Alex Verdugo made his World Series debut on Friday and it was an eventful night for the former Boston Red Sox outfielder. Verdugo had the web gem of the night when he made a diving catch in the bottom of the 10th inning. The 28-year-old jumped into the stands while collecting the foul ball from…
Mr. November had a big problem with a move Aaron Boone made at the end of October. Boone pulled Gerrit Cole in the seventh inning after giving up just four hits and one run on 88 pitches after the starter gave up a leadoff single to Teoscar Hernandez. Speaking on the Fox World Series postgame…
The first check-swing challenge in professional baseball history took place in the Arizona Fall League on Tuesday. New York Mets prospect Drew Gilbert, who plays for the AFL’s Scottsdale Scorpions, thought he couldn’t handle a 3-1 scoreline. The third base umpire called it a swing anyway, prompting Gilbert to tap his helmet and initiate a…
Jorge Castillo, ESPN staff writerOctober 26, 2024, 2:30 a.m. ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for the Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024. LOS ANGELES – Yankees…
Jeff Passan, ESPNOctober 26, 2024, 3:15 a.m. ET Close ESPN MLB InsiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” LOS ANGELES – About an hour after Freddie Freeman came the closest to a perfect baseball game, he stood near home plate and tried at Dodger Stadium, where he…
The great Aaron Judge needs to be moved down the batting order. Not all the way to the No. 8 hole, as was the case with Alex Rodriguez in 2006. But at least to the clean-up area. It’s hard to imagine Aaron Boone degrading his favorite player in the slightest (they’re all his favorites, but…
Jesse Rogers, ESPN staff writerOctober 25, 2024, 10:21 p.m. ET Close Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. LOS ANGELES (AP) — MLBPA executive director Tony Clark raised concerns Friday about how pitchers are used in today’s game and placed the responsibility on teams to keep them healthy. “The conversations…
As the World Series begins, we take a look at how both teams’ rosters were constructed. In a battle of major market giants, much of the heavy lifting has been done via free agency. Both the Yankees and Dodgers made big gains in trades, moving some key homegrown contributors to complement their moves on the…
A World Series featuring marquee teams from the country’s two largest markets will likely represent a significant boost in TV ratings for the Fall Classic. If successful, the World Series will follow a pattern set in earlier rounds of Major League Baseball’s postseason. According to Nielsen, all three rounds of the playoffs saw double-digit increases…
Shortly after the Dodgers released their World Series roster, the Yankees did the same, officially announcing the 26 players who will play for the club in the Fall Classic. The only change the Yankees made to their ALCS roster was replacing the infielder Jon Berti for left-handed pitchers Nestor Cortes. Cortes landed on the injured…