PHILADELPHIA -- Early on in his transition to the big leagues, Roki Sasaki faced quite the trial in Saturday's tilt against the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park.

CHICAGO – Cubs reliever Nate Pearson stood on the mound, jaw dropped, hands atop his head in disbelief. Ian Happ sat in the dirt in foul territory up the left-field line, shifted to a knee and tossed in the baseball that he had no business catching on Saturday afternoon. In

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BOSTON – Another day, another press conference at Fenway Park. This was a repetitive exercise that the Red Sox were pleased to take part in. On Friday morning, it was ace lefty Garrett Crochet discussing his six-year, $175 million extension. Prior to Saturday’s game against the Cardinals, it was Kristian

DETROIT -- The Tigers have not yet come up with a home run celebration for this season. They’re looking for an idea to present itself spontaneously, according to Riley Greene. “That was \Jake] Rogers’ job this year,” said [Spencer Torkelson, the creative mind behind the hockey-themed celebration two years ago

PHILADELPHIA -- Shohei Ohtani threw a 26-pitch bullpen session ahead of Saturday's game against the Phillies, continuing his buildup toward an eventual return to the mound. The timeline for Ohtani to return as a pitcher is to be determined.

Chandler Simpson has already earned his reputation as the fastest man in baseball, someone whose speed breaks the 20-80 scouting scale. The Rays' No. 7 prospect showed off his wheels at an entirely new level by beating out an infield single -- to the first baseman -- in Triple-A Durham's

MINNEAPOLIS -- Jose Miranda’s three-run homer highlighted a six-run fourth inning as the Twins secured their first home win of the season in a 6-1 victory against the Astros at Target Field on Saturday afternoon. Byron Buxton served as the catalyst for the fateful fourth. He led off the inning

PITTSBURGH – Clarke Schmidt excelled in his first Minor League rehab start of the season on Saturday, striking out seven over 3 1/3 scoreless innings as Double-A Somerset beat Hartford, 6-2. Recovering from right rotator cuff tendinitis that stalled his progress this past spring, Schmidt permitted just a hit and

On the same day the Braves notched their first win of the 2025 season -- a welcome sight after an 0-7 start -- they also got good news from their Triple-A affiliate, as ace righty Spencer Strider took another big step on the road back from elbow surgery. Strider looked

The wait was worth it for the Reds and Chase Burns. In shirt sleeves on a 51-degree night, MLB Pipeline's No. 25 overall prospect was nearly spotless in his professional debut, more than eight months after he was selected second overall in the MLB Draft. Burns struck out six and

PITTSBURGH -- As Aaron Judge continues to crush baseballs at a record pace, feats earning spots alongside the most gilded names in the sport’s history, it is not difficult to squint and envision a day when the Yankees captain might be discussing those exploits in front of a sun-splashed audience

One of the great things about going to a Major League ballpark -- on a cold Tuesday night in April, a hot Sunday afternoon in August or all the other days in between -- is that you never know when you are going to see history happen. (Just ask the

WASHINGTON -- After departing the D-backs' 6-4 victory over the Nationals on Friday night with a strained left hamstring, All-Star second baseman Ketel Marte was placed on the 10-day injured list on Saturday morning. Infielder Tim Tawa, who has not played in the Majors yet, was recalled from Triple-A Reno

PHILADELPHIA -- J.T. Realmuto didn’t know he cut his right thumb opening a water bottle in the eighth inning on Friday night until he threw a couple balls back to the pitcher in the ninth and noticed they had blood on them. Realmuto glued the cut shut, then handed the

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“Sweet Caroline” remains a Fenway Park staple, but given the Red Sox’s new home run celebration, “Monster Mash” might be the more fitting anthem for 2025.

Baseball fans live for the drama. The Colorado Rockies' organization provided it on Friday. While the big league club dropped an 11-inning heartbreaker to the A's, 6-3, at Coors Field, three of the team's four Minor League affiliates pulled off walk-off wins -- and the fourth fell just short. It

ANAHEIM -- José Ramírez is inevitable.

NEW YORK -- Before Pete Alonso returned to Citi Field on Friday, his prior visit there had loomed as potentially his final one as a Met. Leaving the ballpark after National League Championship Series Game 5, Alonso was well aware of that possibility, mostly because it would have been impossible

KANSAS CITY -- Royals pitcher Alec Marsh, sidelined since the start of spring with right shoulder soreness, suffered a “minor setback” in his rehab down in Arizona earlier this week, manager Matt Quatraro said on Saturday. Marsh felt soreness in his shoulder occurring again while warming up for his second

PHILADELPHIA -- Heading into their first domestic road trip of the season, it had been 157 days since the Dodgers had to stomach a defeat that truly meant something. It was Game 4 of the World Series, when they fell 11-4 to the Yankees before clinching the eighth title in

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Before kicking off their 2025 home slate against the Mariners, the Giants played a highlight reel of the top moments from Oracle Park’s 25-year history. Barry Bonds’ historic home run chase. J.T. Snow saving a 3-year-old Darren Baker. Matt Cain’s perfect game. The three World Series title

DETROIT -- Tigers manager A.J. Hinch anticipated in Spring Training that managers might test his platooning of Kerry Carpenter this season by going to lefty relievers earlier. Still, as White Sox manager Will Venable walked to the mound to take the ball from starter Jonathan Cannon with two outs in