The 2026 postseason is in the books, and it ended in a way we’d never seen before. The Brewers laid waste to the baseball landscape and romped to the first World Series title in franchise history. Milwaukee closed out the Tampa Bay Rays with a 4-1 win in Game 5

The postseason is momentous. It is a collection of stories and stats and, most of all, snapshots. After the long, slow grind of the regular season, these great teams and elite athletes have to summon something extra within themselves to come through in the clutch while the rest of us

The Brewers have their first title in franchise history, and it comes with no strings attached. The Brew Crew was the best team in baseball this year, then had one of the most dominant playoff runs in recent memory – crushing the two-time defending champion Dodgers along the way –

The Brewers’ World Series parade isn’t until Friday, but the celebration across Wisconsin is just beginning.

NEW YORK -- Spencer Jones vividly remembers where he was while Cam Schlittler dominated the Red Sox to end last year’s American League Wild Card Series: somewhere on a 13-hour highway trek between Scranton, Pa., and his home in Nashville, Tenn., watching the action on an iPad. “My girlfriend and

Nippon Professional Baseball’s 2026 ERA leader is heading to MLB. The Saitama Seibu Lions announced they will approve the posting of ace right-hander Kaima Taira. After pitching successfully out of the bullpen since 2024, Taira moved back into the rotation this season and recorded a 1.36 ERA and 0.96 WHIP

Right-handed starter Michael King has officially declined the player option on his contract with the Padres on Friday to become a free agent. King is now one of the top arms on the market entering his age-32 season.

MIAMI -- The Marlins exercised ace Sandy Alcantara's $21 million team option for 2027 on Friday. There was a $2 million buyout if Miami chose not to bring Alcantara back.

DETROIT -- The Tigers opened their offseason dealings on Friday with a minor trade, acquiring middle infielder Tsung-Che Cheng from the Red Sox for cash considerations. It’s the kind of smaller, on-the-margins addition that has become a regular part of offseason transactions under president of baseball operations Scott Harris and

NEW YORK -- Bo Bichette will return to Queens for another try in 2027. According to a source, Bichette opted into the second season of his three-year, $126 million contract on Thursday, signing up to reprise his role as the Mets’ third baseman. That deal guarantees Bichette $42 million in

The Brewers are hosting their Parade of Champions on Friday to celebrate the first World Series victory in franchise history. Judging by the way Brewers fans traveled to pack Tropicana Field -- and still filled their home park for a watch party -- it’s going to be quite a celebration.

ST. PETERSBURG -- The team from MLB’s smallest market. The team so often good enough to get beat by someone bigger. The team that has cycled through swaps of stars, always refining and refurbishing and refilling their roster with keenly acquired talent. The team that gave a shot to a

Most families would be happy enough to have a pair of brothers playing in MLB at the same time. It doesn’t happen all that often, after all. But the Contreras brothers -- the elder Willson and younger William -- might have just set a new bar for what’s possible in

ATLANTA -- Ronald Acuña Jr. and Ozzie Albies can look forward to the possibility of being teammates for at least one more season. Acuña’s $17 million option and Albies’ $7 million option were exercised on Thursday. The Braves also reinstated starting pitchers Spencer Schwellenbach, Spencer Strider, Hurston Waldrep and Joey

It took less than 24 hours after the conclusion of the World Series for the Athletics and Red Sox to connect for the first trade of the offseason. The A’s acquired outfielder Nate Eaton from Boston on Thursday in exchange for Minor League right-hander Jareth Rayo. In addition to the

The Brewers are World Series champions for the first time. They dominated along the way, losing just two games in the postseason. They showed the mettle to come from behind in eight of their 11 wins, they suffocated their opponents with incredible pitching and they saw a handful of heroes

Prior to Wednesday night's title-clinching World Series Game 5 at Tropicana Field, Dustin May already knew what it's like to pop champagne after a championship-clinching victory. That experience set him apart from nearly all of his Brewers teammates. The 2026 Brewers were the fourth World Series-winning team that May has

PHOENIX -- Nolan Arenado has accomplished a lot in what could very well end up being a Hall of Fame career, but one thing he hasn't done is play an inning on defense anywhere other than third base. That might change in 2027. "We've talked about Nolan playing some first

BALTIMORE -- Jared Banner hasn’t even been the general manager of the Orioles for two weeks. Hired on Oct. 19, the Brooklyn, N.Y., native quickly got to work before being introduced at a press conference on the ground floor of the Camden Yards warehouse on Tuesday. But Banner isn’t wasting

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MIAMI -- The Marlins cleared space on the 40-man roster by outrighting five players to Triple-A Jacksonville on Friday: relievers Tyler Zuber, Zach Brzykcy and Wikelman González as well as catchers Brian Navarreto and Logan Driscoll.

CHICAGO -- The Cubs had hoped to win the National League Central this past season and position themselves for a deep October run with a first-round bye in the playoffs. The North Siders fell short of those goals and watched the rival Brewers capture the division crown and run all

ST. PETERSBURG -- He stood there at the center of the podium, arms aloft, holding the Willie Mays World Series MVP trophy high as pyrotechnics sparked behind him. It was a wonderful image and an appropriate one. Because William Contreras was at the center of everything in the Milwaukee Brewers’

ST. PETERSBURG -- In their 57th season in Milwaukee, the Brewers won the city’s first World Series title since 1957. In the 44th year since they last appeared in a World Series, they won for Henry Aaron, whose No. 44 hangs, retired, atop American Family Field. And they didn’t just

ST. PETERSBURG -- Jacob Misiorowski was still marveling at the cheers late on Wednesday evening, even after three games’ worth of roars cascading from Tropicana Field’s third-base seats: encouragement from thousands of ticket-holders with Wisconsin addresses and championship dreams. “I’m just so overjoyed,” Misiorowski said, standing in left field, his