NEW YORK (AP) — Retired catcher Mike Marjama has been suspended for 80 games following a positive steroids test.
Major League Baseball said Thursday that Marjama had applied for...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco Giants pitching prospect Logan Webb has been suspended 80 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance.
NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Astros third base prospect J.J. Matijevic has been suspended for 50 games under baseball's minor league drug program following a second positive test for a drug of...
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright will sit out the first 80 games of the season after testing positive for Human Growth Hormone, a second suspension for the...
BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox knuckleballer Steven Wright has been replaced on the AL Division Series roster with reliever Heath Hembree.
Wright has inflammation in his left knee and a loose body. He is ineligible for the rest of the best-of-five series and also cannot play in the AL Championship Series. He could be active for the World Series.
Wright told manager Alex Cora before Game 1 on Friday that his knee was bothering him.
BOSTON (AP) — Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts left the game after hurting his left side making a throw to home plate during a 4-3 win over the New York Mets on Sunday that cut Boston's magic number to two for a third straight AL East title.
Boston can clinch the division at Yankee Stadium for the second time in three seasons, needing only one win during a three-game series that opens Tuesday afternoon.
BOSTON (AP) — The scoreboards at Fenway Park were all flashing "100 WINS" to celebrate the Red Sox reaching the milestone for the first time since Ted Williams returned from World War II.
David Price was already thinking about No. 101.
"That's what we've done all year," Price said on Wednesday night after pitching seven innings of three-hit ball to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0. "That's why we have 100 wins right now."
BOSTON (AP) — The scoreboards at Fenway Park were all flashing "100 WINS" to celebrate the Red Sox reaching the milestone for the first time since Ted Williams returned from World War II.
David Price was already thinking about No. 101.
"That's what we've done all year," Price said on Wednesday night after pitching seven innings of three-hit ball to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 1-0. "That's why we have 100 wins right now."
BALTIMORE (AP) — Brock Holt and Jackie Bradley Jr. each delivered a sacrifice fly in the 12th inning, and the Boston Red Sox limited the Baltimore Orioles to five hits in a 2-0 victory Monday night.
A pitching duel between Dylan Bundy and Steven Wright was ultimately decided long after both starters departed.
BALTIMORE (AP) — Seems the best-hitting team in the big leagues can win with pitching and defense, too.
Brock Holt and Jackie Bradley Jr. each delivered a sacrifice fly in the 12th inning, and the Boston Red Sox limited the Baltimore Orioles to five hits in a 2-0 victory Monday night.
Though the Red Sox lead the majors in runs and batting average, they managed only four hits through 11 scoreless innings in this one.
BOSTON (AP) — Steven Wright needed a few pitches to get Detroit off balance, then kept the Tigers guessing for seven innings.
Making his first start in more than a year, Wright used a combination of knuckleballs and fastballs to hold the Tigers to two hits as he and the Boston Red Sox won 6-0 Tuesday night.
BOSTON (AP) — Knuckleballer Steven Wright returned to the Boston Red Sox after serving a 15-game suspension under Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy.
The 33-year-old right-hander accepted the penalty in March without an appeal. He started the season on the disabled list while recovering from knee surgery, then served the discipline.
NEW YORK (AP) — Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright has accepted a 15-game suspension under Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy following his arrest on Dec. 8.
Wright publicly apologized to his wife, Shannon, after baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the penalty Friday.
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The idea of beginning a season with four regular pitchers unavailable could be anywhere from daunting to devastating for many teams.
But that is what the Boston Red Sox could be facing.
The Red Sox have four pitchers who might be out for opening day. Three potential starters — left-handers Drew Pomeranz and Eduardo Rodriguez and knuckleballer Steven Wright — could start the season on the disabled list for the AL East champions.
BOSTON (AP) — A domestic assault case involving Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright has been retired for one year, according to the Boston Herald .
According to the law firm representing him, a retirement is the first step toward a dismissal, and Wright's case can be dropped if no additional offenses occur within the next 12 months, the Herald reported.
The knuckleball has always been a bit of oddball — the butt of jokes, the object of endless curiosity, a talismanic pitch understood by only a few.
It could soon be extinct in the big leagues.
What a shame that would be.
As the regular season ends and we begin the road to the World Series, it's worth noting that knuckleballer extraordinaire R.A. Dickey — the guy who largely carried on the legacy of this most unusual of pitches — might've taken the mound for the final time.
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox say knuckleballer Steven Wright needs knee surgery and will miss the rest of the season.
The team said before Thursday night's game against Baltimore that the right-hander will have an operation to repair the cartilage in his left knee next week.
Red Sox manager John Farrell said there wasn't one thing that caused the injury. Wright pitched on Saturday and came out without any complaints, according to Dave Dombrowski, the team's president of baseball operations.
BOSTON (AP) — The Chicago Cubs adjusted quickly to Steven Wright's knuckleball.
Anthony Rizzo hit a two-run homer, and Miguel Montero had a solo shot off Wright, helping the Cubs rebound from a series-opening loss with a 7-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday.
"I thought we did a nice job. It's just awkward hitting against the knuckleball," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. "There is no real training ground for it. You don't necessarily get a guy out there throwing a knuckleball in BP."
BALTIMORE (AP) — Just when it appeared Steven Wright had finally gained command of his fluttering knuckleball, the Baltimore Orioles found their groove.
The result: Another early exit for the 2016 All-Star in Boston's 4-2 loss Saturday night.
Trey Mancini and Jonathan Schoop homered in succession off Wright, Jayson Aquino won his first big league start and the Orioles used one big inning to secure their fourth straight victory.
BOSTON (AP) — Steven Wright followed a spot start by working with former Red Sox knuckleballer Tim Wakefield.
He was much better this time.
Andrew Benintendi backed Wright with a go-ahead, two-run single as Boston scored three unearned runs following a dropped throw by second baseman Brad Miller, and the Red Sox beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Monday in the annual Patriots' Day game.
A look at what's happening all around the majors today:
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The annual Patriots Day' game at Fenway Park is always the earliest start in the majors — 11:05 a.m. on the day of the Boston Marathon. Knuckleballer Steven Wright pitches for the Red Sox against Tampa Bay lefty Blake Snell.
BOSTON (AP) — The Orioles had all kinds of trouble with Steven Wright's knuckleball in two matchups last season.
Not on Wednesday night.
Trey Mancini hit two of Baltimore's five home runs — all in the first three innings — and the Orioles powered their way to a 12-5 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
BOSTON (AP) — The series finale between the Boston Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates scheduled for Thursday has been rained out.
The teams will make up the game on April 13 at Fenway Park.
Lefty Eduardo Rodriguez had been scheduled to face Pirates right-hander Chad Kuhl.
The Red Sox won the first two games of the series, including a 3-0 win in 12 innings on Wednesday night.
Boston next heads to Detroit, where it is set to begin a four-game series with the Tigers on Friday afternoon.
DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) — The Boston Red Sox had a good day on the mound.
Reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello threw five scoreless innings Monday in an intrasquad game, five days after being struck on the pitching hand by a batted ball.
Also, David Price is making progress in his recovery from a sore left elbow, and knuckleballer Steven Wright went two hitless innings against Toronto in his first exhibition start after missing the final month last season due to a right shoulder strain.