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

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

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

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

After more than two years and three injuries, Lucas Giolito is finally on the cusp of making his Red Sox debut. On Friday, Giolito made a rehab start for Triple-A Worcester. It’ll be his final one. “He’s pitching today, and he should be with us in Toronto [next week],” Red

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

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

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,

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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 the opener of New York’s four-game series vs. Washington on Friday, the Mets activated Jeff McNeil (right

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

“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

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

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

KANSAS CITY -- The belt ripped as Salvador Perez was sliding into second base during his third of four doubles across two games on Thursday, and a short pause in game action allowed Perez to switch out the busted belt for a new one. Soon after, the broken belt was

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Pete Alonso, who spent a lot of the offseason not knowing whether he was going to be a Met this season or not, helped the Mets win another game, 4-3, on Wednesday afternoon at Citi Field. He knocked in the tying run in the bottom of the 10th with a

SAN FRANCISCO -- Officially, Ryan Walker remains the Giants’ closer. But his grip on the job may be weakening following a recent surge from Camilo Doval.

BOSTON -- Ahead of Thursday’s getaway game against the Red Sox, manager Dan Wilson sat in the visitor’s dugout at a sunny Fenway Park and talked about the Mariners’ offensive identity.

Jac Caglianone has gotten accustomed to hitting baseballs over the heads of outfielders. Now the first baseman is becoming one of them. The Royals' No. 1 prospect, a former college two-way sensation primarily focusing on hitting in 2025, started in right field for Kansas City's Double-A affiliate Northwest Arkansas on

For Red Sox fan Anna Gailbreath, Crochet day is crochet day. See, Gailbreath is crocheting a red and white sweater this season during lefty Garrett Crochet's starts. She spends each outing working away on the sweater -- but only as long as Crochet is in the game. Once he exits,

KANSAS CITY -- Germán Márquez became the first pitcher to achieve 1,000 strikeouts while pitching for the Rockies. He couldn’t fully enjoy the milestone, however, because of the millstone that’s affecting his performance. “Baseball is hard -- and I’m putting too much pressure on myself to be good,” Márquez said.

The Mariners' High-A affiliate hosted Education Day at Funko Field on Thursday afternoon, packing the Everett AquaSox park with youngsters. While classroom subjects got much love, those in attendance also got to experience a one-of-a-kind tutorial in Bat Flip 101 with Seattle prospect Michael Arroyo serving as the professor. After

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