MLB

The bombshell Shohei Ohtani-Ippei Mizuhara gambling controversy is hurtling toward a conclusion. The release of an incredibly detailed IRS Special Agent report on Thursday shed light on many of the unanswered questions and revealed new details of the case. In the main, the investigation absolves Ohtani of any wrongdoing and paints his former interpreter as

Getty Images The Toronto Blue Jays are promoting Cuban right-hander Yariel Rodriguez to the majors for what will serve as his big-league debut, according to Shi Davidi of Sportsnet.  Rodriguez, 27, signed a five-year pact worth $32 million with Toronto over the offseason. He did not pitch last season. Rather, he sat out the campaign

Paula Lavigne, ESPN Investigative ReporterApr 11, 2024, 05:25 PM ET Close Data analyst and reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist, 2012 IRE broadcast award; winner, 2011 Gannett Foundation Award for Innovation in Watchdog Journalism; Emmy nominated, 2009. Open Extended Reactions In their complaint filed Thursday,

Eventually, we’ll no longer need to caveat any and all observations about the 2024 MLB season with reminders that it’s still early and there’s a long road ahead for every team, regardless of whether they look invincible or hopeless over the first handful of games. We’re not there yet. But with each passing day of

Getty Images On any given summer night over the last 10 years, you could find Tony bartending at the Oakland Coliseum during Athletics games. Barring an unforeseen development, this will be his final season. Last Thursday, the Athletics announced they will be relocating to Sacramento for at least the next three years, beginning with the

BOSTON — On barely three hours of sleep, without an ounce of caffeine in his system, Jackson Holliday settled into the biggest day of his young life. The afternoon before his long-awaited MLB debut, baseball’s top prospect and the eldest son of former All-Star Matt Holliday leaned against the back wall of Fenway Park’s visitors

Tim Keown, ESPN Senior WriterMay 8, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Senior Writer for ESPN The Magazine Columnist for ESPN.com Author of five books (3 NYT best-sellers) Open Extended Reactions THIS WAS John Fisher’s moment. It was a cold and rainy morning at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, with the microphone glitching whenever Kings

NEW YORK — Carlos Rodón ended his 2023 season with perhaps the single worst start in baseball history. On Tuesday, that nightmarish outing felt like a distant memory. Against the lowly Royals back on Sept. 29, the Yankees starter allowed eight earned runs without recording a single out, only the third such instance in MLB

Jackson Holliday is being called up. The Baltimore Orioles made the decision to call up the infielder on Tuesday, according to ESPN’s Jeff Passan, after his strong start to the season with their Triple-A affiliate. Holliday, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, is the top-ranked prospect in baseball. BREAKING: The Baltimore

Getty Images Washington Nationals right-hander Josiah Gray became the latest All-Star pitcher placed on the injured list on Tuesday, hitting the shelf just hours before he was scheduled to take the mound versus the San Francisco Giants. Gray, who is dealing with a flexor strain, joins an ever-growing crowd that includes Spencer Strider, Shane Bieber,

Apr 9, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions Ronald Acuña Jr. started 2024 as the best player in baseball, according to us. Who will end it as such? The Atlanta Braves superstar was No. 1 on our preseason MLB Rank Top 100 after winning National League honors with his historic 40-home run/70-stolen base 2024

Elly De La Cruz entered Monday with zero home runs on the season. He exited with two, and they were worth the wait. The Cincinnati Reds shortstop showed both his elite power and his elite speed with a pair of homers in a 10-8 win over the Milwaukee Brewers. The first arrived in the fifth

NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole faulted Major League Baseball and the players’ association for bickering over the pitch clock last weekend, comparing their behavior to divorced parents. The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner and former member of the union’s eight-man executive subcommittee spoke about the union’s statement Saturday that

David Schoenfield, ESPN Senior WriterApr 3, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Covers MLB for ESPN.com Former deputy editor of Page 2 Been with ESPN.com since 1995 Open Extended Reactions Welcome to the 2024 MLB Watchability Index! As ESPN NBA writer Zach Lowe would say — and we’re stealing this idea from his annual League Pass

Getty Images Jerry Grote, a two-time All-Star and member of the 1969 Miracle New York Mets, died Sunday afternoon at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute in Austin, Texas, the team announced. He was 81. Grote is a member of the Mets Hall of Fame. “We are incredibly saddened to hear about the passing of Jerry

Stephen Strasburg was already done pitching for the Nationals, but now he’s retired. (Photo by John McDonnell/The Washington Post via Getty Images) Stephen Strasburg is calling it a career. For real, this time. The longtime Washington Nationals starting pitcher is retiring after a years-long struggle to pitch again due to injuries. The news was first

Saturday was not a kind day to pitchers. Cleveland Guardians ace Shane Bieber and New York Yankees reliever Jonathan Loáisiga were both announced as needing elbow surgery. Atlanta Braves star Spencer Strider, meanwhile, was confirmed by imaging to have a damaged ulnar collateral ligament. It’s too early to know if Strider will require his own

In his first taste of the major leagues, Yoshinobu Yamamoto crumbled. But on Saturday at Wrigley Field, staring down the barrel of a couple of early bases-loaded jams, the young star Japanese pitcher coolly, calmly and confidently refused to cave. After signing his record-breaking $325 million contract this offseason — the largest in MLB history