PHOENIX -- A lineup that already features Fernando Tatis Jr., Manny Machado, Xander Bogaerts and Jake Cronenworth may be getting even better. On Friday, a source told MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand that the Padres are finalizing a deal with the Marlins for two-time batting champion Luis Arraez. According to MLB.com's Jon

A little more than one month into the 2024 season, Major League Baseball has already seen its share of surprises. Some teams and players are overperforming, while others are struggling to meet expectations. What does it all mean, though? MLB.com polled two dozen front-office executives with a number of questions

LOS ANGELES -- In the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street,” there’s that famous scene when Jordan Belfort, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, begins to shout into the microphone, letting everyone know he’s not leaving his company behind. As DiCaprio’s voice gets louder, so do the cheers of his employees. Over

MINNEAPOLIS -- Make it 11. After the offense carried this winning streak into the double digits on an explosive -- and, well, protein-packed -- road trip, it was Chris Paddack and the pitching staff that also stepped up to drag that streak to nearly unseen heights by stifling the Red

NEW YORK -- For eight innings at Yankee Stadium on Friday night, the Yankees’ offense was silent. The big bats woke up just in time. The Yankees entered the bottom of the ninth of their series opener against the Tigers with a zero on the scoreboard, trailing 1-0 with just

PHILADELPHIA -- Trea Turner made a play that perhaps only he could make. One of baseball’s fastest players scored from second base on a passed ball in the fourth inning of Friday night’s 4-3 victory over the Giants at Citizens Bank Park. It proved to be the winning run, but

HOUSTON -- Astros second baseman Jose Altuve is showing no signs of slowing down. Literally. Altuve, who turns 34 years old in three days, displayed his elite speed during the Astros’ wild rally in the seventh inning on Friday night, during which they scored four times for a come-from-behind 5-3

PITTSBURGH -- Ryan McMahon didn’t immediately look beyond the right-field bleachers at PNC Park on Friday night. He didn’t have to. His sixth-inning leadoff home run in the Rockies’ 3-2 victory over the Pirates bounced into the Allegheny River, he was sure. Instead, he looked toward his happy dugout to

PHOENIX -- Led by a breakout Fernando Tatis Jr. has deserved and a bounceback start Dylan Cease needed, the Padres thumped the D-backs 7-1 on Friday night at Chase Field for their third straight victory. San Diego didn't have a hit against D-backs starter Slade Cecconi until the fourth inning

The Norfolk Tides staff may not have been perfect Friday night, but they were pretty darn close. The club spun a three-man combined no-hitter, fanning a whopping 13 batters in the process. The 2-0 win over Nashville at First Horizon Park marked the Orioles affiliate's first no-no since Chris Tillman’s

KANSAS CITY -- The seventh inning started with speed and small ball. It ended with a power punch from Royals captain Salvador Perez. And Kansas City showed nearly everything its offense is capable of doing in a matter of 15 minutes with a six-run inning, turning a tight pitching duel

Notre Dame’s baseball team entered the weekend leading the nation with a .984 fielding percentage, and it’s easy to see why with plays like the one center fielder TJ Williams made in Friday’s game against Pittsburgh. The Panthers’ Dom Popa hit the first pitch of the third inning to deep

CINCINNATI -- Cole Irvin has spent the year renting his rotation spot. The southpaw made the Orioles' Opening Day rotation after injuries to John Means and Kyle Bradish and seemed destined to get bumped to the bullpen. But the way he's pitching, it's going to be hard to wrestle the

If you owned a gorgeous farm in the French countryside, what would you do with it? Would you devote much of your day to cultivating crops and maintaining the grounds to the best of your abilities? You probably would. That’s what farmers are known to do, after all. But what

ST. LOUIS -- Usually a slave to his routine and someone unwilling to bend from what he’s always done throughout his career, Cardinals right-hander Sonny Gray made a rare exception on Friday when he felt a bit off kilter following a lengthy third inning. Without telling anyone, Gray went down

CHICAGO -- This weekend’s matchup between the Brewers and Cubs at Wrigley Field would be a big series no matter who’s managing. But the Pat Murphy-Craig Counsell matchup will have to wait. With Murphy serving the back end of a two-game suspension on Friday, it was Counsell’s former teammate and

ST. PETERSBURG -- On the heels of a very disappointing road trip, the Rays entered Friday night’s game against the Mets with a 14-18 record, in danger of falling five games below .500 for the first time since 2018. If you had to list the top reasons for the club’s

WASHINGTON -- For six innings, Luis García Jr. sat on the bench as the temperatures at Nationals Park dipped on a blustery Friday night. But when manager Dave Martinez called on him to pinch-hit for Trey Lipscomb to face a righty matchup in the top of the seventh, the second

CLEVELAND -- It was exactly the type of outing the Angels envisioned from right-hander José Soriano after he was moved back to the rotation this season on the heels of a breakout rookie year in relief. After turning in the shortest start of his young career in his last outing

Our first mock draft of the spring is out and, as always, it has elicited many opinions. I wanted to make things easier for folks who haven’t weighed in yet and wanted to. For your copy/paste pleasure: There is no way the [INSERT TEAM NAME HERE] would ever take [INSERT

One down, five (and change) to go. With April comfortably in the rearview mirror, it's time to hand out the first round of monthly awards for the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Here are the eight stars -- household names and new phenoms alike -- receiving honors for their performance

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You know it’s really Draft season when the first mock draft is out. Between now and July 14, when the 2024 Draft begins, Jim Callis and I will be providing prognostications of the first round on a fairly regular basis with the hope that our final mocks the night before

One year after the Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr. became the first player in MLB history to produce 40-plus homers and 70-plus steals in a season, the Reds’ Elly De La Cruz is threatening to form a club of his own: the 40-90 Club. Cincinnati’s budding superstar is off to a

Statcast's Expected Weighted On-base Average (xwOBA) is an all-encompassing statistic that looks at a hitter's performance based on quality and quantity of contact. Both a strong indicator of current and future offensive success, xwOBA generally features some of baseball's best hitters at the top of the leaderboard. Last year's top