José Soriano has been one of baseball's pleasant surprises in the first month. How pleasant? With a 5-0 record, a microscopic 0.28 ERA and a nearly-as-small 0.73 WHIP across his first five starts -- all the best marks in the Majors -- the Angels righty has been nothing short of

When evaluating the strength of an MLB division, there are multiple routes you can take. You can, for example, simply count the number of playoff teams. Or, perhaps, you compare it to the other five divisions to see how it stacks up by total wins or combined OPS. But what

This should be a week of great baseball. We'll see three big rivalry matchups, one that could become a fun rivalry and another that comes with a dose of international flair. Here's a look at five series to watch for the week of April 20.

Baseball can break your heart, but it can melt it, too. We got proof of the latter Sunday in Pittsburgh. At one point between innings during the Rays-Pirates tilt, Pittsburgh outfielder Jake Mangum tossed a ball to a young boy in the stands. Most kids -- heck, most people --

JR Ritchie continues to make his case for a callup to the big leagues. The Braves' No. 2 prospect per MLB Pipeline tossed yet another scoreless gem on Saturday, going six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out eight for Triple-A Gwinnett in its 2-1, 11-inning

When Braves lefty Dylan Lee takes the mound, everything about him looks super-casual. His face seems expressionless. He appears emotionless. Even his delivery is unremarkable. But then, there's usually not much glory in a setup role. You're almost never the star of the game. Nobody wears your jersey in the

The first two weeks of the 2026 season have gone much better for the Braves than the first two weeks of 2025. Last year, Atlanta started 0-7 and was 3-10 after 13 games. This year, they're 8-5, own the best ERA in baseball and are coming off a daunting stretch

Jo Adell couldn't believe what was happening.

The Braves started the season with 13 games in 13 days and with questions about whether their injury-depleted pitching staff could handle such a daunting stretch. Not only did the staff handle it just fine, it ended it with the best ERA in the Majors.

CLEVELAND -- Lefty Riley Martin was with the Cubs at Progressive Field on Saturday, but his expected promotion to the big league bullpen was put on hold when incoming storms forced the postponement of the planned night game against the Guardians.

MLB hitters love to bat in big spots, so much so that sometimes they don't even notice when the other team wants nothing to do with them. Ask Julio Rodríguez about that. In Friday night's Mariners-Angels game, Rodríguez came to bat in the top of the 10th with a runner

There's a longstanding baseball-ism that says you'd rather be lucky than good. Cody Bellinger is good, but he wasn't afraid to give Lady Luck her due credit after he made a crazy catch in the Yankees' 8-2 win over the Marlins on Friday in their home opener. With nobody out

Though the men's and women's Final Four tournaments will determine the NCAA basketball champs, all seven schools involved also have notable histories in baseball. UCLA, Arizona, Texas, Michigan, Illinois, South Carolina and UConn each has produced multiple MLB All-Stars and postseason heroes, and a few of the schools have produced

MLB and X are teaming up to revive the classic "This Week in Baseball" franchise, giving a serious jolt of nostalgia to fans of a certain age and giving younger fans a new way to track the sport's highlights and storylines. And, yes, the iconic theme music is returning, too.

When it comes to the Braves' success in 2026, the difference between a winning season and a losing one may not be new manager Walt Weiss, former MVP Ronald Acuña Jr., former Cy Young lefty Chris Sale or even the rest of an iffy rotation that seems held together by

Welcome to The Show, JJ Wetherholt. The Cardinals' top prospect -- also baseball's No. 5 overall prospect, per MLB Pipeline -- has made St. Louis' Opening Day roster, president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom told reporters on Monday. Wetherholt figures to be the starting second baseman for Opening Day on

The Braves have agreed to a Minor League deal with veteran first baseman Rowdy Tellez, according to a report by MLB Network insider Jon Heyman on Friday. The team has not confirmed the move. Tellez, 31, split the 2025 season between the Mariners and Rangers, slashing .228/.276/.443 with 17 homers

The 2026 World Baseball Classic final is upon us.

Team Italy manager Francisco Cervelli is making a change to his pitching plans for tonight's World Baseball Classic semifinal matchup against Venezuela (8 ET on FS1): Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola will get the start instead of previously announced starter Michael Lorenzen.

In the end, it was Lawless who got robbed. Tennessee sophomore Stone Lawless thought he'd powered the Volunteers to a ninth-inning lead against Georgia on Sunday when he crushed a towering drive to left off Bulldogs righty Justin Byrd that appeared bound to clear the fence. After the ball met

It's down to the final four in baseball's version of March Madness. What has been an epic World Baseball Classic moves to the semifinal stage starting tonight, when Team USA and the Dominican Republic face off at 8 p.m. ET at loanDepot park in Miami with a trip to Tuesday's

Blue Jays closer Jeff Hoffman will take Clayton Kershaw's place on Team USA's World Baseball Classic roster. The righty was added to the roster after the team's quarterfinal win over Canada on Friday night. Kershaw, who retired after last season, came out of retirement to participate in the Classic but

The way Pete Crow-Armstrong swung the bat in Tuesday's World Baseball Classic game against Italy likely has Cubs fans even more ready to start the season.

Colombia righty Julio Teheran was scratched from his scheduled World Baseball Classic start against Canada on Saturday with a right shoulder impingement. According to Team Colombia, the issue flared up while Teheran was warming up. As a precautionary measure, Colombia pivoted to Austin Bergner. Teheran, a two-time NL All-Star with

Bryce Harper enters the World Baseball Classic and the 2026 season coming off a campaign that was subpar by his usual standards. He hit .261 with 27 homers and an .844 OPS, his lowest mark since 2016. He also missed a month with a right wrist injury, which limited him