MLB 2024: Handing out April grades for all 30 teams - ESPN
As the old saying goes, you can't win a pennant in April, but you can lose it. That might be the case for the bottom team on our list of first-month grades.
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Marlins LHP Jesus Luzardo (elbow) scratched from start - ESPN
The Miami Marlins scratched left-hander Jesus Luzardo from Friday's scheduled start because of elbow discomfort.
Paul Skenes Getting Frustrated With His Limited Workload, But Pirates Are Playing It Safe
Paul Skenes is getting sick and tired of these restrictive pitch counts.
Why Braves might still be NL's best without Spencer Strider
The bad news was expected this past weekend, but Spencer Strider's elbow injury will sting the Atlanta Braves for the rest of the year.
Fantasy baseball pitcher rankings, lineup advice for Friday's MLB games - ESPN
Look for our fantasy baseball starting pitcher rankings, hitter upgrades and downgrades daily to help you make smart fantasy baseball lineup decisions and for MLB betting tips. MLB game odds are provided by ESPN BET, and fantasy advice is geared toward ESPN 10-team leagues with standard scoring.
OutKick Exclusive: Why Are Younger Pitchers Getting Hurt More?
With the Major League Baseball season currently underway, one of the hottest topics has been what's been happening on the pitching mound - but for all the wrong reasons.
Why MLB must act now on alarming rate of pitching injuries - ESPN
It's all so ugly. Every day, it seems, another ulnar collateral ligament falls prey to the mere act of throwing a baseball. In a recent 48-hour period, Eury Perez, Shane Bieber and Spencer Strider — the best young pitcher in baseball, the 2020 American League Cy Young winner and the game's current strikeout king, respectively — all went down with damaged elbows. A game already too thin on starting pitching continues to lose its greatest talent at an alarming rate.
Guardians' Shane Bieber emotional discussing elbow injury - ESPN
CLEVELAND — Shane Bieber held it together Monday for as long as he could.