The two best teams in baseball squared off this weekend in a rematch of last year's NLCS. That series was a romp, a demolishing, a thorough obliteration of the scrappy Milwaukee Brewers by the juggernaut Los Angeles Dodgers.
Tarik Skubal was strong in his third start for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. But it wasn't enough for a win in the final game of a four-game series against the NL-best Milwaukee Brewers.
Tarik Skubal was strong in his third start for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday. But it wasn't enough for a win in the final game of a four-game series against the NL-best Milwaukee Brewers.
The Chicago White Sox pulled off a crucial road sweep of the Detroit Tigers, delivering the final blow with a 7-5 victory on Sunday. Detroit had previously fallen to Chicago 9-5 on Friday and 4-3 on Saturday.
Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson left Sunday's 11-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the third inning with what the team announced as "left side discomfort." After the game, Cubs manager Craig Counsell said that Swanson will be headed to the injured list.
Chicago Cubs shortstop Dansby Swanson left Sunday's 11-4 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals in the third inning with what the team announced as "left side discomfort." After the game, manager Craig Counsell said that Swanson will be headed to the injured list.
Swanson left the game after swinging and missing at a 96 mph Hunter Dobbins fastball on the outside middle of the strike zone. After missing, Swanson immediately threw his helmet down and squatted outside the batter’s box in pain.
Prior to an expected return to the bullpen, Justin Wrobleski is headed to the injured list. The Dodgers announced on Sunday that Wrobleski is being placed on the 15-day injured list with left forearm inflammation.
After tearing an elbow ligament, he underwent a risky procedure and returned at his best, changing baseball and giving new hope to injured players.
Tommy John, the namesake and first recipient of baseball's most important surgery, died on Sunday, the New York Yankees announced. He was 83 years old. John was reported to be entering hospice in early August, two years after he announced a battle with bladder cancer.
In 1974, the left-hander underwent a surgical procedure that is now commonly known as "Tommy John" or “TJ.”.
The Pittsburgh Pirates are giving Paul Skenes a short break amid a difficult stretch during his third MLB season. Skenes was originally scheduled to start on Sunday versus the Boston Red Sox.
The Boston Red Sox will likely be without one of their hottest hitters and a top bullpen arm until September.
After splitting the first two games of a four-game set, Milwaukee started ace Jacob Misiorowski in Game 3, with Los Angeles countering with Justin Wrobleski.
Báez introduced himself to the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry with a bang Saturday, making MLB history in the process.
Apparently, what the New York Mets really needed to give their lost season a jolt was to have all expectations erased at the MLB trade deadline.
Aaron Judge playing catch normally wouldn't be a big deal, just a routine part of a baseball player's day. But Judge hasn't been able to be a baseball player since he was diagnosed with a stress fracture in his ribs in early June.
There has never, in the long and celebrated history of Major League Baseball, been a better debut than the one Cardinals outfielder Joshua Báez authored on Saturday at Wrigley Field, as Báez became the first player ever to go deep in the first three plate appearances of a career.
"There's still healing to go," Yankees manager Aaron Boone said. "But he's at the stage where he's able to start ramping up.".
St. Louis Cardinals rookie Joshua Báez made a historic first impression on Saturday in his major-league debut. In an 8-4 win over the Chicago Cubs and starter Matthew Boyd, he became the first player in MLB history to hit home runs in each of his first three career at-bats.
St. Louis Cardinals rookie Joshua Báez made a strong first impression in his major-league debut on Saturday. Báez, ranked as the Cardinals' No.
Guerrero left Friday's game after taking a knee to the head from George Lombard Jr. during a sequence filled with defensive miscues.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was placed on the 7-day concussion injured list, the Toronto Blue Jays announced on Saturday.
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. didn't end his Rogers Centre home run drought Friday night against the New York Yankees; however, he did make serious contact in the sixth inning — with the knee of Yankees rookie shortstop George Lombard Jr., that is.
There's nothing sweeter than a wild walk-off win over a rival. On Friday, the Houston Astros held off the Seattle Mariners in 10 innings, winning 10-7 thanks to a three-run walk-off home run from first baseman Christian Walker.
On Friday, the Toronto Blue Jays jumpstarted a 3-1 win over the New York Yankees with a falling glove, a lucky bounce and just enough Yankees defensive mistakes to make it work.
On Friday, the Toronto Blue Jays jumpstarted a 3-1 win over the New York Yankees with a falling glove, a lucky bounce and just enough Yankees defensive mistakes to make it work.
“Obviously continuing to build up volume and intensity, and all of these things are positive,” Dodgers GM Brandon Gomes said.
Former major-leaguer Butch Huskey has died at the age of 54, the New York Mets announced Friday. Huskey played seven seasons in MLB, five of them with the Mets. He also played for the Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, Minnesota Twins and Colorado Rockies.
Báez homered against the first big-league pitch he faced, then made history with homers in his next two at-bats.
The former MLB outfielder played for five teams throughout his career, including the Twins, Red Sox, Mariners and Rockies.
CJ Abrams was the starting shortstop for the National League All-Star team this year. But the Washington Nationals will be transitioning him to second base over the remainder of the season, manager Blake Butera announced Friday.
In his second start for the Chicago Cubs, Clay Holmes looked much more like the pitcher the team hoped it was getting when it acquired him from the New York Mets at the MLB trade deadline. Holmes began Friday's start with five perfect innings in a 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.
Who’s the free agent your team needs to sign for 2027? The extension that needs to get done yesterday? The worst contract on your squad?.
If you thought the 2026 San Diego Padres were dead in the water, you were not alone, and you had very good reason. A little more than a month ago, the Padres' path to getting back to the postseason was beginning to disappear.
He told reporters that he intervened when federal agents approached his young Black and Latino players after a practice last summer.
Kyle Schwarber deposited a pair of homers into the most iconic cornfield on Thursday in Dyersville, Iowa, as his Philadelphia Phillies pummeled the Minnesota Twins 7-1 in MLB's first Field of Dreams Game since 2022. The matchup signified the return of the specialty game, which is a nod to the 1989 film.
Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-CastApple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube. Major League Baseball returned to Iowa for the first time since 2022 on Thursday night, with the Philadelphia Phillies defeating the Minnesota Twins in the third-ever Field of Dreams game.
Next year's matchup would be the fourth official MLB game played on site in Dyersville, Iowa.
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The San Francisco Giants and Oracle Park will host the 2028 All-Star Game, MLB announced Friday. The will be the fourth time San Francisco has hosted the All-Star Game in franchise history and the second time at this ballpark.
The Midsummer Classic will be played at Oracle Park for the first time since 2007 and hosted by the Giants for the fourth time.
Edwin Díaz's third blown save in a week soured a night on which Max Muncy became Dodger Stadium's all-time home run leader.
A manager got ejected during a rain “delay.” A hitter, catcher and umpire all “challenged” the same pitch. And then there's those Red Sox.
Here we are in August, and Valencia is proving his storybook debut was no fluke.
Draft picks Ben Zeigler-Namoa, Jacob Jarrell and Parker Brosius agreed to sign for $500 apiece. The savings were a windfall for the Braves.
Plus more Sliders, including the man bringing the 'boxscore' back and other timely and timeless elements of baseball.
The day is special for players, fans and residents alike. “There’s just an aura about this place everybody acknowledges when you get here.”.
A team won after trailing in four extra innings? Crazy. But believe it or not, that wasn’t even the wildest part of this marathon in Boston.
The list includes MVP and Cy Young candidates, as well as unsung heroes and one truly unlikely relief pitcher.
Skenes' ERA has climbed as his fastball velocity has dipped, but underlying metrics suggest that may not be cause for great concern.
From Jayden Daniels to Mikaela Shiffrin, we asked pro athletes: What's the single most important trait for a leader to have?.
Back in January 2017, the then-Oakland Athletics announced they had designated Max Muncy for assignment. The decision made sense. To date, Muncy, a former fifth-round pick who was never a top prospect, had slashed .195/.290/.321 in 245 big-league plate appearances.
Baseball fans flocked to Dyersville, Iowa, on Thursday for the latest edition of MLB's Field of Dreams game.
It's not easy to get to Dyersville, Iowa. For those not within driving distance, the most common route involves a flight to Chicago, a three-hour drive across Illinois and a hotel in the quaint riverside city of Dubuque.
It’s not easy to get to Dyersville, Iowa. For those not within driving distance, the most common route involves a flight to Chicago, a three-hour drive across Illinois and a hotel in the quaint riverside city of Dubuque.
Kyle Schwarber powered the Phillies to a win in the iconic Iowa ballpark on a day that celebrated the nostalgia and history of the game.
After three seasons away, MLB returned to the Field of Dreams site in Iowa on Thursday, with the Philadelphia Phillies and Minnesota Twins playing a game streamed exclusively on Netflix. The action began quickly.
CHICAGO — It's 4 p.m. on a Friday, and the summer sun is shining as the masses pour out of Wrigley Field. Some skipped school, some called in sick, some are on.
No strikeouts? No problem for the Detroit Tigers. The Tigers defeated the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 on Thursday despite Keider Montero, Tyler Holton and Kenley Jansen not striking out a single batter. The Guardians managed only four hits while losing for the ninth time in their past 12 games.
Benches and bullpens cleared after Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Davis Martin airmailed not one but two four-seam fastballs in the bottom of the third inning of a 9-8 loss to the Cincinnati Reds on Thursday at Rate Field.
Well, that's one fewer thing for the Los Angeles Dodgers to worry about. Amid team chairman Mark Walter's shocking decision to sell the Los Angeles Lakers for $12.5 billion, it was quickly reported that Walter has no similar plans to offload the Dodgers.
Martin's ejection in the third inning is the latest in a series of events that have created chaos for the White Sox's rotation.
A clause in Ohtani's contract would let him leave the Dodgers if Walter sold the team. He is not expected to exercise it if that transpired.
Something is wrong with Paul Skenes. That much is indisputable. The reigning NL Cy Young, just 24 years old, has looked diminished for a while now — still capable but noticeably below the supersonic standard he set during his first two big-league seasons.
Buxton, 32, has not played since July 28 with a right hip injury, but will be on the active roster for the event in Iowa.
Greene's entire pro career has been plagued by injuries.
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Hunter Greene underwent Tommy John surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow on Wednesday, the Cincinnati Enquirer's Gordon Wittenmyer reports.
It's Aug. 13, and the Tampa Bay Rays entered the day with the best record in baseball.
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After a four-year hiatus, Major League Baseball emerges from the cornfield and onto the diamond in Dyersville, Iowa.
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Stepping straight into the top job for the team he defined, Posey is learning that running a team is vastly different than leading one.
After dismissing GM David Forst, A's owner John Fisher has some work to do as the team regroups before its move to Vegas in 2028.
An embarrassing summer softball game sent a reporter for The Athletic on a search for answers and explanations about The Yips.
That could have been a whole lot worse for Freddie Freeman. The Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman exited Wednesday's game after accidentally falling down the concrete steps into the visitors dugout at Dodger Stadium in the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals.
The Los Angeles Dodgers are holding their breath on Freddie Freeman after a frightening play on Wednesday. The All-Star first baseman accidentally fell down the concrete steps into the visitors dugout at Dodger Stadium in the eighth inning against the Kansas City Royals.
The Chicago White Sox acquired Luis Castillo at the trade deadline hoping he would boost their standing in the race for the AL Central. They got a glimpse of what they were hoping for Wednesday in his second start for the team.
Teams across major North American sports leagues have been fetching jaw-dropping sale prices in recent years.
The Hunters are 1-3 in the WPBL’s debut season, and picked up their first win in Foulke's final game.
When a man sells a central pillar of Los Angeles sports, as Mark Walter just did by offloading the Los Angeles Lakers for $12.5 billion on Wednesday, it begs the question: What about that other central pillar of Los Angeles sports that he owns? That would be the Los Angeles Dodgers, which Walter and his partners at Guggenheim Baseball Management purchased in 2012. Since then, the Dodgers have grown from a literally bankrupt laughingstock into a powerhouse that has several observers begging for a salary cap.
Now that the MLB trade deadline has passed and rosters are finally set, the final push to the postseason has begun. Just seven weeks remain in the regular season, but as contenders prepare for the home stretch, they still have major questions to answer before the postseason begins.
Ohtani's contract includes a “key man” clause tying him both to Mark Walter and president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman.
Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-CastApple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube. When the 2026 season started with Paul Skenes having the roughest start of his MLB career against the New York Mets, many thought it would be just a blip on his greatness radar.
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One could argue Cal Raleigh was the story of the 2025 MLB season. Sure, Aaron Judge walked away with the American League MVP, but Raleigh was the breakout superstar. He clubbed 60 home runs, made his first All-Star team and won the Home Run Derby.
Eric Hosmer played 13 years in the MLB for four teams: the Kansas City Royals, San Diego Padres, Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs.
Raleigh, who hit 60 home runs last season as the AL MVP runner-up, has just 12 this year along with a .159 average and .563 OPS.
The White Sox gave away almost 40,000 mitre hats emblazoned with their logo, and it was the brainchild of marketing executive Mike Downey.
The Yankees’ nearly $10 billion valuation comes at a complicated moment for baseball.
Managers, broadcasters and the umpire share their perspectives on the bizarre play in which no one seem to know how many outs there were.
The 65 pitches thrown represent the third fewest Skenes has delivered in an outing this season.
Blake Snell did not look like a pitcher making his first start since early May, or his second start of the year, on Tuesday.
Blake Snell did not look like a pitcher making his first start since early May, or his second start all year, on Tuesday.
Houston Astros star Jose Altuve left his team's 4-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants early on Tuesday after he took a pitch directly to the foot. Altuve, in the opening inning of the contest at Oracle Park, was drilled in his left foot by an 82-mph slider from Giants starter Carson Whisenhunt.
Houston Astros star Jose Altuve left his team's 4-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants early on Tuesday after he took a pitch directly to the foot. Altuve, in the opening inning of the contest at Oracle Park, was drilled in his left foot by an 82-mph slider from Giants starter Carson Whisenhunt.
With Pope Leo XIV on their side, the Chicago White Sox invoked their most prominent fan on Tuesday, with a pope hat giveaway for their home game against the Cincinnati Reds. The giveaway energized the home fans and became part of the team's home run celebrations.
Whether it was due to a slip or a brief mental lapse, Jazz Chisholm Jr. completely blew a successful challenge on Tuesday.
All-Star Athletics first baseman Nick Kurtz will wear a brace on his injured right thumb through at least early September and is in jeopardy of missing the rest of 2026 season.
