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Rockies outfielder Raimel Tapia has kept a strict routine during his 17-game hitting streak. “The same meals every day,” Tapia said via interpreter Aaron Munoz, the team’s bullpen catcher. “Even when I go home, I eat the same pizza. Even on the…
Austin Gomber’s left forearm has landed him on the injured list. The Rockies announced before Sunday afternoon’s game with the Milwaukee Brewers that Gomber, the 27-year-old left-hander who led the Colorado starters in wins (six) and ERA (3.68) was going on the…
Before Lauren Foster became a softball star with coaching dreams of her own, she was a little girl who wanted to practice incessantly with her dad. Back then, Steve Foster was the pitching coach for the High-A Greensboro Grasshoppers. The Rockies’ pitching…
Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers MLB for ESPN.com. New York Mets right-handed ace Jacob deGrom left his start on Wednesday against the Chicago Cubs with right shoulder soreness after pitching three perfect innings. DeGrom, 33, struck out eight…
Already the best pitcher in MLB over the past few seasons, two-time Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom has taken his game to another level in 2021. Armed with a 100 mph fastball and a devastating slider, the New York Mets’ ace…
Baseball players have known for quite a while that some type of crackdown on the use of sticky substances by pitchers was coming. They just didn’t know what it would look like. What substances would be banned? What types of punishments would…
Senior writer ESPN Magazine/ESPN.com Analyst/reporter ESPN television Author of “The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty” If baseball’s loose plan to combat the use of foreign substances firms up this week, with the issuance of a memo to teams, then it’s possible…
Joined ESPN in 2014 Journalist covering gambling industry since 2008 It often takes eye-popping statistics for a pitcher to win a regular-season MVP award, something that’s happened only twice since 1992. Sportsbooks believe New York Mets ace Jacob deGrom has what it…
Even as Major League Baseball contends with stultifying games, offensive ineptitude and a looming reckoning with pitchers' use of banned substances, its gaggle of young stars often find a way to paper over the game's warts. And the first batch of fan…
Sports reporter, Kansas City Star, 2002-09 Writer, Baseball, Baseball Prospectus Co-author, Pro Basketball Prospectus Member, Baseball Writers Association of America Member, Professional Basketball Writers Association With every team but the New York Mets past the 60-game mark, the point at which last…
The New York Yankees’ struggles continued on Sunday, this time a 7-0 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, and manager Aaron Boone said afterwards that it’s time for the team to “step it up.” “We’re going to find out what character we’re made…
From “The Show” to Best of Show? (Should be) Hall of Famer Barry Bonds is back in a competitive sports field, kind of: Bonds and his dog Rocky are part of the 145th Westminster Dog Show, with the miniature schnauzer participating in the terrier…