It has been a long route back, but the Braves -- a team that, after they made their stunning run to win the 2021 World Series, looked like it was just getting started -- are back on top of the sport. Or atop the Power Rankings anyway, leading our list

NEW YORK – The home run duo of Yankees first baseman Ben Rice and right fielder Aaron Judge was at it again on Sunday afternoon against the Orioles at Yankees Stadium. Both went yard, as well as Jasson Domínguez, in an 11-3 victory, which helped New York win another series

So you've probably heard there's not much Shohei Ohtani can't do on a baseball field. Even off it, he's a published children's author. And maybe someday, if a hit-by-pitch on Sunday afternoon was any indication, there may be an acting role in his future. With one out and one on

NEW YORK – The Yankees gave José Caballero a vote of confidence after Sunday’s 11-3 victory over the Orioles. He will be the everyday shortstop for the foreseeable future because the team reinstated Anthony Volpe from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Before the decision, the

ANAHEIM -- Carson Benge didn’t know he would catch the ball as he sprinted off his position in right field. He didn’t know he would catch the ball when he left his feet, going horizontal in pursuit of Vaughn Grissom’s liner in the ninth inning Sunday. It was not until

CHICAGO – The Cubs have learned to embrace some of the chaotic environment of Wrigley Field, trying to use the elements to their advantage at times. Take a day like Sunday, when the wind had the flags rattling the poles around the ballpark as it howled out and toyed with

ST. LOUIS -- From the way he was dealing down to the shoes on his feet, Justin Wrobleski reminded manager Dave Roberts of one of the greatest southpaws in Dodgers history. Wrobleski has a long way to go until he can rightfully be compared to Clayton Kershaw, but the young

The vibes are high for a rolling Atlanta Braves team with an MLB-best 25-10 record, even for its star player who was just placed on the injured list. During the Braves’ 11-6 win over the Rockies in Colorado, Ronald Acuña Jr., who landed on the injured list with a left

DENVER -- Spencer Strider had a mixed bag in his season debut Sunday, walking five and striking out six in 3 1/3 innings on the hill in the Braves' 11-6 win over the Rockies at Coors Field. Strider started the season on the injured list with a left oblique muscle

BOSTON -- Using ABS is still an adventure for players as the calendar turns to May. Red Sox outfielder Wilyer Abreu and home-plate umpire Laz Diaz amusingly confused each other during the Red Sox's 3-1 loss to the Astros on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park.

SAN DIEGO -- Shortly after his check-swing infield single proved decisive in the Padres’ 4-3 victory over the White Sox on Sunday, Xander Bogaerts stood at his locker and alluded to all those line drives he’d hit straight at defenders. “They say it evens out,” Bogaerts said with a wry

ANAHEIM -- After the ball got stuck in his glove as he tried to start a double play, Angels first baseman Nolan Schanuel had to get creative in the third inning of an eventual 5-1 loss to Mets on Sunday. With a runner at first base and one out in

SAN DIEGO -- Munetaka Murakami, the top-notch person, is getting as much notice as Munetaka Murakami, the high-end White Sox slugger. That’s quite a comparison for the first baseman from Japan, considering he entered Sunday’s series finale against the Padres at Petco Park leading the Majors with 13 home runs.

Getting your schedule sorted for the week ahead? Good news -- there's a lot of great baseball to look forward to in the coming days, and we've got a lot to say about it. The week of May 4 will feature the first meeting between the reigning American League champions

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays couldn’t have asked for a much better setup in the 10th inning Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field. After Tampa Bay tied the score in the eighth, Bryan Baker pitched a clean ninth, and lefty Ian Seymour didn’t even let the Giants’ automatic runner advance to

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Austin Wynns’ lead couldn’t have been much bigger. With the bases loaded, a full count and two outs in the bottom of the sixth inning, the Athletics catcher was compelled to take off from first base on the payoff pitch to teammate Jeff McNeil. Wynns got such

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DETROIT -- The Tigers invested big in a star-studded rotation to help them go for it in 2026. They picked up a big win Sunday night by taking a page out of manager A.J. Hinch’s “pitching chaos” playbook from two years ago, when they didn’t have enough starters to fill

ANAHEIM -- When the Mets traded for Freddy Peralta in January, Peralta was billed, for obvious reasons, as the Mets’ new ace -- “one of the top starters in baseball,” as president of baseball operations David Stearns put it. Even then, the Mets harbored optimism that rookie Nolan McLean could

The Giants are making a big shakeup to their MLB roster. The club is calling up both Bryce Eldridge (club's No. 1 prospect and No. 20 overall, per MLB Pipeline) and Jesus Rodriguez (club’s No. 18 prospect), a source told MLB.com's Maria Guardado. The team has not confirmed the news.

SEATTLE -- Cal Raleigh was still awaiting results from an MRI to decipher if there’s anything more detailed to the right side discomfort that held him out of the Mariners’ lineup for the second straight day on Sunday. And although the American League MVP runner-up said he was “feeling a

The sports world can be a small world. And sometimes, that world even has family connections that run from Yankee Stadium to Churchill Downs. Like millions of others around the world, Yankees rookie pitcher Elmer Rodríguez watched Saturday's Kentucky Derby with great interest. But for Rodríguez, there were also lots

MINNEAPOLIS -- Tyler Heineman was removed from Sunday’s game against the Twins after popping up with the bases loaded to end a rally in the sixth, but he’s not injured. “Manager’s decision,” John Schneider said, and that’s as far as he wanted to go. “I’ll keep it to manager’s decision.

MIAMI -- Bryson Stott joked on Friday that he finally hit a baseball where nobody could catch it. Then he caught himself. “I’m not going to jinx that,” he said.

NEW YORK – Entering Monday’s action, the Yankees’ starting rotation has posted a Major League-best 2.74 ERA (194 2/3 innings, 59 earned runs) with 195 strikeouts in 34 starts. Cam Schlittler is one of the reasons New York is on top in that category. Opposing hitters are having fits when