names in a preseason draft are actually

ESPN News Services Feb 26, 2025, 07:11 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — St. Louis Cardinals third baseman Nolan Arenado made the three-hour, cross-state drive to play in an exhibition game Wednesday against the New York Yankees, among the teams that may be open to acquiring him in a trade. He went 0-for-3

Associated Press Feb 26, 2025, 05:02 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TEMPE, Ariz. — Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout hit his first homer of spring training on Wednesday, a solo shot over the left-field wall as the Los Angeles Angels star tries to bounce back from several injury-filled seasons. The 33-year-old went deep in the

ESPN News Services Feb 26, 2025, 04:54 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia Phillies star first baseman Bryce Harper exited Wednesday’s spring training game after getting hit by a pitch on his right arm. Harper was drilled by a 92-mph sinker from Toronto Blue Jays left-hander Richard Lovelady in the top of the sixth inning

Associated Press Feb 25, 2025, 02:40 PM ET Open Extended Reactions NEW YORK — The Los Angeles Dodgers owe $1.051 billion in deferred pay to eight players from 2028 to ’46 following Tanner Scott‘s $72 million, four-year contract and Teoscar Hernandez‘s $66 million, three-year deal. Los Angeles’ high payment point is $100.95 million in both

ESPN News Services Feb 26, 2025, 02:32 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Houston Astros star Jose Altuve will make his spring training debut Friday — and he’ll do it in left field, manager Joe Espada told reporters Wednesday. Following the offseason trade of All-Star outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs, the Astros have an

Associated Press Feb 26, 2025, 02:57 PM ET Open Extended Reactions GLENDALE, Ariz. — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts says three-time MVP Shohei Ohtani will make his first spring training appearance of the year Friday night against his old team, the Angels. Ohtani, 30, will be the designated hitter. Roberts has not given a timetable for

ESPN Fantasy Feb 26, 2025, 06:52 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Spring training is in full swing and the ESPN fantasy baseball crew has been watching. We’re ready to show you the results of our 2025 fantasy baseball rotisserie (roto) mock draft, using head-to-head categories and ESPN standard roster settings. Sign up for free fantasy

Open Extended Reactions FORT MYERS, Fla. — Inside the batting cages at the Boston Red Sox‘s spring training complex, where the future of hitting is playing out in real time, the best trio of position prospects in a generation blossomed. Kristian Campbell, Roman Anthony and Marcelo Meyer have spent hundreds of hours in the building,

ESPN News Services Feb 25, 2025, 05:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions DUNEDIN, Fla. — Veteran starter Max Scherzer made his debut with the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday, but it was also his first appearance on the mound in Major League Baseball’s Automatic Ball-Strike system era. He’s not a fan of it. In fact,

Buster OlneyFeb 25, 2025, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” Open Extended Reactions The Toronto Blue Jays‘ handling of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. might best be summarized by Roman philosopher Cicero’s mantra: More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Step by