SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants have certainly had a flair for the dramatic this season. For the second straight day, the Giants came back to beat the Rangers in the bottom of the ninth inning, rallying for a wild 3-2 win after Heliot Ramos singled and then came around to

LOS ANGELES -- For the second straight outing, Tyler Glasnow was removed from his start early due to an injury. After allowing back-to-back homers in the first inning of Sunday's series-clinching 9-2 victory over the Pirates, Glasnow returned to the mound to make his warmup throws in the second but

NEW YORK -- Happy Birthday, Aaron Judge! OK, so we are a day late, but it wasn’t a dollar short for the Yankees during the second game of a doubleheader at Yankee Stadium on Sunday. His solo homer in the sixth inning helped New York defeat the Blue Jays, 5-1,

CLEVELAND -- A strong weekend from Jarren Duran ended on a sour note in Cleveland on Sunday when he was involved in an incident with a fan in the middle of the seventh inning of Boston’s 13-3 win. It occurred after the top of the inning, when the Red Sox

WASHINGTON -- Down six runs early, the Nationals rallied in dramatic fashion to stun the first-place Mets for an 8-7 victory on Sunday at Nationals Park after a Pete Alonso throwing error at first base. Luis García Jr.’s grounder to first was backhanded by Alonso, but his throw to Ryne

DETROIT -- Most No. 1 starters will use every chance in Spring Training to stay close to their home camp. That goes especially in Florida, where traffic on the highways can be unpredictable, doubly so around Lakeland. Which is why Tarik Skubal’s decision to hit the road for Sarasota and

NEW YORK -- Right-hander Devin Williams is out as the Yankees’ closer -- for now. The job belongs to Luke Weaver, who had the role during the final two months of last year, including the postseason. The decision to remove Williams as the ninth-inning guy came two days after Williams

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,

PHOENIX -- You can never have enough pitching, especially when playing at Coors Field. So, as the Braves prepare to begin a three-game series in Denver on Monday, they’ll reintroduce themselves to Ian Anderson a little more than a month after choosing to trade him to the Angels instead of

SEATTLE -- Agustín Ramírez had enough slumping after just one game. The Marlins’ No. 4 prospect, whose big league career got off to the kind of start not seen in at least 125 years, had his first off night at the plate Saturday, going 0-for-4 in Miami’s ugly 14-0 loss

KANSAS CITY -- The stars were out for the Astros on Sunday. With right-hander Hunter Brown continuing his masterful pitching and designated hitter Yordan Alvarez finding his vaunted stroke with a majestic three-run homer, it was a day of celebration for Houston all the way around.

NEW YORK – Patience is the key to success when one is in the batter’s box. In the first game of Sunday’s doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, the Yankees made it a grind for right-hander Kevin Gausman in an 11-2 victory over the Blue Jays. During the first two innings, Gausman

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PHOENIX -- A homestand that opened with six solid innings of one-run ball from Brandon Pfaadt to secure a win ended in similar fashion. It was the days in between that got wild, historic and well, just plain extra.

SAN DIEGO -- The Rays needed that one.

SEATTLE -- Maybe it’s a good thing that Logan Evans was invited to T-Mobile Park to soak in the jitters of his MLB debut one day early, because when he finally took the mound on Sunday, the promising right-hander looked cool, calm and collected.

MINNEAPOLIS -- As baseball has evolved in recent years, extreme velocity has become one of the defining traits of the era. That doesn’t mean it’s the only way to succeed. One of the best fastballs in baseball clocked in at about 94 mph on Sunday, and it belongs to Joe

Every MLB season is a marathon of ebbs and flows, peaks and valleys. Through it all, players and teams just hope to find some positive consistency. Hot starts, as promising as they seem, often fade after a couple of weeks as the season hits its stride. But when a player

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Apparently, one dramatic, series-winning walk-off victory wasn’t enough for the Athletics on their latest homestand. Luis Urías played the hero as the A’s walked it off for the second time in four games, downing the White Sox with a 3-2 win in 10 innings Sunday afternoon at

CLEVELAND -- Manager Alex Cora has been trying his hardest this season to find at-bats for Rob Refsnyder due to the Red Sox facing off against so many right-handed pitchers. On Sunday, the right-handed-hitting Refsnyder and the Red Sox finally got a chance to face off against a left-hander. He

ST. LOUIS -- The Brewers to a man insisted they were one bounce, one timely hit, one big defensive play from breaking out of what has been a rather forgettable start to their current 10-game road trip. On Sunday, those bounces, hits and plays came early and often as the

DENVER -- Nick Lodolo was flirting with a blue-moon feat for the Reds on Sunday afternoon at Coors Field, a no-hitter, something that's happened only once in the 30-year history over the ballpark.

This story was excerpted from Tim Stebbins' Guardians Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. CLEVELAND -- Earlier this week, when asked whether this is as good as he’s seen Steven Kwan offensively, Guardians manager Stephen Vogt pointed out

DETROIT -- The Orioles lost 7-0 to the Tigers on Sunday afternoon, ending a streak of 30 consecutive series without getting swept dating back to July 11 against the Cubs. Baltimore left Comerica Park having allowed 17 runs and scoring only five times. Detroit’s Tarik Skubal blanked them for the

PHOENIX -- When Eugenio Suárez stepped to the plate in the bottom of the ninth inning, the 43,043 in attendance at Chase Field began to chant. Geno! Geno! Geno!