Close www.espn.com 3:33 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” Outfielder Corbin Carroll and the Arizona Diamondbacks are in agreement on an eight-year, $111 million contract extension, sources familiar with the deal confirmed to ESPN, […]
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The best bat flips from the 2023 World Baseball Classic
ESPN staff www.espn.com 8:32 PM ET ESPN staff Football has touchdown dances. Basketball has mean mugging after a dunk. Soccer players slide in the grass as their teammates pile on top of them. Baseball? Baseball has the bat flip. Long considered something of a faux pas in the game, the […]
Cardinals rookie Jordan Walker hurt on slide, leaves game
Associated Press www.espn.com St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Jordan Walker, one of the sensations of spring training, left Saturday’s game against the Houston Astros with a strained right shoulder suffered on a slide at second base in the first inning. But manager Oliver Marmol said he was not “overly concerned. […]
Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. ends slump with 1st two spring hits
Associated Press www.espn.com A hit is a hit, even if it’s only spring training. For San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr., it has been a long time coming. Tatis had been 0-for-16 this spring before hitting a smash shot off the glove of Chicago White Sox shortstop Erik Gonzalez […]
Japan reaches WBC quarterfinals after rout of Czech Republic
Associated Press www.espn.com TOKYO — Shohei Ohtani had another RBI double, 21-year-old right-hander Roki Sasaki reached 100 mph 21 times in 66 pitches and Japan beat the Czech Republic 10-2 on Saturday night to clinch a quarterfinal berth in the World Baseball Classic. Shugo Maki hit his second home run […]