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Jobe, the son of a pro golfer, picks up 1st MLB win on Masters weekend

6:11 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS -- Perhaps it’s fitting that the son of a pro golfer picked up his first Major League win on Masters weekend, doing it while grinding out low scores. When Jackson Jobe was three years old, he tagged along with his dad, Brandt Jobe, for the Par 3 contest ahead

High five, fist bump AND a ball? Castellanos shows Phils fan love in St. Louis

6:35 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS -- Phillies right fielder Nick Castellanos pursued a fly ball into the right-field corner in the first inning on Saturday afternoon at Busch Stadium, but he thought he had no chance to catch it. Then it tailed back into play.

Rockies unveil new City Connects with a nod to Denver sunsets

12:14 PM EDT

DENVER -- The Denver skyline against the snowcapped Rocky Mountains is breathtaking from a Coors Field view. Now fans can see those vivid colors when they look down to the field at their Rockies. The Rockies’ new Nike City Connect uniforms, officially revealed and made available to fans on Saturday

Ranking early-season concerns for 6 playoff hopefuls

12:19 AM EDT

The nice thing about Spring Training is that it’s a time full of hope. The bad thing is that it’s also a time of worry, a time when those nagging questions in the back of your mind about your team tend to persist … even if you hope they go

Braves slug 4 HRs in final innings for comeback win over Rays

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TAMPA -- Michael Harris II’s go-ahead two-run homer in the ninth inning added to the power barrage the Braves used to halt their offensive frustrations and claim a 5-4 win over the Rays on Saturday afternoon at George M. Steinbrenner Field.

Santander's first homer as a Blue Jay comes at (where else?) Camden Yards

@paige_leckie
an hour ago

BALTIMORE -- For eight years, Anthony Santander called Camden Yards his home ballpark. He played 374 games there, stepped to the plate 1,524 times and hit 81 home runs -- all while wearing an Orioles uniform. Home run No. 82 in Baltimore had a different feel, though. Facing his former

Belli puts rough stretch behind him as Yankees' bats break out

6:28 PM EDT

NEW YORK – Cody Bellinger’s early returns with the Yankees have seemed a bit “disjointed,” as manager Aaron Boone put it on Saturday, with the outfielder’s first road trip having been interrupted by a sore lower back and a funky order of room-service chicken wings. That may all be in

Alcantara returns from paternity list, shakes off rust to prevail vs. Nats

@cdenicola13
6:56 PM EDT

MIAMI -- Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara showed rust after an 11-day layoff, but still picked up the victory in Saturday’s 7-6 win vs. the Nationals at loanDepot park.

O's bring back hydration station celly ... and the clutch homers follow

Kjerstad, Rutschman go yard as Baltimore rallies to beat Toronto in opener
6:57 PM EDT

BALTIMORE -- The Homer Hydration Station returned to the Orioles’ dugout, and before long, all of the positive vibes returned to Camden Yards, which became raucous on Saturday evening. It all started with Heston Kjerstad, who homered to break up Blue Jays starter Bowden Francis’ no-hit bid in the fifth

This is 1 of the weirdest strikeouts you will ever see

@ssc627
April 11, 2025

The Guardians opened a weekend series against the Royals at Progressive Field with an altogether textbook 7-0 win on Friday night. Given that context, reliever Hunter Gaddis’ postgame remarks seem out of place, to say the least. “I don't know if I've seen anything really like that,” said Gaddis.

Siri exits with contusion after foul ball off his left shin

@Theo_DeRosa
6:49 PM EDT

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Mets center fielder Jose Siri left Saturday afternoon’s 3-1 loss to the Athletics in the second inning after fouling a ball off his left shin. He is day to day day with a contusion.

Crochet reflects on time with White Sox, future with Red Sox

4:16 PM EDT

CHICAGO -- There wasn’t much noticeably different about Garrett Crochet when he met with the media prior to an 11-1 White Sox victory Friday at Rate Field.

Stroman on IL with left knee inflammation; Schmidt in line to return

2:58 PM EDT

NEW YORK – The Yankees placed right-hander Marcus Stroman on the 15-day injured list with left knee inflammation prior to Saturday’s game against the Giants at Yankee Stadium. Stroman underwent testing after recording just two outs in the Yanks’ 9-1, rain-shortened loss to San Francisco on Friday, a start in

'I love double plays': Phils turn 5 to hold off Cards

Infielders turn 5 ground-ball DPs for 8th time since at least 1940
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ST. LOUIS – Cristopher Sánchez and Jordan Romano might want to pick up their infielders’ coffee orders on Sunday morning. Sánchez and Romano got five ground-ball double plays in Saturday afternoon’s 4-1 victory over the Cardinals at Busch Stadium. Sánchez got four, which was the most by a Phillies pitcher

MLB.TV is back for 2025 -- new local packages available as well

@Spokes_Murphy
April 1, 2025

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). Here is

Ginn looking like rotation regular, pins down Mets for 2nd MLB win

@MartinJGallegos
6:50 PM EDT

WEST SACRAMENTO -- For all the talk about the Athletics being settled at most positions by the time Spring Training rolled around -- a stark contrast from the previous few seasons -- there was still a bit of uncertainty when it came to the starting rotation.

A catcher playing 2B? Cards get creative on defense in shutout win

@JohnDenton555
12:46 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS -- Pedro Pagés literally arrived in the big leagues via Uber in April 2024 when there were no timely flights available between Indianapolis and St. Louis. He also tugged at the heartstrings of the baseball world for a short time last June when he homered twice on Father’s

Bohm dissects tough start: 'I guess the game’s trying to teach me a lesson'

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ST. LOUIS -- Alec Bohm cannot change anything that has happened in the season’s first 17 days. But he would trade a few hard-hit outs for a few cheap broken-bat hits in the next few days, if he could. He would love that. In the meantime, he will keep trying

Nationals' Abrams (right hip flexor strain) placed on 10-day IL

3:30 PM EDT

MIAMI -- The Nationals placed shortstop CJ Abrams on the 10-day IL with a right hip flexor strain and recalled Nasim Nuñez prior to Saturday's game at Miami. Abrams re-aggravated the injury during a third-inning stolen-base attempt on Friday that prompted his removal from the game. The hip originally started

Rookie’s all-swing, all-contact approach a throwback

@bmags94
1:32 AM EDT

In an era of increased three true outcomes -- strikeouts, walks, and home runs -- Jacob Wilson stands out as an anomaly. The 23-year-old rookie shortstop and second-generation big leaguer is off to a scalding-hot start for the A’s, hitting .377/.377/.547 with a hit in each of his first 14

White Sox claim first series of '25 in walk-off victory

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CHICAGO -- Brooks Baldwin’s pinch-hit single off Aroldis Chapman scored Luis Robert Jr. from second as the White Sox won back-to-back games for the first time during the 2025 season, rallying for a 3-2 walk-off victory over the Red Sox before 30,423 fans on Saturday afternoon at Rate Field.

Winn hits injured list with back spasms

@JohnDenton555
5:23 PM EDT

ST. LOUIS – Insistent a night earlier that he wanted nothing to do with going on the 10-day injured list for the first time in his MLB career, shortstop Masyn Winn finally relented on Saturday in hopes of getting beyond the back spasms that knocked him out of Friday’s game.

No Maddux, no Johnson: Just two future legends

12:14 AM EDT

PHOENIX -- The tweet presented a fascinating situation: “Imagine going to the ballpark to see a game between Greg Maddux and Randy Johnson, but get disappointed, they get scratched for a young Max Scherzer and a young Clayton Kershaw.”

Hyeseong Kim hits first U.S. homer for Triple-A Comets

April 11, 2025

The Oklahoma City Triple-A team was renamed the Comets before this season to honor Mickey Mantle -- nicknamed the “Commerce Comet” for his Oklahoma hometown and his galactic talent -- but it might not be long before the nickname becomes associated with another star. The first name of Hyeseong Kim,

Phils' Painter brings heat, swing-and-miss stuff in first MiLB start since 2022

@MavalloneMiLB
April 11, 2025

Countless hours of rehab, frustration and determination manifested itself on the pitcher's mound at BayCare Ballpark on Friday night. It wasn't the first competitive pitch Andrew Painter has thrown since undergoing Tommy John surgery in July 2023; that came during a dominant showing in the Arizona Fall League. But for