Bradford Doolittle

1 week ago | espn.ph | Jorge Castillo |Bradford Doolittle

The New York Yankees activated right-hander JT Brubaker from the 60-day injured list ahead of Wednesday night's game against the visiting Los Angeles Angels. Brubaker, 31, last pitched in the majors with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2022. He underwent Tommy John surgery in April 2023 and missed that entire season.

2 weeks ago | espn.co.uk | Wright Thompson |Bradford Doolittle

BOSTON -- The Red Sox have had a chance in games whenever Garrett Crochet has been on the mound this season. And with the exception of one pitch in Friday night's 2-1, extra-inning win over the Yankees, he again proved to be the antidote to slugger Aaron Judge.

2 weeks ago | espn.co.uk | Bradford Doolittle |David Schoenfield

NEW YORK -- Juan Soto is starting to feel it. Following a May slump that dropped his batting average to .224, the New York Mets slugger has eight hits in his last four games. And when he homered Tuesday night at Citi Field, he stared down Washington Nationals pitcher MacKenzie Gore a couple of times while rounding the bases. "We were saying hi to each other. That's it," Soto said with the slightest hint of a smile, drawing laughs from reporters.

2 weeks ago | espn.co.uk | Bradford Doolittle |David Schoenfield

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Cardinals utilityman Brendan Donovan left Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays with left toe discomfort. Donovan, who has mainly played second base this season but was the left fielder Tuesday, left the game after striking out on a nine-pitch at-bat in the eighth inning in the Cardinals' 10-9 loss. "It's kind of the joint in his big toe," Cardinals manager Oliver Marmol said. "You can see that last at-bat, he couldn't even get off his backside there.

2 weeks ago | espn.co.uk | Bradford Doolittle |David Schoenfield

NEW YORK -- Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez was placed on the paternity list Tuesday before New York opened a three-game series against the Washington Nationals. Luis Torrens was set to start in place of Alvarez, who is batting .255 with two home runs, 10 RBIs and a .676 OPS in 29 games. He was activated April 25 after beginning the season on the injured list with a hamate fracture in his left hand.