NEW YORK – The crowd was already buzzing when Aaron Judge stepped in for his first at-bat Saturday afternoon, with Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger having swatted Nestor Cortes’ first two pitches for home runs. The Yankees captain made history by following with a third consecutive homer, and there would

Homecomings can be quite emotional. The memories made in a place and the relationships built there tend to combine to get everyone in their feels during return visits. This is true even in baseball. When stars move on, whether through a trade or free agency, that first reunion at the

A new season is upon us, and MLB.TV – the best way to watch every out-of-market game all season long – has never been better. That’s because MLB.TV is now giving you even more baseball with the addition of 24/7 access to MLB Network (available in U.S. only). For a

TAMPA -- The best way to measure the effectiveness of the Rockies’ defense in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Rays at George M. Steinbrenner Field is to hold starting pitcher Antonio Senzatela's stats up against Rockies and MLB history. Senzatela yielded nine hits and had no strikeouts in 4 1/3

Red Sox slugger Rafael Devers’ 2025 season is off to a historic start, but not in the way the three-time All-Star might have hoped. After going 0-for-4 with three strikeouts against the Rangers on Saturday, Devers is now 0-for-12 with 10 K’s on the year. He’s the first MLB player

Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer is headed to the injured list one day after leaving his first start of the season after just three innings on Saturday night. Scherzer exited his start against the Orioles with soreness in his right lat muscle, but he'll be sidelined for at least 15

What an afternoon in the Bronx. The Yankees began the bottom of the first by becoming the first team in Major League history to homer on each of the first three pitches they saw, and they didn’t stop there in a 20-9 win over the Brewers.

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LOS ANGELES -- One of the biggest questions the Dodgers had heading into this year was what they would get out of Roki Sasaki in his first Major League season. After two regular-season starts, the team still has a lot to learn about the 23-year-old right-hander from Japan. Sasaki didn't

PHOENIX -- The ball left Corbin Carroll’s bat at just 46 mph -- the high fastball from Ryan Pressly having gotten in on his hands -- and the ball floated over the mound and struck the grass just shy of the dirt at shortstop. As soon as the ball hit

LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani resumed his buildup on the mound, throwing his first bullpen session since Feb. 25 ahead of Saturday's series finale against the Tigers. While Ohtani had been throwing off the mound throughout Spring Training, he paused his progression as a pitcher to focus on ramping up

ARLINGTON -- The connection Kristian Campbell made for his first Major League homer on Saturday night at Globe Life Field was obvious both due to the loud crack of the bat and how joyous MLB Pipeline’s No. 7 prospect became as he rounded the bases. At 22 years old, less

MIAMI -- Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara was the subject of trade speculation all offseason and Spring Training due to the organization’s direction. Talk show fodder picked up even more following Alcantara’s promising Opening Day performance in his return from Tommy John surgery.

You know you’re getting older, becoming a real grown-up, when you realize you’re the same age as Major League Baseball players. Then it dawns on you that players your age are considered “grizzled veterans.” And then, eventually, there’s no one your age who is still active in MLB. Then you

TORONTO -- In the bullpen before his Blue Jays debut, Max Scherzer felt that something wasn’t right. He gave manager John Schneider a heads-up before the game, asking that they work with him as he tried to pitch through this, but after three innings and 45 pitches, Scherzer’s debut came

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PHOENIX -- Dansby Swanson dove and got his glove on Garrett Hampson in a mad scramble around third base, applying the final exclamation point on a wild win for the Cubs at Chase Field on Saturday night. The shortstop popped to his feet -- jersey caked in dirt -- pumping

WASHINGTON -- Jesús Luzardo slapped his left hand into his glove and shouted to himself as he left the mound after the fifth inning on Saturday at Nationals Park. He hit his glove a few more times before looking skyward. He was pumped.

NEW YORK – The content of every hitters' meeting held within the confines of the Yankees’ clubhouse is usually guarded like a state secret, with players and coaches wary of leaking information that may provide competitive advantages to opponents. Yet even an untrained eye can decipher the approach that produced

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TORONTO -- The Orioles sure can slug. And through three games, they’re slugging. Baltimore continued its homer-filled start to the 2025 season with three more long balls in a 9-5 win over Toronto on Saturday evening at Rogers Centre. Jordan Westburg went deep twice for his first big league multi-homer

KANSAS CITY -- The Guardians are hopeful they avoided a worst-case scenario after All-Star third baseman José Ramírez suffered a right wrist sprain in Saturday’s 4-3 loss to the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Ramírez suffered the injury on an awkward headfirst slide on a stolen-base attempt in the third inning

NEW YORK – Three pitches, three home runs. That had never happened to any pitcher to begin any game in AL/NL history. And it was only the start of a Brewers debut that Nestor Cortes would just as soon forget.

If Spencer Strider’s performance in his third rehab start had to be ranked, it would probably land somewhere between the utter dominance of his Grapefruit League debut and the grit of his second outing. Nonetheless, Strider took one more step toward his big league return. Strider, who started the season

MIAMI -- Before Paul Skenes was the pitching phenom of his generation, he was a cadet at the Air Force Academy. The plan was to serve his country, but once it became clear that he had a chance to do something incredible on the baseball diamond, Skenes knew he had