PITTSBURGH -- It is difficult to find any negatives about Paul Skenes.

HOUSTON -- For the Yankees, Thursday night was all about extinguishing fires. Wrapping up a three-game set that manager Aaron Boone said “took some months and years off me,” the Yankees topped the Astros, 8-4, to win the series at Daikin Park and complete a 5-1 road trip. With the

It happens every year: A team already eliminated from the postseason meets a team fighting hard for a playoff berth late in the season -- and the underdog wins! Unexpected spoilers can be one of the most fun parts of September baseball (unless your favorite club finds its postseason hopes

HOUSTON -- The Astros, down by four runs in the ninth inning Thursday night, were starting to build some momentum. A leadoff single by Victor Caratini and a double off the wall by Taylor Trammell meant they had the tying run on deck with no outs against Yankees reliever David

Three months ago, we dug into Juan Soto’s slow start, trying our best to actually provide analysis without just repeating, “Knock it off, he’s Juan Soto, the underlying stats are all fine, he’s going to be fine,” a few dozen times in a row. As it turns out: He was

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“Friday Night Baseball” on Apple TV+ is back with two games this week, including some day baseball from Wrigley Field in Chicago as the Cubs look to maintain their hold on the top NL Wild Card spot.

The 2025 postseason is approaching. As you keep an eye on the standings, here is everything you need to know about how the playoff field is shaping up, as well as info about potential tiebreakers and clinch scenarios for each contender.

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You don’t want to bury the lead with Aroldis Chapman the way he’s been burying sinkers and 100 mph fastballs in the strike zone all season long. So here it is: Chapman isn’t just the best and most successful closer in baseball this year. He is pitching like one of

MILWAUKEE -- In single seasons over the last 125 years for which we have the data, only 10 pitchers have strung together at least five consecutive scoreless starts of at least five innings. Bob Gibson is one of them. So are Don Drysdale, Orel Hershiser and Zack Greinke. D-backs ace

TAMPA -- Ryan Pepiot started the Rays’ series opener against the Guardians on Thursday by throwing 13 straight fastballs, including 11 to eventually retire leadoff man Steven Kwan on a flyout to center field.

PITTSBURGH -- Shohei Ohtani was scratched from his scheduled start on the mound on Wednesday night vs. the Pirates at PNC Park, but remained in the lineup as the designated hitter in the leadoff spot. Right-hander Emmet Sheehan got the nod in Ohtani's place.

It would have been a storybook finish, one that perhaps even Disney scriptwriters would have said was a little too on-the-nose. After breaking the all-time American Association home run record earlier in the season, Jabari Henry of the Sioux Falls Canaries -- who had been previously drafted by the Seattle

The Cubs have added some speed to their reserve ranks for the stretch run, signing outfielder Billy Hamilton to a Minor League contract. The move was made official on Aug. 31, so Hamilton will be eligible to play for Chicago in the postseason. It’s possible the club will consider carrying

Dodgers No. 25 prospect Kendall George has been running wild at High-A Great Lakes all season, and he's not finished yet. The 20-year-old George, the 36th overall pick in the 2023 Draft, is probably the Minor Leagues' fastest man. He is certainly asserting himself as one of its top base-stealing

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (August 29-September 4). Bobby Baseball: Bobby Witt Jr. hit his 20th homer of the season on Saturday, giving him yet another season with at least 20 home runs and 30 stolen bases. Witt is the first

PITTSBURGH -- On a night when Shohei Ohtani was scratched from his scheduled start on the mound, the Dodgers' planned starting battery took another hit when catcher Will Smith exited Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Pirates at PNC Park after two innings. X-rays came back negative and a CT scan

KANSAS CITY -- Hoping to avoid another gut-punch loss during a week in which they can’t afford any more, who else would the Royals turn to other than their two star, franchise-altering players? Salvador Perez smashed a game-tying home run in the seventh inning Thursday night. Bobby Witt Jr. followed

Brandon Sproat is joining the party. The Mets' No. 5 prospect will join Nolan McLean and Jonah Tong in the Major Leagues and will make his MLB debut on Sunday in Cincinnati, a source told MLB.com on Thursday. The team has not confirmed the news.

PITTSBURGH -- Down to their final three outs, fighting to stave off a sweep, the Dodgers played some of their best baseball on Thursday night -- and perhaps, in their three-game series at PNC Park -- in the ninth inning. Though Mookie Betts led off the frame with a homer

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Together, Jonah Tong and Nolan McLean cover every point on the compass. The Mets' two phenoms are opposites in how they pitch. But in the New York rotation, they complement each other perfectly. Tong and McLean pitch in all four directions: Tong, north and south; McLean, east and west. It's

It's only fitting that the goodest girl joined the booth Thursday. Mokoro, the Lake County bat dog, suited up for her broadcast debut at Classic Auto Group Park during the Captains' final Dawg Night of the season. In the bottom of the sixth inning of the Captains' 4-3 walk-off victory

KANSAS CITY -- As they try to hunt down a playoff spot during this final month of the regular season, the Royals will be without one of their top arms for at least two weeks. Right-hander Seth Lugo was placed on the 15-day injured list on Thursday with a low