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Padres third baseman Manny Machado has right elbow surgery
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Third baseman Manny Machado had right elbow extensor tendon repair surgery Tuesday in Los Angeles and has an estimated recovery time of four to six months, the San Diego Padres announced. That timetable should have Machado back on the field sometime during spring...
Rays wear Devil Rays jerseys for first time in playoffs
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays went retro for Game 1 of their AL Wild Card Series against the Texas Rangers. Sporting throwback Devil Rays' jerseys the team wore during a decade of futility, the Rays were limited to six hits and committed four errors in a 4-0 loss...
Giants to begin their managerial search with internal candidates this week
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The San Francisco Giants hope to begin interviewing internal managerial candidates this week as they seek to replace Gabe Kapler, who was fired last Friday with three games left in a second straight losing season. President of Baseball Operations Farhan Zaidi...
Team president Jed Hoyer sees bigger things in store for the Cubs after missing the playoffs
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Cubs took a big step toward contending for a championship and changed the outlook for a franchise coming off back-to-back losing seasons. It didn't end the way President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer would have liked. But he sees something bigger...
Dodgers lost most days to injuries in MLB this season. Overall days lost rise 6.1%
NEW YORK (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers lost the most days of players on the injured list this season at 2,465, while the San Francisco Giants had the most placements at 46. The number of days lost on the injured list rose 6.1% to 44,461 from 41,916, in the season that ended...
MLB game time drops 24 minutes to 2:40 with pitch clock. Players steal most bases since 1987
NEW YORK (AP) — The average time of a nine-inning major league game dropped to 2 hours, 40 minutes in the first year of the pitch clock, a 24-minute decrease in a season of change that resulted in a spike in batting average and the most stolen bases in nearly 40 years. Left-handed...
MLB draws 70.75 million fans, first time over 70 million since 2017
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball attendance topped 70 million for the first time in six years. Total attendance of 70.75 million was up 9.6% from last year's 64.56 million, and the average of 29,295 was up 9.1% from last year's 26,843, the commissioner's office said Monday. ...
October baseball arrives with 12-team bracket set and postseason action beginning Tuesday
PHOENIX (AP) — Ronald Acuña Jr., Matt Olson and the hard-hitting Atlanta Braves have earned a couple days of rest and relaxation after Major League Baseball's long 162-game regular season. So have Jose Altuve, Justin Verlander and the defending World Series champion Houston Astros...
Hernández hits three-run homer as Dodgers beat Giants 5-2 in Crawford's likely final game
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brandon Crawford brought his four kids into the ballpark for some throwing practice earlier this weekend, knowing they would play a key role in his special Sunday send-off. Each one tossed a ceremonial first pitch during a day of celebrating the homegrown...
Kershaw loses for first time since May 21 as Giants beat Dodgers 2-1
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Clayton Kershaw lost for the first time since May, allowing the go-ahead run when Max Muncy misplayed a potential inning-ending double-play grounder in a 2-1 defeat to the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night that left the Los Angeles Dodgers one win shy of 100 going into...
