We regrettably have no video evidence to prove it, but baseball pranks, gags and practical jokes have almost certainly been around as long as the game itself. You can probably imagine a member of the 1881 Worcester Ruby Legs setting fire to the shoe of an unwitting teammate. Or a

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Carson Kelly wasn’t done. Late in the Cubs’ 18-3 win over the Athletics on Monday at Sutter Health Park, there wasn’t much left to be decided in terms of the outcome. But the Chicago catcher still had something left to do. When his line drive to right-center

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CINCINNATI -- It took four games but the Reds found the full throttle for their offense, with both their little engine -- Matt McLain -- and their big engine -- Elly De La Cruz -- combining forces to provide the power. McLain hit his third home run in as many

BOSTON – When Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow sent four prospects to the White Sox in December for Garrett Crochet, he had no intention of the emerging lefty ace being a short-timer in Boston. And that is almost sure not to be the case now. Crochet, just one

Some top prospects are drafted. Others are made. This is a story about the latter, and about what you really can learn from the first few days of a long Major League season. Welcome to the path of Boston's Kristian Campbell. In his first weekend in the Majors, the 22-year-old

MIAMI -- The person holding court for Monday afternoon’s largest media scrum wasn’t superstars Juan Soto or Francisco Lindor, but newly nicknamed “El Torpedo.” Aaron Leanhardt, the Marlins’ unassuming field coordinator, is the inventor of the “Torpedo" bat that stole headlines following the Yankees’ historic home run output over the

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SAN DIEGO -- Maybe it’s for the best that Kyle Hart didn’t earn his first big league win until Monday night. No, technically Hart was not making his Major League debut in the Padres’ 7-2 win over the Guardians at Petco Park. The 32-year-old left-hander had made four appearances for

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LOS ANGELES -- A dominant performance on the mound helped the Dodgers continue an even more dominant start to their season.

TAMPA -- The Pirates are calling up right-handed pitcher Thomas Harrington -- Pittsburgh’s No. 3 prospect and the No. 78 prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline -- to start tonight’s game against the Rays.

The All-MLB Team annually recognizes the best players at each position across Major League Baseball, and in 2025, it is entering its seventh year. Sure, we may only be in the first full week of the new season, but it's never too early to project which players might be named

WEST SACRAMENTO -- To begin the next chapter of Athletics baseball in a new city, Lawrence Butler made sure to bring the legacy of a franchise icon with him to the field. To honor A’s legend and Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, who passed away in December at age 65,

MIAMI -- It wasn’t quite the same as Citi Field, but still, loanDepot park had a certain aura percolating the atmosphere as Pete Alonso rounded the bases following a fifth-inning grand slam in Monday night's 10-4 win against the Marlins. Alonso showed the hordes of Mets fans on hand he

Roy Hobbs, the fabled swinger of his beloved “Wonderboy,” might disagree. But there really is no such thing as a “magic bat.” When MLB hitters select their sticks, they must make certain compromises. The longer a bat, for instance, the more difficult it is to control through the zone. The

SAN DIEGO -- At Petco Park, they couldn’t quite believe it. Gavin Sheets, a non-roster invitee to Padres Spring Training, had just driven in his fourth run of the night with his third hit -- all three of them scorched off the bat of the hulking 28-year-old slugger. Through five

LOS ANGELES -- Freddie Freeman was not in the Dodgers' lineup for Monday's series opener against the Braves because of a "little mishap" where he slipped entering the shower at home, aggravating his surgically repaired right ankle, manager Dave Roberts said.

LOS ANGELES -- Braves manager Brian Snitker had just finished his breakfast Monday morning, when he learned the team will spend the next three months without the suspended Jurickson Profar. Suddenly, losing four straight to begin the season wasn’t the veteran skipper’s chief concern. “I spoke to the guys and

TORONTO -- It took Yariel Rodríguez 16 pitches to become the most interesting man on the Blue Jays’ roster. Sunday started with Rodríguez’s name being tossed around as a potential replacement for Max Scherzer in Toronto’s rotation, but by the time the game ended, the Blue Jays were buzzing about

BALTIMORE -- When Cedric Mullins thinks back to his first home opener for the Orioles, he remembers the weather. It was a chilly, cloudy afternoon at Camden Yards on April 4, 2019, as many are this time of year in Baltimore. He also still recalls the feeling in his stomach

SEATTLE -- The Detroit offense did its part to make sure Jackson Jobe had an easy landing spot for his first career start. Maybe too good a job.

PHILADELPHIA – Edmundo Sosa might be back on the Phillies’ bench on Wednesday. He understands. It’s his job. Sosa is a bench guy. He is just one player on a 26-man roster, although he considers himself more of a sixth man in basketball than anything. He believes he can produce,

HOUSTON -- The country’s fourth-largest city turned into Hicksville on Monday night, courtesy of a native son.

MILWAUKEE -- The last time Kris Bubic made a big league start, it was April 15, 2023, on a cold and rainy day at Kauffman Stadium. A few days later, his season was over before it ever really got started as he prepared to have Tommy John surgery. Nearly two