Who are the best players born on each day of the year? We have a list for every day on the calendar. Here’s a subjective ranking of the top five for Jan. 9. 1) Stan Javier (1964) Javier had serious baseball roots -- his father, Julián, played second base for

Cody Bellinger has been the subject of many a rumor this Hot Stove season; after all that speculation, we may finally be closing in on a bidding war. MLB Network insider Jon Heyman reported earlier in the week that while it seemed likely Bellinger would stay in New York --

There isn't exactly a formula for a really good baseball game. That said, there is one thing a lot of all-time classic ballgames have in common, and that's a really good ending. Walk-offs get much of the glory in this department. A walk-off home run is, after all, baseball's mic

David Wright's Hall of Fame case, like his playing career, is largely overshadowed by questions of what could have been. But bad luck doesn't tell his entire story, which is why he's managed to stick around for a third year of eligibility. He even made (admittedly minor) gains last season,

Happy holidays, baseball fans. As our gift to you, we're back with the tradition we are determined to make happen: our yearly list of every team's longest home run of the season just past. Admittedly, we always think these lists make for good gifts, but we have a pretty good

The Yankees' big move of the offseason -- whether that be re-signing Cody Bellinger or making an end run for Kyle Tucker, trading for Freddy Peralta or reuniting with Michael King -- may or may not be forthcoming. That said, although quiet to this point, the Yankees were quite busy

Right-hander Genei Sato, days short of his 21st birthday, is progressing toward a potential first-round selection in the 2026 Nippon Professional Baseball Draft. He has something else in mind. According to several reports, Sato, a third-year student at Sendai University in Shibata, Japan, plans to transfer to a school in

May we all approach our holiday shopping with the creativity of the Blue Jays, who are collecting right-handed relievers with funky arm angles and vastly different price tags. After Toronto acquired sidearming Chase Lee from the Tigers on Friday, the Blue Jays signed free-agent submariner Tyler Rogers to a three-year,

The list of starting pitchers available via trade is unusually long this offseason, perhaps best evidenced by the number of 2025 playoff teams reportedly willing to part with their own top-flight arms. On that note, discussing chatter from this year’s Winter Meetings on Thursday, ESPN’s Alden Gonzalez mentioned the Dodgers’

ATLANTA -- The Braves added more versatility to their roster on Wednesday night, when they signed Mike Yastrzemski to a two-year, $23 million contract. Yastrzemski will earn $9 million in 2026 and $10 million in 2027. The deal includes a club option worth $7 million for the 2028 season, with

The Cubs already have made a couple of notable moves since the start of the offseason, bringing back Shota Imanaga on the one-year qualifying offer and signing free-agent reliever Phil Maton to a two-year deal. But there is much work still to be done, if the club is going to

George Altman, counted among the best-traveled players in baseball history, has passed away, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum president Bob Kendrick announced Tuesday. He was 92. One of just three people ever to play in the Negro Leagues, AL/NL and Nippon Professional Baseball, Altman’s pro career began with the Kansas City

On May 6, Freddie Freeman hit his 42nd home run against Marlins pitching, passing two other longtime Marlins division rivals, Ryan Howard and Ryan Zimmerman, for the most home runs against them in their history. Due to expansion and the end of the unbalanced schedule, most players who currently hold

The 2025 Brewers didn't appear to be a special club through the first couple of months of the season. They didn't permanently climb above .500 until late May, and on June 17, they were a season-worst 6 1/2 games out of first place in the NL Central. But their fortunes

To echo the famous call of one the most sensational moments in World Series history -- and Dodgers history -- we don’t believe what we just saw. Here are 10 words that in no way do it justice: The Dodgers won the 2025 World Series in Game 7. Below are

Could George Springer be the most valuable postseason performer ... ever?

The Dodgers are back to defend their title and they'll face off against a Blue Jays team making their first World Series appearance since 1993. Los Angeles completed an NLCS sweep of the Brewers last Thursday, winning 5-1 at Dodger Stadium to secure the franchise’s 23rd trip to the World

Generally speaking, a batter will only hit a pitch once. That may sound obvious, but once in a while, a player seems to take it as a challenge. Here’s a look at some of the recent twice-hit pitches that (somehow) became base hits.

Alex Bregman will opt out of his contract with the Red Sox, as expected, a source told MLB.com executive reporter Mark Feinsand. Bregman, who will turn 32 in March, is through the first year of a three-year, $120 million deal he signed in February after nine seasons in Houston.

On Tuesday morning, a pilot left Halifax International Airport at 11:27 a.m. Atlantic Daylight Time headed to Debert, a small farming town just north of the capital city of Nova Scotia.

Who was the best offensive player in each league during the regular season? That is the criteria for choosing the annual winners of the Hank Aaron Award. The award was established in 1999 to mark the 25th anniversary of Aaron breaking Babe Ruth's all-time career home run record, and the

Every franchise has had its share of forgettable seasons. As fans, most of us can recall a horrific losing streak or two. Typically, though, these rough stretches happen later in the season, the natural result of mental and physical fatigue and an injury pileup, or, in rarer cases, a clubhouse

There are countless examples of teams making staggering year-to-year improvements that nobody saw coming. Most recently, we had the 2024 Royals, who had a staggering 30-win jump from 2023, winning 86 games and winning one of the AL Wild Card spots. They were just the sixth team since 1969 to

On March 26, Fangraphs' projected end-of-season AL West standings looked like this (with estimated win/loss totals rounded to the nearest whole number):

1. Mariners: 85-77 (.525 W%)
2. Astros: 84-78 (1 GB)
3. Rangers: 84-78 (1 GB)
4. A's: 76-86 (9 GB)
5. Angels: 75-87 (10 GB) Honestly, that's about

It's crunch time. There's a lot left to play for in 2025, but with no more than 20 games left on any team's schedule, everyone's running out of time to position themselves for a last-minute surge, and every loss comes packaged with an extra sense of dread -- when all