By Jason Foster @ByJasonFoster
12:00 AM EDT
If the MLB season is more akin to a marathon than a sprint, the same can be said for the MVP races in each league. Hot starts, or cold ones, offer no guarantees for how things will shake out for players when the winners are revealed. Just as there are
By Juan Toribio @juanctoribio
12:49 AM EDT
DENVER -- Life without Mookie Betts, who will miss the next six to eight weeks with a left hand fracture, won’t be easy for the Dodgers. It’s impossible to replace one of the game’s biggest stars. But collectively, the Dodgers believe they can still produce at a high level until
By Alex Stumpf @AlexJStumpf
12:21 AM EDT
PITTSBURGH -- At this time last year, as Paul Skenes was amid his astronomical rise to becoming one of the top pitching prospects in recent memory, so much of the excitement was around two pitches in particular: his triple-digit fastball and his wipeout slider. He had more pitches at his
Yankees slugger has a 1.439 OPS since May 3
By Mike Petriello
June 17, 2024
Remember when Aaron Judge started off the season on a month-long cold streak? We barely do either, because over the past six weeks, the Yankees’ captain hasn’t just been on a “good run.” He hasn’t just been on a “hot streak.” Those phrases, while impressive, don’t begin to describe what
By Tim Stebbins @tim_stebbins
1:22 AM EDT
CHICAGO -- Bob Melvin joked that he caught a glimpse of the ninth inning of Monday’s series opener against the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Giants manager was ejected in between the top and bottom of the eighth inning for arguing balls and strikes. Melvin’s ejection proved to be just
Turner's return celebrated with standing ovation in Phils' 18-hit drubbing of Padres
By Paul Casella @paul_casellaMLB
June 17, 2024
PHILADELPHIA -- The Phillies rolled out a lineup featuring their typical top four hitters for the first time in six weeks on Monday night -- and the results could not have been better. Philadelphia celebrated Trea Turner's long-awaited return by collecting a season-high 18 hits en route to a 9-2
By Thomas Harrigan @HarriganMLB
June 17, 2024
Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters.
New York extends winning streak to 6 games behind season-high 22 hits
By Dave Sessions
12:57 AM EDT
ARLINGTON -- No offense in the Majors is feasting quite as mightily as the Mets are right now, a trend that continued in a 14-2 rout of the Rangers on Monday night at Globe Life Field. In pushing their winning streak to a season-best six games, the Mets amassed 22
By Matt Monagan @MattMonagan
12:00 AM EDT
If you were a Black baseball fan living in Birmingham, Ala., in 1948, the place to be was Rickwood Field. The Birmingham Black Barons were in the midst of a fantastic year – well on their way to playing in what would be the final Negro World Series. Artie Wilson,
By Theo DeRosa @Theo_DeRosa
June 17, 2024
Want to give the gift of baseball to celebrate Father’s Day? MLB.TV has just the deal for you, and Tuesday is the last day you can take advantage. During the MLB.TV Father’s Day Sale, the All Teams Yearly package -- which enables you to stream every out-of-market game, live or
June 17, 2024
Stay up-to-date with all the latest news on injured and recovering players from across Major League Baseball.
By Ian Browne
June 17, 2024
TORONTO -- It was a couple of hours before game time on Monday when a Toronto-based reporter asked Red Sox manager Alex Cora to describe the identity of his team. “Shoot, man, we went from hitting a lot of home runs and striking out [earlier in the season] to all
By Ben Weinrib @benweinrib
June 17, 2024
One of the biggest events on the Minor League calendar has arrived: MiLB at Rickwood Field. Minor League Baseball and Major League Baseball are celebrating the Negro Leagues with a four-day event in Birmingham, Ala., home of the oldest professional ballpark in the sport.
By Theo DeRosa @Theo_DeRosa
12:44 AM EDT
David Fry came out of nowhere. Now he’s playing everywhere. You might not have heard of the Guardians utilityman before this spring, but Fry has made a name for himself with a dominant 2024. Not only has the 28-year-old bounced around the diamond -- spending time at catcher, first base,
By George Richards
June 17, 2024
MIAMI -- Masyn Winn was not looking to put one out of loanDepot park on Monday night. Not with two strikes and a runner on third in the 12th inning of a tie game. Yet that is precisely what he did. Winn’s two-run scorcher over the left-field fence helped the
June 17, 2024
ATLANTA -- While participating in a recent charity golf tournament, Jesse Chavez thanked Tim Hudson for the direction he and other Braves veterans gave him way back in 2010, when he was a 26-year-old Atlanta pitcher, still in the early stages of what has become a 17-year Major League career.
By Will Leitch @williamfleitch
June 17, 2024
Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters.
By Juan Toribio @juanctoribio
June 17, 2024
LOS ANGELES -- For decades, the Dodgers have been an integral part of the Los Angeles community. With its constant star power and flash, the team has represented the brilliance and excellence the city is known for. In their second wave of City Connect uniforms, which will debut on Saturday
June 17, 2024
BOSTON -- The Yankees will be without first baseman Anthony Rizzo for an extended period, after he injured his right hand and wrist on a seventh-inning collision during New York’s 9-3 loss to the Red Sox on Sunday evening at Fenway Park. He is expected to miss four to six
By Juan Toribio and Sarah Wexler @SarahWexler32 and @juanctoribio
June 17, 2024
DENVER -- The Dodgers are going to be without Mookie Betts for some time, as the shortstop has a fractured left hand following a hit by pitch in the seventh inning of a 3-0 win over the Royals at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. Facing right-hander Dan Altavilla with a 1-2
By Cole Jacobson @ColeJacobson32
June 17, 2024
After missing the entire season to this point with a right elbow injury, Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will come off the injured list to start Wednesday's game against the Orioles at Yankee Stadium, manager Aaron Boone said on the Talkin' Yanks podcast. Cole looked sharp in his third Minor League
By David Adler @_dadler
June 17, 2024
Gameday 3D puts the world of Major League Baseball at your fingertips in a whole new way. MLB's 3D tracking technology now lets you experience every play from every angle during a game. It's an extra dimension to following a game that we never had before. Each Major League game
June 17, 2024
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By Brent Maguire @bmags94
1:13 AM EDT
ANAHEIM -- The Angels used a Zach attack to secure a 5-3 win in Monday’s series opener against the Brewers. Amid a flurry of pregame moves, Zach Plesac was recalled by the Angels. Originally expected to fill a multi-inning role out of the bullpen, he instead stepped in for Monday’s
By Paul Casella @paul_casellaMLB
June 17, 2024
PHILADELPHIA -- It was no secret that Phillies shortstop Trea Turner would make his long-awaited return on Monday. The only lingering question was who would be removed from the active roster to create a spot. That answer came when the club activated Turner and optioned starting center fielder Johan Rojas