The Latest Breaking News from Shohei Ohtani

They aren’t the first guys you think of from their clubs to make the Mid-Summer Classic, but they deserve to be there.

Plus, Joe Girardi is out in Philadelphia and the Astros extend Yordan Álvarez.

Ohtani, Trout or Judge? Manny, Mookie or Goldy? Here’s where things stand as the calendar turns to June.

NEW YORK — The Yankees’ hitters played catch up with Jordan Montgomery on Tuesday night. After leaving the lefty hanging with minuscule run support, they owed him and seemingly paid up all his runs for May in his last start of the month. His catcher, Jose Trevino, led the way…

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Angels can do nothing right in the late innings these days.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Although recent injuries have forced Angels manager Joe Maddon to shuffle his lineup, one consistent piece has been Mike Trout.

ANAHEIM, Calif.— The Angels’ lineup Friday night was marked by a troubling absence.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Shohei Ohtani was on the mound, Mike Trout was batting in front of him in the lineup, the Angels had the third-best record in the American League … and half of the seats were empty.

Matt Martell is off today to jump into a much-deserved long weekend for Memorial Day. Emma Baccellieri has you covered in his stead. There is a line that former ESPN writer Sam Miller used to say, in podcasts and in conversation, about when you could trust small-sample-size noise had disappeared…