There’s absolutely no shortage of legendary home runs in baseball history, whether we’re talking about Babe Ruth’s “called shot” in 1932, Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard ‘Round the World” in 1951, Carlton Fisk’s foul-pole prayer in 1975 or thousands of others along the way. Homers make up something like 3% of

BOSTON -- Cubs president of baseball operations Jed Hoyer walked into his office on Thursday and found a book that another front-office member had left on his desk. It was a book on pitching that lefty Shota Imanaga published last year in Japan, offering mental and physical guidance for younger

Houston shortstop Jeremy Peña made a New Year’s resolution to do more traveling to places that he’s never been to before. It’s a work trip, but Peña is excited to lead the Astros south of the border this weekend to face the Rockies in a pair of games in the

TORONTO -- After a dramatic offseason that reached its peak with a flurry of inaccurate media reports and online flight tracking, Shohei Ohtani was greeted by a loud round of boos by the home crowd at Rogers Centre. Ohtani was lightly booed during pregame introductions, but those quickly got louder

ATLANTA -- Braves first baseman Matt Olson's first month with Chris Sale has led him to believe the veteran left-handed pitcher has regained the form he had in 2018, when he finished among the top six in American League Cy Young Award balloting for the seventh straight year. “He looks

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants knew Patrick Bailey would help them win plenty of games with this Gold Glove-caliber defense behind the plate. But lately, the second-year backstop has been showing that he can have just as big of an impact with his bat. Bailey cranked a three-run home run

MILWAUKEE -- The season won’t stop while the Brewers figure out how to piece together a pitching rotation. And if they are going to play, it appears they are intent on continuing to find a way to win. Willy Adames delivered an RBI single in the 10th to extend the

MEXICO CITY -- With an altitude of 7,350 feet in Mexico's capital, more than 2,000 feet higher than Denver, it would be reasonable to expect a healthy dose of home runs at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú for the Mexico City Series on Saturday and Sunday between the Astros and Rockies.

Mason Miller, pitching in one of the most tense roles in baseball, feels free -- and the radar gun is showing it. The A's sophomore right-hander, moved to the bullpen in an effort to preserve his health, is suddenly the most electric closer in baseball, blowing MLB's best hitters away

SAN DIEGO -- The Phillies hammered five home runs Friday night, so they had plenty of opportunity to perfect their dugout celebrations. No doubt, they put a bit of extra zest into the one for Nick Castellanos.

SEATTLE -- Josh Rojas shared a clubhouse with many of those in the visiting dugout on Friday night at T-Mobile Park, but for Mitch Haniger, it’s been ages since he donned a D-backs uniform. Those two pounded their former team with towering home runs that lifted the Mariners to a

ARLINGTON -- This, more than anything, is what Nathan Eovaldi does best. For all of the things the Alvin, Texas, native has given this club since he joined in 2023, from an electric postseason run to earning an All-Star bid, sometimes the thing he does best is simply get out

There’s been a lot of buzz surrounding the University of Georgia’s Charlie Condon this week as the redshirt sophomore found himself atop MLB Pipeline's new 2024 Draft Prospects list. For some, that could bring added pressure, but for Condon, it was more of the same. In his first at-bat as

KANSAS CITY -- Seth Lugo was worried the ball was leaving the park. Parker Meadows was pretty sure the ball was gone. Javier Báez was certain of it. Adam Frazier appeared to be the only one with doubts about Meadows’ knock as it soared toward him in the third inning.

Walk in to Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú, home of the Diablos Rojos del México of the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol and host to this weekend's Mexico City Series, and you'll immediately notice a few touches that make this ballpark stand out from the rest. Opened in March of 2019 --

MEXICO CITY -- Just hours after landing in Mexico City and with a busy schedule ahead of them -- MLB’s Play Ball event and the first game of the Mexico City Series are scheduled for Saturday at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú -- the Rockies’ Elias Díaz and Nolan Jones, along

BALTIMORE -- Jackson Holliday is returning to the Minors. On Friday, the Orioles optioned Holliday (MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 overall prospect) to Triple-A Norfolk only 16 days after he was called up to the big leagues for the first time. The 20-year-old infielder went 2-for-34 (.059) over his first 10

NEW YORK -- Informed late Friday that brother William Contreras’ home run a night earlier for the Brewers had traveled approximately three feet further than his mammoth blast against the Mets, Cardinals catcher Willson Contreras playfully offered up a caveat that Statcast likely didn’t account for with its tale of

It is impossible to pinpoint precisely where the first baseball game was played in Mexico. Despite a few cities claiming the honor and many efforts to find the exact place, not even historians themselves can agree. But analyzing many of the studies, three cities emerge as the closest to being

Baseball is a global game and only growing around the world. So while the 30 Major League teams are all based in the continental United States and Canada, MLB has made an effort over the years to bring its games to a broader audience with games played internationally. That effort

ANAHEIM -- If momentum in baseball is only as good as that day’s starting pitcher, the Twins, fresh off a four-game sweep of the White Sox, were in a good spot Friday with Bailey Ober set to go. Minnesota’s most consistent starter showed that not even a stomach bug could

SEATTLE -- Zac Gallen unleashed a 93 mph fastball to Julio Rodríguez in the sixth inning of Friday night's 6-1 loss to the Mariners, and the slugger fouled it off. Gallen hopped slightly after releasing the pitch and it was clear something was not right. A frustrated Gallen motioned for

ANAHEIM -- It was a tough day for the Angels on Friday. Third baseman Anthony Rendon met with reporters before Friday’s 5-3 loss to the Twins at Angels Stadium and said he was diagnosed with a high-grade partial tear in his left hamstring. He said there is no timetable for

BALTIMORE -- So far this season, no team has been more reliant on the home run than the A’s. More than half -- 53.2 percent -- of the A’s runs have come via the long ball, by far the most in baseball. But the offense, as a whole, has been

MIAMI -- Trevor Williams doesn’t have a great history with the Marlins, even though they’re the team that kickstarted his professional career. Williams, who was selected by Miami in the second round of the 2013 MLB Draft, entered Friday with a career 5.26 ERA against the Marlins (51 1/3 innings