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Ronel Blanco pulled after 7 amid no-hit bid as Astros beat Tigers

HOUSTON — Ronel Blanco had the second hitless outing of his brief major league career but was pulled after seven innings as the Houston Astros beat the Detroit Tigers 4-1 on Sunday. Manager Joe Espada shared part of the conversation he had with Blanco when he removed the dominant right-hander from the game. “I just […]

Fantasy baseball weekend watch: Verlander makes his return

We’ll also see a pair of 2024 debuts: Jordan Montgomery makes his first start for the Arizona Diamondbacks after agreeing to terms late during spring training, while Justin Verlander rejoins the Houston Astros rotation after missing the season’s first three weeks due to a shoulder injury. Both pitchers endured rocky rehab starts, with Montgomery serving […]

Five MLB teams who can take down the Dodgers, Braves in 2024

We asked five of our ESPN MLB experts to each pick one team they think is best suited to take down the Dodgers and Braves in October, when it counts the most. While none of our experts necessarily expects this team to be better than L.A. and Atlanta for the 162-game long haul, they all […]

Fantasy baseball: Bold predictions for AL teams

Some of our bold predictions from last season hit the goal or came close, which makes us smile. Cody Bellinger and Jose Berrios indeed bounced back nicely with the Cubs and Blue Jays, respectively. The Dodgers’ James Outman and Tigers’ Kerry Carpenter won starting roles and hit for power. Oakland’s Esteury Ruiz stole 50-plus bases, […]

MLB Playoffs 2023: Complicated legacy of Astros’ Jose Altuve

More Teams. More Games. Jose Altuve comes up with a massive 3-run go-ahead homer in the 9th to put the Astros up 5-4. (0:36) HOUSTON — HERE, JOSE ALTUVE is safe. From the boos and hisses, the anger and loathing, the emotion his mere existence conjures. This man, baseball’s smallest player and yet one of […]

Jose Altuve, in 100th playoff game, sparks Astros in Game 4 win

More Teams. More Games. Jose Altuve makes an acrobatic out to end the seventh inning for the Astros. (0:35) ARLINGTON, Texas — Jose Altuve became the seventh player in baseball history to play in 100 career postseason games Thursday night, a product of additional rounds but also, mostly, an indication of the Houston Astros’ prolonged […]

Texas Rangers outlast Houston Astros, take 2-0 ALCS lead

More Teams. More Games. Nathan Eovaldi strikes out two and forces Alex Bregman to a ground out to escape a bases-loaded no-out fifth inning. (0:39) HOUSTON — You hear it so often at playoff time that the words take on the form of the cliche: The team that wins the big moments wins in the […]

MLB playoffs 2023: Even in a week of chaos, the Astros find a way

In this time where there is bellyaching about the game’s playoff format, in which the best teams sit for a week while the laggards fight for their season in the wild-card round, there is the outlier. The Astros illustrated that a bye does not necessarily equal bye-bye. In this moment of profound questions across the […]

Astros close out Twins, setting up ALCS showdown vs. Rangers

More Teams. More Games. Ryan Pressly strikes out Max Kepler to send the Houston Astros to their seventh consecutive ALCS. (1:06) MINNEAPOLIS — The Battle of Texas is on. One day after the Texas Rangers locked down a spot in the American League Championship Series, the Houston Astros clinched their seventh consecutive ALCS bid with […]

Day 5 of ALDS and NLDS: Live updates, playoff analysis

One team down, three to go. The day after the Texas Rangers moved on to the American League Championship Series by sweeping the Baltimore Orioles, the 2023 MLB playoffs continue with the three remaining division series matchups. Two teams face potential elimination today. In the AL, a home loss by the Minnesota Twins to the […]

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