Salvador Perez returned to the Kansas City Royals lineup yesterday, going 1-for-3 with a walk in a 6-3 loss to the Texas Rangers. Perez had missed the prior two games due to an illness. So far this season, the durable backstop has appeared in 119 of the Royals' 127 games.

Those are the shortest odds to hit a home run ever offered by the sportsbook, according to ESPN BET spokesman Gordon Stevenson. Per Stevenson, the previous low was Aaron Judge at +115 to hit a dinger on May 10 against the Athletics in Sacramento.

ESPN's Latest MLB Rankings Snub Shohei Ohtani, Place Rival At No. 1 originally appeared on Athlon Sports.

One young fan on Sunday put Shohei Ohtani on blast during the Little League Classic at Bowman Field in Pittsburgh, Pa. The Los Angeles Dodgers star was

Monica Arcuri, who plays for the Brisbane Little League World Series team, called out Shohei Ohtani on live TV.

Little League World Series player Monica Arcuri criticized Shohei Ohtani during a broadcast, saying the Dodgers superstar was not "humble" following a negative encounter.

In 12 games in August, Ohtani has attempted five steals, a shift Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts attributes to the urgency of this moment. The Dodgers are reeling, Ohtani is looking to maximize his opportunities to help,

The Dodgers’ two-way superstar is again the subject of controversy after a Hawaii real estate investor and broker filed a lawsuit against him and his agent, claiming the pair got him fired from a $240 million luxury housing development on the Hapuna Coast.

This affiliate content is not influenced by our advertising relationships, but AP and Data Skrive might earn commissions from our partners’ links in this content.

Covered the L.A. Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the L.A. Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. "Pretty frustrating," Dodgers infielder Miguel Rojas said. "But we have to continue to move forward." Ohtani took the mound seven days after exiting a start ...