WASHINGTON -- A game with a triple play and a swinging lead change ended in a fittingly frenzied fashion: James Wood’s first career walk-off hit to lift the Nationals to a 5-4 victory over the Mets on Friday at Nationals Park. The Nats snapped the Mets’ seven-game winning streak.

One of the most dominant pitchers in the Major Leagues takes the mound in the Pirates-Dodgers series opener Friday night. Oh, and Paul Skenes does, too. Just kidding, obviously -- Skenes is dominant. But his opponent Friday, Yoshinobu Yamamoto, is pitching like a Cy Young frontrunner. The Skenes-Yamamoto showdown lined

KANSAS CITY -- The 2024 American League Cy Young Award runner-up gave reason to believe on Friday night that he’ll be in the conversation once again. Seth Lugo dealt a season-high eight scoreless innings in the Royals’ 2-0 victory over the Astros in the series opener at Kauffman Stadium. Lugo

CHICAGO -- Colin Rea worked to a full count against Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber to begin the fourth inning on Friday afternoon. The Cubs starter then returned to his bread-and-butter fastball, firing it up and away, and sending the pitch beyond Schwarber’s swing for a strikeout. “He pitched with this

WASHINGTON -- The Nationals turned a triple play against the Mets in the fourth inning of their 5-4 walk-off win in the series opener on Friday at Nationals Park. It was the first triple play in Nationals team history (2005-present) recorded at home, and the first 3-3-6 triple play among

“Friday Night Baseball” on Apple TV+ is back this week with an intriguing Interleague matchup as the Giants host the Rangers. Rangers at Giants, 10:15 p.m. ET (WATCH HERE) The Rangers come into Friday tied for first in the surprisingly competitive AL West, while the Giants have been a surprise

So! Legitimate question: Are we sure the best team we saw open the season in Tokyo was the Dodgers? After the Cubs swept a two-game series against the Dodgers at Wrigley Field this week, including a wild 11-10 comeback victory on Tuesday, one does have to wonder: Are the Cubs

Could the AL East have five teams finish .500 or better? Is the NL East a two-way tussle between the Mets and Phillies or will the Braves find a way to make it a three-legged race? And in the NL West, the Dodgers are the favorites to win the division,

One month can’t decide a season. But it can make you rethink some things. It’s been nearly that long since the 2025 campaign began en masse on March 27, and a lot has changed in that time. Several teams that were expected to be top contenders have scuffled out of

ST. LOUIS -- Brewers outfielder Garrett Mitchell was removed from Friday’s game against the Cardinals with left oblique tightness. Mitchell, who started in right field, left the game after the fourth inning. It was not clear when he was injured. Isaac Collins replaced Mitchell in left field. Jackson Chourio moved

The end of April is always an interesting time on the prospect calendar. Jim Callis and I are neck deep in finishing our Draft Top 150, which comes out next week. We've also had a slew of exciting callups to the big leagues since the season started, and while we're

SEATTLE -- George Kirby hasn’t had much to smile about over the past month, which made the wide grin he was sporting all afternoon on Friday at T-Mobile Park that much sweeter for the Mariners’ starting pitcher.

After more than two years and three injuries, Lucas Giolito is finally on the cusp of making his Red Sox debut. The likely last hurdle came on Friday in a rehab start for Triple-A Worcester. The right-hander struck out four in 4 2/3 innings against the Syracuse Mets. He gave

SAN FRANCISCO -- Getting an humanitarian award from your team is satisfying enough. Getting one from an opponent rises to another level.

Fernando Tatis Jr. is looking as good as ever. For the first time since his 42-homer, 25-steal season in 2021, the Padres right fielder is playing like the superstar we saw when he took the Majors by storm in his early 20s. After missing all of 2022 due to an

KANSAS CITY -- Royals ace Cole Ragans has a “very mild left groin strain,” per manager Matt Quatraro. The left-hander was removed after just three innings (62 pitches) in Game 1 of a doubleheader on Thursday with what was described at the time as groin tightness.

CLEVELAND -- The Guardians and Red Sox were expected to be in the national spotlight Friday night on Apple TV+. Unfortunately, Mother Nature had other plans. The opener of the weekend set between Cleveland and Boston at Progressive Field was postponed by rain. The clubs will instead play a split

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WASHINGTON -- The Mets, already atop not only the National League East but MLB as a whole, have made do for the past four weeks without two of their key players. Prior to a 5-4 walk-off loss in the opener of New York’s four-game series vs. Washington on Friday, the

SAN DIEGO -- With a spate of upcoming off-days, the Padres reshuffled their pitching staff ahead of Friday’s series opener against the Rays at Petco Park. Kyle Hart, the team’s No. 5 starter, was optioned to Triple-A El Paso. Ryan Bergert, the organization’s No. 21 overall prospect, received his first

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (April 18-24) Wild one at Wrigley: In a crazy game at Wrigley Field, the Cubs and Diamondbacks combined to score 16 runs in the eighth inning. That was the most runs in an inning in the

DETROIT -- The Orioles and Tigers will have to wait a day to begin their highly anticipated clash. Friday’s series opener has been postponed due to storms passing through Michigan. The game will be made up as part of a split doubleheader on Saturday. The originally scheduled 1:10 p.m. ET

CLEVELAND -- Infield prospect Juan Brito, who competed for the Guardians’ Opening Day second-base job and is considered to be knocking on the door to the big leagues, is going to be out a while. Brito, the club's No. 10 prospect, had surgery Friday to address a high-grade ligament sprain

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ANAHEIM -- Matt Gorski and his Indianapolis Indians (Pirates Triple-A affiliate) teammates were starting to put two and two together when manager Chris Truby made some late lineup changes and Gorski was missing. He’d been on the precipice of the Majors for years, but when arguably the hottest hitter is