On April 7, 2025, Francisco Lindor collected the 1,500th hit of his career. Now, a player's 1,000th hit is proof of concept. 2,000 cements their place among the greats of their generation. The 3,000th is functionally a ticket to Cooperstown. 1,500 hits isn't generally considered a milestone on par with

HOUSTON -- In what looked similar to what happened to Mookie Betts at Yankee Stadium in last year’s World Series, a fan reached into Angels superstar Mike Trout’s glove to take away an apparent leaping catch in foul ground in the right-field corner at Daikin Park in the Angels’ 4-1

After a close game against the Cubs became a late-inning laugher on Saturday night at Dodger Stadium, you’ll never guess who took the mound to mop up for the Dodgers in the eighth and ninth innings of a 16-0 loss. There was Roki Sasaki, who had started the game and

With his 5-foot-10, 165-pound frame, nobody is ever going to confuse Corbin Carroll for Aaron Judge or Shohei Ohtani. But so far this season, the D-backs speedster is slugging like one of the big boys. Through Friday, Carroll had homered five times in 14 games to start 2025. And it’s

MINNEAPOLIS -- On a gorgeous Sunday morning right outside Target Field, the “statue club” welcomed its newest member. The Twins unveiled the new Joe Mauer statue, an 8-foot-tall bronze depiction of Mauer in full catcher’s gear, set to throw out a baserunner.

Switch-hitting is cool. But switch-pitching, now that’s the new craze. Meet Jurrangelo Cijntje, the switch-pitching Mariners first-round Draft pick in 2024, whose appearances for High-A Everett have become appointment viewing. In his second start (third appearance) of the season for the AquaSox, Cijntje dazzled over three scoreless frames, racking up

LOS ANGELES -- With his locker in a cramped corner of the visitors’ clubhouse at Dodger Stadium, Carson Kelly moved across the room to chat with reporters on Saturday night. The Cubs catcher held court at a more spacious area reserved for veteran Justin Turner. Naturally, Turner arrived with a

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

TAMPA -- Amid a 13-game homestand with no days off, the Rays are taking a look at one of their Spring Training standouts. Tampa Bay recalled hard-throwing right-hander Joe Boyle from Triple-A Durham on Sunday morning to make a spot start against Atlanta opposite Chris Sale in the series finale

LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani threw his third bullpen session of the season on Saturday afternoon ahead of the Dodgers’ home game against the Cubs. And while his return to the mound is still a ways away, it’s another step in the right direction as Ohtani resumes his buildup. “Came

NEW YORK – Cody Bellinger’s early returns with the Yankees have been a bit “disjointed,” as manager Aaron Boone put it on Saturday, with the new arrival’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

MIAMI – Pitcher Cole Henry is getting his Major League shot. Washington called up Henry, its second-round pick out of LSU in the 2020 Draft, to fill the void created when it placed reliever Orlando Ribalta on the 15-day IL Sunday. Henry's first appearance will be his Major League debut.

CINCINNATI – It was his own bobblehead night on Saturday, so Elly De La Cruz already had a captive audience at Great American Ball Park as the Reds played the Pirates. The All-Star shortstop made the game even better for fans by slugging a grand slam as Cincinnati went on

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.

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

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CLEVELAND -- In another shift to the Royals’ bullpen, lefty Sam Long was placed on the 15-day IL on Sunday with left elbow inflammation. The move comes a day after the reliever gave up another three runs (two earned) in Saturday night’s loss which inflated his ERA to 12.86 across

PHOENIX -- Pat Murphy and the Brewers had a four-run lead in the bottom of the ninth inning and were two outs from celebrating a second straight shutout victory -- on a night they’d scratched out some early runs against old friend Corbin Burnes. Over in the D-backs' dugout, there

MINNEAPOLIS -- A bit of a shakeup came Sunday for the 4-11 Twins, a day after manager Rocco Baldelli suggested that the club might need a “shock” in response to the early struggles.

SAN DIEGO -- One batter into the bottom of the first inning on Saturday night, the Padres had a lead. These days, that seems to be all their pitching staff needs. Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a leadoff home run in the first, then ended the game with a leaping catch

LOS ANGELES -- Before Saturday’s 16-0 loss to the Cubs at Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts looked to Yoshinobu Yamamoto’s start the previous night as a blueprint for Roki Sasaki. “Get ahead. Mix in both of your breaking balls,” Roberts said. “... Command the fastball and fill it

TAMPA -- Braves manager Brian Snitker was thrilled to talk about Sean Murphy’s two-homer game, Michael Harris II’s game-winning homer and basically anything that didn’t have to do with his offense’s incredible struggles with runners in scoring position.

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

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. “Very emotional,” Santander

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