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The Trade Deadline is still three months away, but baseball executives say discussions are occurring earlier than normal due to slow starts among several expected contenders.

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It figures Tigers shortstop Kevin McGonigle has cat-like reflexes.

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We found eight teams that really scuffled offensively at a certain position in 2025 but are excelling at that spot in '26. For some, it's an immediate impact from a newcomer. For others, a bona fide star has bounced back from injury. Or maybe it's a young player making the best of an expanded opportunity.

Roving Mets reporter Steve Gelbs convinced (or tricked?) David Wright into rating the hot dogs at Angel Stadium.

After being plunked by a 95.5 mph sinker, Willson Contreras took a few steps toward the mound to ... pick up the ball and toss it back to right-hander Mike Burrows.

Two performers from the Cirque Alice show at the Eldorado Resort in Reno, Nev., each threw a first pitch with one balancing on the other’s head.

The D-backs battle the Cubs at 2 p.m. ET (or Blue Jays vs. Twins) before the Mariners host the Royals at 9:30.

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