CHICAGO -- Javier Báez sprinted back into left field, considering that the wind had been howling out all afternoon at Wrigley Field. When the Cubs shortstop looked to the sky in search of the baseball, it was dying unexpectedly in the air and he had run too far. During the

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Among the more than 40,000 three-dimensional artifacts in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, one stands out as profoundly poignant on this induction weekend. It’s a baseball with two fingers and a thumb traced in blue ink over the curved red seams and white horsehide,

The Dodgers would absolutely love to trade for a reliever who would give manager Dave Roberts another option in those pesky late innings. As great as L.A. has been this season, the bullpen may be the only thing that keeps president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman awake at night. Shoring

DETROIT -- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. brought some late thunder after Saturday’s 59-minute rain delay in Detroit as he launched his first career grand slam to help the Blue Jays to back-to-back wins for the first time in July. Guerrero connected on a hard sinker from Tigers reliever Gregory Soto and

NEW YORK -- It’s no secret that the Yankees’ high-powered offense has relied on the long ball. They are fifth in the Majors with 162 home runs -- their highest total through 97 games in club history -- and they have homered in all but 14 games this season, posting

At 35 years old and more than halfway into the six-year contract he signed with the D-backs prior to the 2016 season, Zack Greinke remains a force. And as the July 31 Trade Deadline approaches, he should be drawing a lot of interest, if he is available. Yes, Greinke’s fastball

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NEW YORK -- Luke Voit was removed from the Yankees' 11-5 win over the Rockies on Saturday in the top of the fifth inning following a hit-by-pitch that grazed his left shoulder before hitting him in the chin. It was a 91.4 mph four-seam fastball from Chad Bettis in the

There have been a lot of home runs hit in the Majors this season. What's one way to make yours stand out? Well, if you're Avisail Garcia, you launch one so hard and so far that it hits the banner celebrating the Rays' 2008 AL East title team out in

Enshrinement awaits the six-member Class of 2019 when the National Baseball Hall of Fame holds its annual induction ceremony this weekend. Mariano Rivera, Edgar Martinez, Mike Mussina, Lee Smith, Harold Baines and the late Roy Halladay will be saluted Sunday afternoon in Cooperstown, N.Y., with their bronze plaques unveiled before

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On July 20, 1969, most Americans were consumed by the event of a lifetime: the Apollo 11 lunar landing. The Giants were no different. Giants groundskeeper Matty Schwab found space in his work area underneath the right-field grandstand at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park to plug in a black-and-white television set.

BALTIMORE -- One game in, Adley Rutschman's pro career is already off and rolling. And in a big way. Nearly seven weeks after the Orioles made him their second No. 1 overall pick in franchise history, Rutschman homered while making his professional debut for one of the club's Gulf Coast

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COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- For Edgar Martinez, this moment has been 10 years in the making. Or 36 years, really, from the time he broke into professional baseball as a shy 20-year-old at Class A Short Season in Bellingham, Wash. But the reality is finally sinking in for Martinez. He’ll finally

Few players can make the act of applying a tag as exciting as Javier Báez. And few moments were as key as the one Baez found himself in on Saturday at Wrigley Field, when he made a stupendous no-look tag to erase the would-be tying run on a stolen-base attempt

ATLANTA -- Max Scherzer’s back felt much better Saturday afternoon, so good that he arrived at SunTrust Park and threw 15 pitches off a mound, the first time he has done so since he was sidelined with inflammation in the bursa under his right shoulder, known as scapulothoracic bursitis. “Great

SAN FRANCISCO -- Earlier this week, Mickey Callaway was speaking to Todd Frazier about his 2015 Home Run Derby experience when Frazier mentioned how much that event sapped him, physically. In the days following the Derby, Frazier went 0-for-10 before warming at the plate later in July. With that conversation

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- It took Lee Smith a long time to get to Cooperstown, but he is savoring the experience now that he is here. “All the work paid off,” he said. Smith, 61, smiled and laughed easily Saturday afternoon at the Clark Sports Center, just outside of town and

HOUSTON -- In a rotation that includes Cy Young candidates Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole and steady lefty Wade Miley, it was rookie Jose Urquidy who delivered one of the Astros’ most important starts of the season Saturday night. Urquidy, called up from Triple-A Round Rock to try to fill

PITTSBURGH -- Dave Parker stood on the field at PNC Park, waving to acknowledge the sold-out crowd offering a raucous round of applause for him. As the cheers subsided, a familiar melody rang through the ballpark speakers: Sister Sledge’s “We Are Family.” The Pirates celebrated the 40th anniversary of the

CLEVELAND -- Royals right-hander Jakob Junis threw six shutout innings to continue his recent hot streak, and the bullpen hung on for three innings in a 1-0 win over the Indians on Saturday night at Progressive Field. It was the Royals’ first 1-0 win since June 22, 2018, when Danny

SEATTLE -- The Angels’ rotation took another hit on Saturday, as left-hander Andrew Heaney was placed on the 10-day injured list with left shoulder inflammation. The Angels claimed fellow left-hander Adalberto Mejía from the Twins to replace Heaney on the roster. Heaney was scheduled to start against the Mariners on

ATLANTA -- The Nationals’ biggest priority ahead of the July 31 Trade Deadline is no secret. Their bullpen, which began Saturday with a 5.97 ERA, the second worst in the Majors, has been their most pressing need all season, one that threatens to derail their postseason goals if they fail