With the Astros one win from a World Series trip, first baseman Yuli Gurriel delivered the first big statement of ALCS Game 6 on Saturday night, lining a three-run homer off Yankees opener Chad Green with two outs in the first inning, giving Houston an immediate 3-0 lead.

HOUSTON -- Astros right-hander Brad Peacock started Saturday’s Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, needing only seven pitches to get through the first inning. Peacock made his first postseason appearance on Friday with a scoreless eighth inning in the Astros' 4-1 loss at Yankee Stadium, and with his

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

HOUSTON -- The Yankees benched Giancarlo Stanton for Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, and manager Aaron Boone said that it was his decision to have Edwin Encarnacion return to the lineup as the designated hitter against the Astros. Stanton went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts in the Yankees’

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

Like bananas, flowers and carrots, managerial openings come in bunches in MLB these days. There were six of them after the 2017 season, another six after the 2018 season and eight of them after the just-completed 2019 season. One of the eight skipper spots has been filled by Joe Maddon’s

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

WASHINGTON -- It was a rare day with nothing to do Wednesday, so after Sean Doolittle woke up, he took the dogs for a walk, grabbed a Bethesda Bagel and went back to sleep. His manager, Dave Martinez, had a similar day; he slept until about 3 in the afternoon,

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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 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,

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