The season is only about two weeks old, but for some players, the first slew of games feels a little more meaningful. Across the league, a number of players are making their return after missing most -- if not all -- of last season due to injury. So far, rust

LOS ANGELES -- Freddie Freeman feels good enough to steal a base. “I feel as free as I possibly can be right now, way better than I have the last couple weeks. So I have no reservations going to this game,” Freeman, who’s been dealing with a right ankle sprain,

SAN DIEGO -- Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday after he was diagnosed with a fractured right rib that he sustained Sunday on a hit-by-pitch. The club did not divulge a timetable for Cronenworth’s return, with manager Mike Shildt noting it was too

SEATTLE -- To little surprise given his vibrant personality, even with the development of being sidelined until at least early July, Victor Robles has remained in good spirits since suffering a fractured left shoulder when making a remarkable diving catch into the net on Sunday in San Francisco. In fact,

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

CLEVELAND -- Guardians second baseman Gabriel Arias paused briefly at home plate in the fourth inning on Friday, as he watched the fly ball he hit off Kris Bubic sail toward the right-field wall. Arias soon began trotting to first base, as Royals right fielder Hunter Renfroe started to run

“Friday Night Baseball” on Apple TV+ is back this week with a pair of intriguing matchups. The first game of this week's doubleheader featured the Reds hosting the Pirates in an NL Central showdown. The nightcap pairs the Tigers and Twins, two AL Central clubs. Pirates at Reds, 6:40 p.m.

In 2016, the year Juan Soto arrived in professional baseball, the Nationals were striking out too much. Not the big league team. The entire organization. So Minor League hitting coordinator Troy Gingrich instituted a new rule throughout the Nats' system: Every hitter must have a two-strike approach. A 17-year-old Soto

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HOUSTON -- The Angels have been off to an impressive start this season but the bullpen was dealt a big blow on Friday, as flamethrowing right-hander Ben Joyce was placed on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. Right-hander Michael Darrell-Hicks was called up from Triple-A Salt Lake to

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Vive la contrast. The Twins have made a change to their City Connect uniforms, replacing the blue pants from last year with white pants that have yellow and navy piping down the side. It makes for a contrast with the blue jerseys, which remain unchanged, and comes in

The diversity of MLB rosters is as strong as ever, and the effects of the league’s efforts to improve its percentage of Black players at the highest level are making an impact. Those are the takeaways from an analysis of Opening Day rosters, which showed the highest overall diversity since

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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

Friday's scheduled game between the Orioles and Blue Jays has been postponed due to forecasted inclement weather. The game will be made up as part of a split-admission doubleheader on Tuesday, July 29, at 12:35 p.m. ET. Game two will begin as scheduled at 6:35 p.m. Gates for game one

Trading in the metal bat this past summer, Jac Caglianone looked to have left his insane exit velocities in the past. The Royals' top prospect proved many wrong Thursday.

CLEVELAND -- In a blow to the Royals’ bullpen, reliever Hunter Harvey was placed on the 15-day injured list Friday afternoon with a right teres major strain. Harvey, no stranger to injuries in his pro career, felt discomfort in his right shoulder/armpit area while warming up in the bullpen on

Who needs a glove when you have fried dough? Yes, you read that sentence correctly. During Thursday’s Red Sox-Blue Jays game at Fenway Park, a fan snagged a foul ball with a funnel cake. No mitt necessary.

We're just a few weeks into the new Major League Baseball season, and that means we've also got a new season of MLB's Carded -- MLB.TV's premier show for the cardboard obsessed. Just as the players need Spring Training to get ready, so, too, did players need to rip into

MINNEAPOLIS -- Twins right-hander Pablo López, who was diagnosed with a Grade 1 right hamstring strain, was placed on the 15-day injured list, retroactive to Wednesday. To replace López on the roster, the club recalled David Festa, who will start Friday's game against the Tigers, from Triple-A St. Paul. López

ATLANTA -- Spencer Schwellenbach’s dominance against MLB’s top teams has heightened expectations that he will stand as a legit National League Cy Young Award candidate at the end of this season, which is just his third at the professional level. Schwellenbach extended his success against the game’s elite as he

ATLANTA -- It’s going to be hard to convince anyone that Spencer Strider needs another rehab start. The Braves right-hander seems primed to renew the dominance he regularly displayed before undergoing season-ending right elbow surgery last year. Strider recorded 13 strikeouts and allowed just one run over 5 1/3 innings

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The business of bringing the Giants back officially began with bringing a great Giant like Buster Posey back.