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

LOS ANGELES -- Maybe all it took for the Dodgers to get back to their winning ways was a return to Chavez Ravine. After losing four of six on their road trip, the Dodgers notched their 10th consecutive home win -- dating back to Game 2 of last season’s National

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

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

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.

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

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Mets first baseman Pete Alonso is willing to see seven or eight pitches in an at-bat. But to be honest, he’d rather not. "Ultimately, I don’t want it to get to that much,” Alonso said. “I’d rather just hit it hard when I get the opportunity.” Alonso

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

MIAMI -- A day after leaving following the third inning due to a right hip flexor strain in the club’s 7-4 win over the Marlins on Friday night at loanDepot park, Nationals shortstop CJ Abrams was placed on the injured list. Infielder Nasim Nuñez was recalled from Triple-A Rochester in

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

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.

NEW YORK -- The Giants have mostly stuck with the same lineup as part of their emphasis on roster continuity this season, but they made one notable change on Friday. With LaMonte Wade Jr. off to a slow start, manager Bob Melvin decided to slot the hot-hitting Mike Yastrzemski into

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.”

PHOENIX -- Brewers manager Pat Murphy was most focused on the first inning for Jose Quintana after the veteran left-hander spent the last two weeks facing 17- and 18-year-old Rookie Leaguers. Since he’d lingered in free agency until early March, it took a little extra time to complete his ramp-up

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

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres placed another key player on the injured list on Friday -- then went out and did what they’ve done all season, in spite of those injuries: They just kept winning. Nick Pivetta dazzled across seven scoreless frames, striking out 10 as the Padres cruised to

SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh torpedoed his way into the Mariners history books on Friday night, blasting his 96th career homer to move to the top of the franchise leaderboard among catchers while, for the first time, using the new type of bat that has taken MLB by storm early in

HOUSTON -- The fifth inning began Friday night with the Astros getting two groundouts, which gave no indication of the outburst to come. An Astros offense that had struggled for much of the season was set to erupt behind their up-and-coming catcher, their hotshot rookie and their new third baseman.

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,

MINNEAPOLIS -- For a couple pitches Friday night, it looked like Spencer Torkelson might be trying to hit Joe Mauer’s retired number plaque at Target Field again. It happened two years ago, and while Twins fans have stopped booing him for it, the message on the video board when he

CINCINNATI -- No one else in the Reds' rotation can say this yet: When Brady Singer starts, the lineup provides run support.

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

WEST SACRAMENTO -- They say you never make it until you get a sandwich named after you. If that’s the case, Brent Rooker has truly arrived. Old Soul, a popular local coffee shop with four locations around the Sacramento area, has immortalized Rooker by naming a sandwich after the Athletics

LOS ANGELES -- The Cubs are currently in a kind of holding pattern when it comes to determining what comes next for left-hander Justin Steele. One of the key pieces to Chicago’s rotation, Steele is currently dealing with an elbow issue that has now flared up multiple times dating back

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Carlos Mendoza knows Luis Severino pretty well by now. After their years together in the Yankees organization, the two paired up on the other side of the Big Apple in late 2023 when Mendoza was hired to manage the Mets and Severino signed a one-year deal with