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Righthander Jose Corniell had a memorable MLB debut in the Rangers†season finale. He struck out the first batter he faced in a scoreless inning and was handed a three-run lead to finish off what would be his first career victory.

But the bottom fell out at Progressive Field as the Guardians scored four times in the 10th inning to clinch the American League Central with a walk-off win. Corniell walked off the mound defeated, but his 2025 was a win.

He finished his rehab from Tommy John surgery, dominated in the minor leagues and reached the majors. The 22-year-old then pitched in the Arizona Fall League.

That points to Corniell making a bigger contribution with the Rangers in 2026.

“He just seems mature beyond his years,†former Rangers manager Bruce Bochy said, “as far as pitching, good command and good secondary pitches he can throw for strikes at any time. Itâ€s important for him to get a taste for next year.â€

Corniell was injured in the spring of 2024, when he made his first appearance in Cactus League action. He was one of the surprises of camp, and Bochy expected Corniell to contribute during the regular season.

His elbow gave way, though, and he entered the difficult rehab process from Tommy John surgery. The process yielded enhanced physical strength and velocity as well as additional mental strength.

“I had to be mentally strong and come back to do what I needed to do,†Corniell said. “I think it’s helped me in the long run to be prepared for whatâ€s ahead.â€

Corniell doesnâ€t turn 23 until June. He came to the Rangers from the Mariners, who signed him from the Dominican Republic for $630,000 before trading him late in 2020 in a deal for reliever Rafael Montero.

Corniell throws three different fastballs and a changeup, but his best secondary offering is his slider. The arsenal overwhelmed minor leaguers in 2025 to the tune of a 1.89 ERA and 41 strikeouts in 38 innings across two levels.

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— Joining Corniell in the Arizona Fall League were catcher Malcolm Moore and righthanders Winston Santos and Emiliano Teodo. All three missed significant time during the season, and Santos and Teodo are members of the 40-man roster who could make their MLB debuts in 2026.

— Righthander Kumar Rocker allowed one run in 2.1 innings on Sept. 18 in his first game action in more than a month. Rocker spent more than a month reworking his mechanics after toiling with them throughout the season. He will be a candidate for the Rangers†rotation in 2026.

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  Jorge CastilloOct 16, 2025, 09:12 AM ET

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  ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the Washington Wizards from 2014 to 2016 and the Washington Nationals from 2016 to 2018 for The Washington Post before covering the Los Angeles Dodgers and MLB for the Los Angeles Times from 2018 to 2024.

NEW YORK — Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said he still views Anthony Volpe, who is coming off a disappointing season, as New York’s starting shortstop for 2026 once the former top prospect recovers from shoulder surgery.

“I believe in the player still. I think we believe in the player,” Cashman said. “It doesn’t mean we don’t play with, on any level, all aspects of roster assessments. He’s 24 years old. I don’t think the New York stage is too big for him. It’s just still finding his way.”

Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Thursday that Volpe won’t swing a bat for at least four months and will be unable to dive on his surgically repaired left shoulder for six months.

Cashman added that the Yankees hope Volpe will be ready “sometime in April; maybe, worst-case scenario, May.” The Yankees open the 2026 season in San Francisco against the Giants on March 25.

Volpe failed to take the next step in his third major league season, batting just .212 with a .663 OPS while declining on defense in 153 games during the regular season. He owns a .222 batting average and .662 OPS for his career.

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Yankees team physician Dr. Chris Ahmad performed the arthroscopic procedure to repair a partially torn labrum in Volpe’s left shoulder Tuesday, less than a week after the end of his disappointing 2025 season.

But Cashman, who was adamant during the season that he did not believe the injury was a factor in Volpe’s lackluster performance, said the required surgical cleanup was more “severe” than the pre-surgery MRI showed.

“I personally think now, I’m certainly leaning more into that, yes, it was affecting him,” Cashman said. “Because ultimately, he had to have a surgery. None of that was really on the table in-season.”

Volpe initially suffered the injury in early May and often wore a wrap to treat the shoulder after games. He never went on the injured list over the next five-plus months, but he received two cortisone shots — one during the All-Star break in July and another in September — to quell the pain.

Volpe didn’t start in six straight games to recover from the injection in September, but he returned to his role as the every-day shortstop for the final 10 regular-season games and into the postseason. He went 4-for-11 in the three-game American League Wild Card Series against the Boston Red Sox, but finished the year 1-for-15 with 11 strikeouts in the four-game AL Division Series against the Toronto Blue Jays.

In September, days after Volpe was given the second cortisone shot, Cashman said that surgery was not recommended but that that could change. Cashman said Thursday that he doesn’t believe Volpe was “misleading anybody” in his communication with the training staff and team decision-makers about the shoulder injury.

A Gold Glove winner in 2023, Volpe also committed 19 errors this season — tied for the third most in the majors.

“I think the injury probably contributed to the performance season that he wound up having, more so than we would have thought based on our intimate involvement with him and our medical staff and how that played out,” Cashman said. “The facts are the facts: He had to have a surgery that’s going to take him down.”

The Yankees named a then-21-year-old Volpe, a lifelong Yankees fan born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, their Opening Day shortstop in 2023 amid great expectations as the organization’s top prospect.

But the 2019 first-round draft pick has been one of the worst regulars since debuting in the majors that year. His 85 wRC+ is tied for 100th among 103 players with at least 1,500 plate appearances over the last three seasons. His .222 batting average and .283 on-base percentage rank last.

For now, at least, the Yankees plan to continue with Volpe as their starting shortstop once he recovers.

Jose Caballero filled in periodically for Volpe at shortstop over the final two months of the season, and the Yankees also could use Oswaldo Cabrera at the position.

“The offense is really in line with what he’s done the first two years,” Boone said. “It’s looked a lot of different ways, but you look up and it’s been kind of that same OPS. Whether the average has been lower, there’s been more power in some years.

“For him to become that front-line shortstop, [his hitting] has got to improve. He understands that. We understand that. He’s 24 years old.”

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DETROIT — Pistons guard Jaden Ivey’s long-awaited return hit a snag as he will miss the next four weeks following right knee surgery, the team announced Thursday.

Ivey missed the last 49 games last season after a left fibula injury and played one preseason game before issues of discomfort arose. Pistons coach J.B. Bickerstaff said it wasn’t a particular play that birthed the injury.

“It was something that was developing over his work. Obviously, from coming back but in training camp also, he started to feel something,” Bickerstaff said before the Pistons’ final preseason game against the Washington Wizards. “We took precautions, and then the medical team did their assessments and those things, and then had to make the decision that ultimately led us to where we are today.”

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Ivey, the fifth pick in the 2022 draft, was in the midst of a breakout season last year before colliding with Magic guard Cole Anthony on New Year’s Day. He was averaging 17.6 points and shooting 41% from 3-point range, both career highs.

The Pistons acquired veteran guard Dennis Schroder to play backup point guard in the wake of Ivey’s injury last season. Bickerstaff believes guards Marcus Sasser and two-way guard Daniss Jenkins can fill in the blanks during this absence. Third-year forward Ausar Thompson has been given more responsibility in training camp to be a primary facilitator when All-NBA guard Cade Cunningham goes to the bench.

As for Ivey, it could be 10 months before he sees regular-season action again, and he’s up for a rookie-scale extension should the team and he agree on a contract before the Oct. 20 deadline.

The Pistons will be careful with his recovery given the back-to-back injuries to one of the league’s fastest players.

“Our priority is to do what’s right by our guys, and never put them in a position where we feel like we have to rush them back,” Bickerstaff said. “We know mentally how that can impact him, physically and long-term as well.”

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The Ottawa Senators’ captain will be out even longer than initially expected.

Brady Tkachuk underwent surgery for his right hand injury and will miss six to eight weeks, the team announced on Thursday.

It initially looked as though Tkachuk was set to miss at least four weeks, but with the player opting for surgery, the timeline for a return has been extended.

Senators owner Michael Andlauer told reporters on Wednesday that the team was seeking a second opinion to determine if surgery would be required.

Tkachuk appeared to injure his right hand Monday night when he was cross-checked into the boards by Nashville Predators defenceman Roman Josi five minutes into their game. Coach Travis Green told reporters Tuesday that Tkachuk would be out a “significant†amount of time with what the team was calling an upper-body injury.

He stayed in the game, a 4-1 loss to the Predators, before leaving midway through the third period. Green estimated Tkachuk would be out for four weeks.

The 26-year-old has been a key player for the Senators in recent years. Through three games this season, he has three assists and 10 hits.

Last season, Tkachuk posted 29 goals and 26 assists through 72 games while laying 228 hits and firing 296 shots on goal. He added four goals and three assists in the Senators’ six-game first-round loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the playoffs.

Over his eight-year career, all of which has been spent in Canada’s capital, Tkachuk has 191 goals and 216 assists in 515 games.

He was one of six players named to the preliminary U.S. Olympic men’s hockey roster. The tournament in Italy is set to run Feb. 11-22.

–with files from The Associated Press

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Oct 16, 2025, 12:27 PM ET

New York Yankees star Aaron Judge won’t need surgery on his elbow, but left-hander Carlos Rodon underwent an operation this week and could miss Opening Day.

Judge’s throwing was limited after he hurt the flexor tendon in his right elbow in July. Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Thursday that an MRI after the team was eliminated last week showed “no surgery is going to be needed.”

“He’ll take some time off and continue to do strengthening things and rehab and stuff,” Boone said. “But it felt like he finished the season in a pretty good place, as we saw continued improvements with him.”

Judge, 33, led the majors in batting average (.331), OPS (1.144) and WAR (9.7) while finishing with 53 home runs and 114 RBIs. He hit .500 with 1 homer, 7 RBIs and 4 walks in the postseason.

Boone said he expects Judge to be New York’s every-day right fielder in 2026 and downplayed the idea that the two-time American League MVP could see some playing time at first base.

Judge hurt the elbow making a throw at Toronto on July 22. The seven-time All-Star returned Aug. 5 from a 10-day stint on the injured list and threw gingerly upon his outfield return Sept. 5. He built up arm strength and made a 90.2 mph throw from right field in the AL Division Series opener.

Rodón was operated on by Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Wednesday to remove loose bodies in his left elbow and shave a bone spur. He has eight weeks of no throwing, and the start of his season could be delayed by a couple of weeks, Boone said.

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Rodón, who will turn 33 in December, was 18-9 with a 3.09 ERA.

Boone also said slugger Giancarlo Stanton does not need surgery on his elbows.

“He’s in a pretty good place,” Boone said. “He’ll treat it and everything, but nothing expected for Big G.”

Gerrit Cole, returning from Tommy John surgery in March, will throw lightly off a mound next week and could be available not far after Opening Day.

New York has a record 27 World Series titles but none since 2009. After beating the Red Sox in the AL Wild Card Series, the Yankees lost a four-game ALDS to the Blue Jays.

“It’s just playing at the highest level at the most important time, and you’ve got to maintain that and do that for the entire month of October,” said Boone, the manager since the 2018 season.

After losing to the Dodgers in the 2024 World Series, New York started the season 35-20, slumped during a 25-34 stretch as its bullpen struggled, then closed 34-14 and lost the AL East to Toronto on a tiebreaker.

“Could I have been more creative in some of the things that I could have done in those games in the middle of the season where we were a little short?” Boone asked out loud.

Boone’s contract runs through 2027.

“He’s one of the better managers,” GM Brian Cashman said. “Because of our environment, he’s someone that can be second-guessed 10 million times over.

“And I don’t care who you put in that, that would be the same, whoever else would be there. I trust him. I think he’s a good man. I think he works his tail off.”

Among potential free agents, Cashman said the Yankees would like to retain Cody Bellinger.

“We’d love to have him with our team moving forward,” he said.

Bullpen coach Mike Harkey and first base/infield coach Travis Chapman won’t return for 2026. Assistant hitting coach Pat Roessler won’t be in that role, and minor league hitting coordinator Jake Hirst will be taking that job.

Cashman added that third-base coach Luis Rojas was given permission to interview for Baltimore’s manager opening and that hitting coach James Rowson was allowed to interview for Minnesota’s manager job.

ESPN’s Jorge Castillo and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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NEW YORK — Yankees left-hander Carlos Rodón underwent a procedure on his left elbow to remove loose bodies and shave down a bone spur, manager Aaron Boone said Thursday.

Rodón is not expected to be ready for Opening Day 2026, but his recovery timetable puts him in line to return to the Yankees rotation either sometime in April or early May next season.

For now, Rodón will not throw for eight weeks. That period of no activity, which will last until mid-December, will push back the start of Rodón’s 2026 season.

“When you build in all the ramp-up and the throwing program and getting him ready to be a starting pitcher, that probably delays him potentially a couple of weeks to start the season,” Boone said at Thursday’s news conference at Yankee Stadium.

Rodón had the surgery on Wednesday. It was performed by Dr. Neal ElAttrache in Los Angeles, who also performed Yankees ace Gerrit Cole’s Tommy John surgery in March.

The 32-year-old Rodón is coming off his best season as a Yankee, having gone 18-9 — tied for second-most wins in the Majors — with a 3.09 ERA in 33 starts. He struck out 203 batters in 195 1/3 innings, and held opponents to a .188 batting average, which was the best mark in the AL. He was also named an All-Star for the third time in his 11-year MLB career.

Because Rodón will be starting the 2026 season on the injured list, the Yankees could look to pursue additional starting pitching in free agency or via trade this winter. But general manager Brian Cashman said Thursday that he’s not sure yet what the team’s course of action will be.

“Certainly the last two years have been really good for us with Carlos,” Cashman said. “But I don’t know what that means [as far as] where we put our remaining resources, and how we reinforce. Do we have enough from within, or do we have to go outside to augment? You can never have enough pitching, so I don’t know. But clearly the good thing is: He’s coming back, so we have to make sure there’s room on that roster when he does.”

The 2025 season was Rodón’s third since signing a six-year, $162 million deal with New York. The lefty was strong for the Yankees down the stretch, allowing two earned runs or fewer in four of his five September starts to help New York clinch an AL Wild Card spot.

Rodón made two starts in the postseason — one each in the AL Wild Card Series vs. the Red Sox and the ALDS against the Blue Jays — and pitched to a 9.72 ERA in 8 1/3 innings.

The Yankees were aware that Rodón’s elbow might eventually need a cleanup. But Rodón was able to keep pitching through the season, and doctors deemed it suitable to wait to address the issue at least until after the postseason.

“We knew at some point it might be something that would have to be dealt with,” Cashman said. “If this presser was three weeks ago, I wouldn’t have had a surgery on my mind for Carlos Rodón, taking him out at the beginning of next year. But it’s also not surprising, given the job that he does.”

In other Yankees pitcher injury news, the Bombers’ ace continues to make progress in his Tommy John surgery recovery.

Cole’s on track to start facing live hitters from the mound at some point during Spring Training, and while he won’t be ready by Opening Day, the Yankees are hopeful that Cole will be pitching for them in 2026 not long after.

Cole, who has been rehabbing from the surgery he had on his right elbow in March, is scheduled to throw lightly off a mound next week. He will meet with Dr. ElAttrache in California next month and again before Spring Training.

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Superstar outfielder Aaron Judge does not need offseason surgery to repair his right elbow.

Yankees manager Aaron Boone revealed the good news involving the Bombers’ biggest star on Thursday during an end-of-season news conference at Yankee Stadium.

Judge had an MRI after the season that revealed his elbow was healing well.

“It showed continued improvement in the flexor muscles,” Boone said. “And he finished the season doing pretty well. So no surgery is going to be needed for Aaron.”

Judge, who was put on the injured list with a flexor strain in July, returned to the lineup in early August but was limited to designated hitter duties. He returned to right field in early September and played the field relatively consistently throughout the rest of the regular season and postseason, although his throwing was affected by his injury.

Boone said that he expects Judge to be the Yankees’ everyday right fielder when the 2026 season begins.

“Heâ€ll take some time off and continue to do strengthening things and rehab stuff,” Boone said. “But we felt like he finished the season in a pretty good place, as we saw continued improvements with him.”

Judge, 33, slashed .331/.457/.688 — leading the Majors in all three categories — with 53 homers and 114 RBIs in 152 games in 2025. He led the American League in walks (124) and runs scored (137). Judge slashed .500/.581/.692 with one home run and seven RBIs in seven postseason games for the Yankees this October.

Two other Yankees, shortstop Anthony Volpe and starting pitcher Carlos Rodón, did require surgical procedures after the team’s season ended.

Volpe had surgery to repair the torn labrum in his left shoulder, and Rodón had an arthroscopic procedure to remove loose bodies from his left elbow and shave down a bone spur. Both players are expected to miss the start of next season but be ready fairly soon after Opening Day, either sometime in April or May.

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  Ryan S. ClarkOct 15, 2025, 02:05 PM ET

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Florida Panthers defenseman Dmitry Kulikov is the latest member of the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions to suffer a long-term injury.

Panthers coach Paul Maurice said Wednesday that Kulikov will be out for five months after having shoulder surgery to repair a labrum tear that he sustained in their 2-1 win over the Flyers last Thursday in just their second game of the season.

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The loss of Kulikov for five months is the latest in a long list of injuries for the Panthers in their bid to become the first team to win three straight titles since the New York Islanders won four in a row from 1980 to 1983. Since then, there have been six instances in which teams have won consecutive Stanley Cups but failed to win a third straight.

That list includes captain and star center Aleksander Barkov, who will be out seven to nine months with a knee injury. Then there’s star forward Matthew Tkachuk, who is out until at least December with a torn adductor muscle, while bottom-six forward Tomas Nosek is out with a long-term injury.

The earliest Kulikov could return to the Panthers lineup would be mid-March should the timeline with his prognosis hold.

Kulikov, who was drafted by the Panthers in 2009, came back to the club for a second stint at the start of the 2023-24 season. He had 20 points in 76 games while averaging more than 16 minutes per contest en route to helping the club win the first championship in its history. Last season saw him have 13 points in 70 games while averaging more than 19 minutes in a campaign that saw them win a second straight title.

Ever since he returned, Kulikov ranks third on the Panthers in short-handed minutes and is fourth in terms of total 5-on-5 minutes played going back to the 2023-24 season, according to Natural Stat Trick.

Overall, the Panthers still have their top-four defensive group in place with Aaron Ekblad and Gustav Forsling on the top pairing with Seth Jones and Niko Mikkola are on the second pairing while Uvis Balinskis and Jeff Petry are expected to be their third-pairing option.

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Yankees shortstop Anthony Volpe had surgery Tuesday to repair the torn labrum in his left shoulder, according to a report from MLB Network insider Joel Sherman for the New York Post on Wednesday. The Yankees haven’t confirmed the news.

Volpe would be ready for the start of the 2026 regular season if he has a typical recovery, per the report. Volpe’s surgery was performed by Yankees team doctor Chris Ahmad.

Volpe played through the torn labrum for most of the regular season after originally suffering the injury diving for a ball on May 3 against the Rays. He had multiple cortisone injections to treat his left shoulder during the season, and he missed five games from Sept. 10-14 after aggravating the injury on Sept. 7.

At that time, the Yankees were hoping Volpe could avoid offseason surgery, with manager Aaron Boone saying, “Right now, I donâ€t think thatâ€s the expectation.”

Volpe finished with 19 home runs and 18 stolen bases this year, but the 24-year-old batted just .212 with a .663 OPS. He had a .786 OPS before the injury but a .628 OPS after it. He also committed 19 errors on the season, tied with Trevor Story for the most among all AL defenders.

In the postseason, Volpe did have a strong Wild Card Series against the Red Sox, batting .364 with a home run off Garrett Crochet in Game 1. But he went just 1-for-15 with 11 strikeouts in the Yankees’ Division Series loss to the Blue Jays.

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According to a new report, there is concern in WWE that Seth Rollins may need surgery.

Rollins is believed to have suffered a shoulder injury during his match against Cody Rhodes at WWE Crown Jewel in Perth, Australia on Saturday. The belief is the injury occurred on the coast-to-coast headbutt spot he did during the bout.

PWInsider is reporting that some in WWE are worried Rollins may require either shoulder or rotator cuff surgery. However, others within the company are said to be taking a “wait and see†approach, given the faked knee injury angle Rollins was involved in earlier this year.

Dave Meltzer and Bryan Alvarez discussed the injury on the latest edition of Wrestling Observer Radio. Both believe the injury is legitimate, though Meltzer noted that some in WWE remain skeptical due to the prior storyline.

Meltzer said:

“Seth Rollins was tentatively scheduled to wrestle Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. I donâ€t know this, but I have been told enough things to where I expected that there would be a turn on Seth Rollins at some point because the whole thing with this faction was not about Seth Rollins, it was about Bron Breakker, and about making Bron Breakker into the next Roman Reigns. Now, how they would do that, I wasnâ€t told that.â€

There are some within WWE who believe Seth Rollins is heading for a shoulder or rotator cuff surgery.

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— WrestlePurists (@WrestlePurists) October 14, 2025

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