Clayton Kershaw, Anthony Rizzo and Joey Votto have been hired as analysts by NBC when it returns to broadcasting Major League Baseball this season.
Outfielder Aaron Judge was scratched from the New York Yankees starting lineup from Sunday's rain-delayed regular-season finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates, and first baseman Ben Rice was recalled from Triple-A one day after Anthony Rizzo was injured.
First baseman Anthony Rizzo fractured two fingers in his right hand when he was hit by a pitch Saturday, a week before the New York Yankees are scheduled to open the postseason, manager Aaron Boone said after his club's 9-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Anthony Rizzo, who played nine seasons for Chicago before being traded to the Yankees in 2021, was "trying to hold it together" as the Cubs celebrated his return.
Anthony Rizzo doesn't feel a sense of closure for his first trip to Wrigley Field since getting traded to the Yankees by the Cubs three years ago -- but isn't sure he will ever need it in Chicago.
The Yankees reinstated infielder Anthony Rizzo from the 60-day injured list on Sunday. He had been working his way back after sustaining a right forearm fracture in a collision with Red Sox pitcher Brennan Bernardino on June 16.
