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Shohei Ohtani will not pitch Sunday against the Detroit Tigers after experiencing knee discomfort during a Friday bullpen session. Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before Saturday’s 2-1 loss that Ohtani’s knee still isn’t pain free, and he’s also having minor issues with the biceps muscle that troubled him earlier in the inning. After the game, Roberts said Ohtani would not be used against Detroit and his next pitching […]

The Tampa Bay Rays got county approval Friday on a financing plan that will allow them to build a new stadium, a day after city officials approved their part for the $2.3 billion ballpark project that will replace the domed Tropicana Field. The Hillsborough County Commission voted 5-2 on Friday to approve its $796 million share of the mixed-use entertainment district that includes a new 31,000-seat stadium that will be […]

A ninth inning that included both an unbelievable home run robbery and a go-ahead grand slam. An emotional return to Detroit for Tarik Skubal. The Yankees squeaked past the Red Sox. Friday's MLB action provided all that and much more. Here are all the best moments from last night in Major League Baseball: This was one of the games of the year literally based on a mere half-inning. With the […]

NEW YORK — There’s no better grudge match in professional sports. The Yankees and Red Sox opened a pivotal four-game series on Friday night in the Bronx, separated by just two games in the AL East, both chasing October dreams with real urgency and little margin for a bad weekend. These are the types of games where neither team can afford to make costly, fundamental mistakes. But the Red Sox […]

Tarik Skubal was welcomed with cheers and a smattering of boos in his return to Detroit, where he pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers against his former team for the first time since the middling franchise traded him to the two-time defending World Series champions. When the visitors' lineup and Skubal were shown on the videoboard and his name was announced before the first pitch, most of the crowd at […]

Shohei Ohtani threw a short bullpen session on Friday as the Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star moves closer to a return to the mound. "I think it was like 20 pitches," manager Dave Roberts said before the Dodgers started a series against the Detroit Tigers. "I really don’t know what to make of it. I didn’t put eyes on it. "Obviously, I've got to talk to Shohei, talk to (pitching […]

The 2025 trade deadline marked the start of a new era for the Minnesota Twins as they shifted toward a youth movement. The veterans are gone, the young core is in place and the growing pains are showing up in the American League Central standings. Sitting 6.5 games behind the first-place Chicago White Sox, the Twins signaled they were fully leaning into the future. Following the recent promotion of top […]

Aaron Judge is hoping to skip a minor league rehabilitation assignment before returning to the New York Yankees as he nears the three-month mark in his recovery from a stress fracture in his right rib. "If I tell them I’m ready to go play, I think we’re ready to go play," Judge said Thursday before the Yankees concluded a three-game series with Houston. "I’m not a pitcher. I’m a position […]

ATLANTA (AP) — Tarik Skubal knows he will feel emotions when he makes his return to Detroit on Friday night to pitch against the Tigers only four weeks after he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Skubal says he hopes to focus on representing the Dodgers instead of dwelling on his memories with the Tigers at Comerica Park. He acknowledged it may not be easy to keep his emotions […]