Cam Schlittler is putting himself in some exclusive company among pitchers in New York Yankees franchise history. The second-year right-hander struck out a career-high 13 batters over six scoreless innings in the Yankees' 5-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.
In his first start at Comerica Park since returning from left elbow surgery, Tarik Skubal notched 8 strikeouts in the Detroit Tigers' 4-3 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday.
A league source said the Dodgers will wait until Saturday to determine whether they will bring someone up to take Ohtani’s roster spot.
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was an unexpected late scratch for Friday's game against the Baltimore Orioles. But there's no reason to worry about injury in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani was an unexpected late scratch for Friday's game against the Baltimore Orioles. But there's no reason to worry about injury in Los Angeles.
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon wrote that the matter has been referred to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Chisholm says he's never worn a cup, even in the minor leagues when it was required, and he won't start now even after Thursday's foul ball.
New York Yankees second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. says he has never worn a protective cup in his professional baseball career. And the seven-year MLB veteran told reporters that will continue, despite his taking a foul ball to his groin in Thursday's 5-1 loss to the Chicago White Sox.
Justin Verlander won't start Sunday after all. The veteran was scheduled to make his first appearance for the Detroit Tigers since March 30. It would've also been his first start for the Tigers at Comerica Park in close to nine years.
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The Atlanta Braves are adding some catching depth days after activating Drake Baldwin from the injured list. The team acquired Joey Bart from the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday in exchange for minor-league reliever Hunter Stratton. Bart, 29, was activated by the Braves after the trade was official.
The Los Angeles Dodgers have had a clear strategy from the outset of this season: Get through the 162-game schedule while as healthy as possible, and then roll with their incredible talent in October.
Harmeet K. Dhillon, the United States Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, released a letter Thursday that she wrote to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred.
Baseball — or, at least, being good at it — is often a selfish endeavor. The sport's best players, the top of the top, are some of the most laser-focused, tunnel-visioned, myopic people on Earth.
The Cincinnati Reds, ranked fifth in the NL Central with a 35-38 record, face the New York Yankees, who are first in the AL East with a 45-28 record.
The Milwaukee Brewers (45-27) take on the Atlanta Braves (46-27) in the first game of a three-game series between divisional leaders with almost identical records.
The Baltimore Orioles (35-41) open a three-game series against the defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers, who are first in the NL West with a 48-27 record.
The Boston Red Sox, fifth in the AL East with a 29-43 record, face the Seattle Mariners, who are first in the AL West at 39-37. Seattle is favored with a -132 moneyline compared to Boston's +111. Scheduled starting pitchers are Ranger Suarez for Boston, with a 3.21 ERA, and Bryce Miller for Seattle, with a 1.54 ERA.How to watch Boston Red Sox vs.
Time is running out for the Detroit Tigers to climb out of the AL Central basement. Otherwise, as Tarik Skubal put it this week, changes could be coming to the roster.
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Plus, the prospect who honored his dad by homering four times in a game this week and more timely and timeless elements of baseball.
Plus, more on the Pirates' willingness to deal a comp pick, Nick Kurtz's Vegas spectacular and other details from around the league.
We have a new No. 1! Plus, why elite stuff youngsters are moving up the rankings and why you should still believe in Gerrit Cole.
The legend spoke to The Athletic by phone from his cattle ranch in Texas about the 24-year-old flamethrower who has captivated the sport.
Tuchel delivered a looping strike to open Thursday's Kansas City Royals game.
Andrew Benintendi's pinch-hit grand slam in the eighth inning lifted the surprising Chicago White Sox to a 5-1 win over the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium on Thursday night.
Before Chisholm was replaced in the game, his Yankees teammates were spotted by YES Network's cameras in the dugout laughing.
The team said so many players refused to wear the rainbow-sleeved uniform that it couldn't fill its lineup card.
Los Angeles Angels star Mike Trout is going on the 10-day injured list due to a hamstring strain, according to MLB.com. Trout told reporters Thursday that he injured his right hamstring while running to first base in the eighth inning of an 8-1 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday.
The severity of the injury is unclear, as is his ability to return before the All-Star Game.
Under MLB's proposal, draft picks would come with hard slot bonuses and picks could be traded. The union slammed the league's proposals.
MLB is looking to make drastic changes to the draft. The league introduced a number of new proposals Thursday, including to eliminate high school players from the event, significantly reduce the draft and hold a formal draft for international players, per multiple reports.
The York Revolution, a minor-league team playing independent baseball in Pennsylvania, announced Wednesday "with great disappointment" that it forfeited its "Pride Night" game set for Thursday because several of the club's players refused to wear the scheduled "Pride Night" jerseys.
It's not supposed to happen this quickly. Not long ago, the Chicago White Sox were coming off a 121-loss season with little to look forward to.
The Chicago White Sox, ranked first in the AL Central with a 38-34 record, face the New York Yankees, who are first in the AL East with a 45-27 record.
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The league’s current collective bargaining agreement expires Dec. 1. The majority of fans and players we polled expect a lockout to follow.
Kingdom Home, a nonprofit founded by Boyd and his wife, is teaming up with Connect Roasters to raise money for children in Uganda.
This is the first time Ripken, who retired as a player in 2001, has taken such a hands-on approach within the organization.
Every team knows what it needs to improve at this point in the season. Here are the biggest needs for each MLB club.
Ohtani was embarrassed when his goal-setting chart was made public. But it's an instructive guide for how to break down ambitious dreams.
We polled 101 MLB players across 23 teams to find out if they think there will be a lockout this offseason. In short? Yes. They do.
We received 8,500 responses to our MLB-MLBPA labor negotiations fan survey. The results are worth poring over.
The 2026 MLB Home Run Derby is turning back the clock and saying goodbye to it simultaneously.
The 2026 MLB Home Run Derby is turning back the clock and saying goodbye to it simultaneously, according to The Athletic's Evan Drellich and Johnny Flores Jr.
Pérez was hurt when a plyometric band snapped off a hook and hit him underneath the left eye. The club is awaiting word on his status.
The annual event will be broadcast on Netflix for the first time next month, with the Derby taking place at Citizens Bank Park.
Although 2,500 miles apart and in different leagues and divisions, the Tampa Bay Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers have two notable ties binding the franchises together.
It was a rough day at the office for Shohei Ohtani on Wednesday, by his standards. Which is enough to give him only the second-best ERA in baseball right now.
Scherzer was scheduled to start on Wednesday but lands on the IL for the second time this season.
We are less than a month away from the most delightful, awe-inspiring, low-stakes, good-natured event on the baseball calendar: the Home Run Derby. This year, MLB's smorgasbord of big flies will take place July 13 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, home to the 2026 All-Star festivities.
We are less than a month away from the most delightful, awe-inspiring, low-stakes, good-natured event on the baseball calendar: the Home Run Derby. This year, MLB’s smorgasbord of big flies will take place July 13 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, home to the 2026 All-Star festivities.
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Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-CastApple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube. When the San Francisco Giants ended the 2025 season, they found themselves at exactly .500 in the ultra-competitive NL West.
Aaron Judge is hurt again. The slugger has a broken rib that has sidelined him for about another month. While fans are waiting for the New York Yankees superstar to return to the lineup, many collectors are wondering if his latest injury will affect the value of his cards.
The Tampa Bay Rays, ranked second in the AL East with a 41-29 record, face the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are first in the NL West with a 47-27 record.
The New York Mets, ranked fifth in the NL East with a 32-41 record, face the Cincinnati Reds, who are fifth in the NL Central with a 35-37 record.
The pair has long been vocal Yankees fans, and each has previously thrown out a first pitch. They did it as NBA champions on Wednesday.
The WPBL begins its first season in August and will have the first trading cards for an active women's pro baseball league in the U.S.
These 2016 first-round picks never met the expectations that came with their draft positions.
Which teams desperately need a new bat or a starting pitcher? Our Urgency Index examines the clubs that could use a boost ahead of Aug. 3.
Mike Rizzo launched a Washington Nationals rebuild, but he was dismissed before the good times returned.
Trades are fun. Trade speculation is fun. And hypothetical trades that are never, ever going to happen are very, very fun.
The Giants players were not fined or subject to any disciplinary action by the league.
The Seattle Mariners announced a roster move Tuesday, placing outfielder Randy Arozarena on the 10-day injured list due to a hamstring strain after a discouraging MRI. It was another tough blow for a team already dealing with injuries to Josh Naylor, Brendan Donovan, Luke Raley and more.
Drake Baldwin seems fine. The Atlanta Braves’ catcher returned to the lineup Tuesday after nearly a month on the 10-day injured list due to an oblique strain, and he immediately resumed his breakout season with a leadoff homer against the San Francisco Giants.
Despite the new guidance, Caballero reiterated that he needs "clarification" on the rule and will continue to use his pre-pitch routine.
One year after the most contentious trade of the 2025 MLB season, it's easy to forget just how bad things got between Rafael Devers and the Boston Red Sox.
The 96th edition of the MLB All-Star Game is right around the corner, and the league's biggest stars as well as some surprise candidates are making their final pushes toward earning invitations to Philadelphia next month.
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The New York Mets, ranked fifth in the NL East with a 32-40 record, face the Cincinnati Reds, who are fifth in the NL Central with a 34-37 record.
The Chicago White Sox, ranked first in the AL Central with a 38-32 record, face the New York Yankees, who are first in the AL East with a 43-27 record.
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) issued a letter to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Tuesday, criticizing baseball’s public warning to players who inscribed religious messages on their Pride Night ballcaps.
Numerous San Francisco Giants pitchers faced criticism after inscribing Bible verses on their caps during the team's annual Pride Night on Friday. Now, MLB is cracking down on the practice, warning those players that they could face "future violations" for writing on their uniforms.
We are less than a month away from the All-Star Game and less than two months away from the Aug. 3 trade deadline.
The 2016 MLB Draft yielded a handful of outstanding major-league players, but almost none of them were selected in that year's first round.
Their stadium is set to be completed on time, but the future Las Vegas Athletics know they have work to do to build a fan base and brand.
A lot can happen in a year, so this week we're taking a look back to see what we might be able to glean about what's to come.
MLB provided its first update on All-Star voting Monday, and to the surprise of few, Shohei Ohtani leads the way.
Nick Loggarakis via Getty ImagesOutfielder Pete Crow-Armstrong became the 13th Cub to hit for the cycle on Monday, completing the feat with a seventh-inning single in Chicago's 5-4 victory against the Colorado Rockies.Armstrong's hit drew a raucous response from the fans at Wrigley Field.
Crow-Armstrong is only the second Cubs center fielder since 1901 to hit for the cycle, joining Hall of Famer Hack Wilson (June 23, 1930).
Landen Roupp, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker appeared in Friday's game with Bible verses written on their caps.
Marinaccio threw at Henderson as an apparent retaliation for a Xander Bogaerts beaning.
This year’s trade deadline will be full of known commodities. From the likes of Tarik Skubal and Aroldis Chapman to Joe Ryan and Freddy Peralta, there will be no shortage of big names swirling in the rumors over the next six weeks.
In early voting, fans are leaning heavily toward members of the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles Dodgers.
Subscribe to Baseball Bar-B-CastApple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube. When the New York Knicks snapped their 53-year championship drought this past weekend, it showed how long the fan base had been suffering before finally being able to celebrate a title.
In recent days, the 29-43 Giants have put out feelers on some of their players.
Strider, who missed the start of the season because of an oblique injury, received confirmation that he does not need surgery for now.
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The Red Sox dumped salary but weren't able to re-sign Alex Bregman. The Giants are a mess and Devers looks more like an anchor than a star.
The team has surged under manager Don Mattingly, but Phillies players admit that the same outcome could have happened under Thomson.
Teams used to routinely sign or draft players with personal connections to the organization. The gutting of the minors has changed that.
This is not the impression you want to make on your future fan base. In anticipation of their planned full-time move to Nevada in 2028, the now-nomadic A's played a six-game "home stand" in the Las Vegas suburb of Summerlin this week.
Jacob Misiorowski probably deserved an extra day off after his last start. The Milwaukee Brewers announced that their ace right-hander will not pitch in their upcoming three-game series at home versus the Cleveland Guardians.
Max Meyer's breakout MLB season now has a signature win. Meyer outdueled reigning Cy Young winner Paul Skenes with a one-run gem on Sunday to lead the Miami Marlins to a 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Vinnie Pasquantino became the second AL Central slugger to suffer a fractured hamate bone in his right hand on Saturday. The Kansas City Royals first baseman left Saturday's 8-7 loss to the Houston Astros in the fifth inning after popping out to third base.
After two-plus subpar pro seasons, Gonzalez looked like an afterthought. After an offseason of swing changes, he's now a potential star.
To focus on the perceived sin, Landen Roupp and other Giants pitchers had to step over so much that they professed to believe.
The Cleveland Guardians earned a 3-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon in a game that drew attention for the return of AL Cy Young Award winner Tarik Skubal.
