NEW YORK -- James Paxton stood at the top of the Yankee Stadium mound in the sixth inning on Friday, patiently waiting as Aaron Boone covered the ground between him and the first-base dugout. Sensing an opening to dissuade the manager from raising his arm for a pitching change, the

With no remaining margin for error, the Yankees’ first goal was to get to the airport, avoiding the task of packing their lockers in favor of continuing to battle for the American League pennant. As they soar above the 1,400 or so miles that separate Yankee Stadium from Minute Maid

NEW YORK -- It would have made the Astros' lives much easier had they been able to finish off the Yankees in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series on Friday night at Yankee Stadium. But behind a sterling effort from James Paxton and two early homers off an

NEW YORK -- The Yankees’ bullpen did its job during the team’s 4-1 victory over the Astros in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series on Friday night, giving the group and the rest of the team confidence that it can do so again in Game 6 on Saturday

The Nationals are headed to the World Series, and they are doing it in their first season without former franchise superstar Bryce Harper. Harper, who signed a 13-year, $330 million deal with the Phillies this past offseason, spoke for the first time about his former team being on the precipice

It's 50 degrees in the Bronx. Yet here is Yankees reliever Tommy Kahnle bathing himself in water before his appearance in Game 5 of the ALCS.

And then there were two. The Padres' managerial search has narrowed to two front-runners, according to people with knowledge of the team's thinking, and a decision looms in the near future. Jayce Tingler and Ron Washington -- whose careers and baseball backgrounds vary wildly -- are the two finalists for

Following five solid seasons with the Pirates in which he was an All-Star and finished fourth in NL Cy Young Award voting in 2015, Gerrit Cole reached an elite level over two seasons with the Astros. Below is a list of the latest news and rumors surrounding the 29-year-old right-hander,

The Nationals punched their ticket to the World Series, and now they wait for their American League opponent. After sweeping the Cardinals in the NL Championship Series, the Nats will play the winner of the Yankees-Astros AL Championship Series. Game 1 of the 2019 World Series presented by YouTube TV

MLB.com is keeping track of all the latest free agent and trade rumors right here.

Will Leitch’s series on the Data Decade, closing out this remarkable decade in the year of baseball, runs every other week. Today we look at the best World Series of the decade. Every World Series is amazing. Seriously. Even the blowouts, even the sweeps, even though ones from the past

MLB.com is keeping track of all the latest news and rumors surrounding potential manager changes around the Majors.

NEW YORK -- The Astros had to have known it wouldn’t be this easy. Marching into Yankee Stadium and winning three in a row to celebrate a pennant seemed extremely unlikely when the American League Championship Series shifted to the Bronx after a two-game split in Houston.

NEW YORK -- It was one inning. One long and erratic inning, but ultimately, that’s all it was for Justin Verlander. Even though it was a rough start, it was far from a bad outing. • ALCS presented by GEICO, Game 6: Tonight, 7 p.m. CT on FS1

NEW YORK -- With two swings, DJ LeMahieu and Aaron Hicks breathed new life into Yankee Stadium on Friday night. As it turns out, they did the same for the Yankees’ season. The two belted home runs against Justin Verlander in the first inning of Game 5 of the American

WASHINGTON -- It was the 14th anniversary of Ryan Zimmerman’s Major League debut, and it was time to dance in the dugout.

Nicholas Castellanos might have changed his financial future more than anyone not named Gerrit Cole after the All-Star break. Now it’s up to front offices to decide: Who is the real Castellanos? Is it the outfielder who lit the world on fire for two months with the Cubs, or the

Something happens to people at Nationals Park when Gerardo Parra steps to the plate. They stand at attention, they extend their arms, they clap rhythmically, mindlessly, incessantly. They do it as if hypnotized by this lovable journeyman utility guy with the .234 average and .684 OPS. It is the “Baby

NEW YORK -- As CC Sabathia accepts the reality that he has thrown the final pitch of a 19-year career in the Major Leagues, the left-hander is proud of the legacies that he has cemented, universally regarded as a terrific teammate and as a workhorse who never shied away from

WASHINGTON -- One of the benefits of having so much time off after their National League Championship Series sweep is the Nationals have some time to give their rotation a break while aligning the order before the World Series begins on Tuesday night.

The Washington Capitals got a little extra motivation prior to their contest against the New York Rangers on Friday night. Two seasons after winning the Stanley Cup, the Caps were paid a visit by two members of the National League champion Washington Nationals, who are seeking their first World Series

The finalists for this year's Mariano Rivera American League Reliever of the Year Award and Trevor Hoffman National League Reliever of the Year Award, both presented by The Hartford, have been unveiled. The Yankees' Aroldis Chapman, the Athletics' Liam Hendriks and the Astros' Roberto Osuna are vying for AL honors,

MLB players, through the MLB Players Association, named finalists for the 2019 Players Choice Awards on Friday afternoon, including naming Angels center fielder Mike Trout, Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon and Brewers right fielder Christian Yelich as finalists for the Player of the Year Award. None of the three finalists

Former Yankees manager Joe Girardi was overcome with emotion in an appearance on MLB Network on Thursday night as he expressed his appreciation for retiring left-hander CC Sabathia, who was forced from his appearance in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series against the Astros with a left shoulder

On Friday morning, the Yankees made official what we all expected: CC Sabathia’s Major League career is over. Sabathia had already announced that he would retire at the end of the season, and then he left Thursday night's game with an injury and was subsequently replaced on the roster by