A wholesome moment unfolded on Thursday night at Rogers Centre, and a young Rangers fan went home particularly happy.

Two Astros starting pitchers continued to make strides toward their eventual returns to the big league club on Thursday night.

Less than 24 hours apart, Giants rookie outfielder Victor Bericoto clubbed a pair of monstrous home runs with nearly identical metrics. On Wednesday, Bericoto handed San Francisco a 2-1 victory over the Athletics with a walk-off home run off a hanging slider from Elvis Alvarado. Bericoto’s homer left the bat

Later this summer, the Mets will welcome back members of the 1986 World Series championship team for a special ceremony commemorating the 40th anniversary of the franchise’s most recent title. Mets Hall of Famer Darryl Strawberry is among that group of New York icons. Strawberry was a special guest on

Phase 1 of fan voting for the 2026 KONAMI eBaseball MLB All-Star Ballot concluded at noon ET on Thursday. Now, the wait is on for players and fans alike to see which stars will move on to Phase 2, which will determine who starts the All-Star Game presented by Mastercard

Royals left-hander Kris Bubic resumed his rehab assignment with a 1-2-3 first inning for Triple-A Omaha on Wednesday night. Bubic needed just eight pitches to retire the side in order against Columbus. He mixed in four pitches and topped out at 92.7 mph with his four-seam fastball. "He said he

The switch-hitting Elly De La Cruz has said in the past that he is a natural right-handed hitter. In his fourth Major League season, he is finally looking like one. Off the bat, we are writing about De La Cruz because he is healthy again, and that is what matters

Mets outfielder Tyrone Taylor continued his rehab assignment with Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday night, going 1-for-4 with an RBI while playing all nine innings in center field. Taylor has been on the IL since May 26 with a right hip flexor strain. Taylor began his rehab assignment on June 19

For the first time since 1994, Oklahoma is atop the college baseball world. The Sooners captured their third national title in program history with a 13-2 win over No. 5 North Carolina in a winner-take-all finale of the Men’s College World Series at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Neb., on

Benny Montgomery, the eighth overall pick by the Rockies in the 2021 Draft, has retired from professional baseball. Montgomery, 23, was hitting .203 with a .644 OPS in 41 games this season for Double-A Hartford, where he has spent each of the past three injury-plagued seasons. He posted a .249/.325/.374

Can you name the best infield defender in baseball? If you guessed Bobby Witt Jr., you'd be correct. The Royals shortstop is the defending Platinum Glove Award winner in the American League, and he's been sublime yet again this season, leading all infielders in outs above average (+16) and fielding

The cycle is a feat that proves baseball doesn't discriminate. Any type of hitter can accomplish it. We've seen little guys muscle up for home runs, lumbering catchers leg out triples, power hitters reach on singles that don't get out of the infield. There's no secret formula to a cycle,

Matthew Boyd tossed four scoreless innings with seven strikeouts in his first rehab start for High-A South Bend on Saturday night. Boyd threw 59 pitches (40 strikes) and did not walk a batter. The only two hits he allowed were singles.

Elly De La Cruz continued his Minor League rehab assignment with Triple-A Louisville on Saturday night, going 0-for-3 while manning the DH spot in the Bats’ lineup. The two-time All-Star grounded out twice and struck out before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning.

Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor began a Minor League rehab assignment on Friday, going 1-for-4 while playing six innings at shortstop for Double-A Binghamton. It marked Lindor's first game action since April 22, when he strained a left calf muscle that has sidelined him since. Lindor is slated to play in

White Sox catcher Kyle Teel continues to near a return to the big league club. Teel went 5-for-6 with a double, and two RBIs and three runs scored while catching all nine innings for Triple-A Charlotte in a 10-5 win over Buffalo on Friday night at Sahlen Field. Teel is

Padres right-hander Matt Waldron completed three innings of one-run ball in his second rehab start for Triple-A El Paso on Friday night. He has been on the IL since May 15 with a right brachialis muscle injury.

Slowly, Fernando Tatis Jr. is starting to look like himself again. It’s not just because he literally looks like his old self in the batter’s box -- though we’ll get to that in a moment. Really, it’s that Tatis is hitting. That’s what matters. Since May 18, Tatis has a

You can find two of the best changeups in baseball lurking at the backend of the Rays bullpen. And they couldn't be any more different. Bryan Baker is a strong candidate to represent Tampa Bay in Philadelphia at next month's All-Star Game thanks in part to his sterling changeup, which

George Lombard Jr., the Yankees' No. 1 prospect, departed Tuesday's game for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre with an apparent injury. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Lombard attempted to field a one-hop throw from rehabbing catcher Austin Wells on a stolen-base attempt at second base. As Lombard reached to corral the

Dylan Cease throws a changeup nowadays and, technically, that's not anything new. The Blue Jays right-hander threw 37 changeups with the Padres last season. But that offering was more of a "Bugs Bunny" pitch, a term first coined by Ethan Katz, Cease's former pitching coach with the White Sox. Last

Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters.

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Texas needed a win against Alabama on Monday afternoon to stay alive at the Men’s College World Series. Turns out, the Longhorns did more than win -- they made some history, too. Sophomore shortstop Adrian Rodriguez hit for the cycle in a 14-2 Texas victory. He became the third player

Remember when Shohei Ohtani could not shake off a season-opening slump? That’s certainly not the case anymore. Ohtani is swinging a red-hot bat, and the four-time MVP will look to keep rolling as the Dodgers and Rays begin a three-game series from Dodger Stadium on Monday night. First pitch is