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Aaron Judge wasted no time making his mark for Team USA. Not even a single strike. The three-time MVP homered on his very first swing of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, slugging a 3-0 sweeper deep to left center in the first inning to give the Americans a 2-0 lead

Here we go: 16 years later, Puerto Rico is back hosting the World Baseball Classic at Hiram Bithorn Stadium. The crowd should be intense, the players are ready, Bad Bunny might land a helicopter on the mound and start performing. Who knows?

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MIAMI -- Four batters into Cristopher Sánchez’s World Baseball Classic debut, it looked like he might not make it out of the first inning. By the time he walked off the mound, the left-hander had made Classic history. Sánchez became the first pitcher in the 20-year history of the tournament

HOUSTON -- Team Mexico would like to shake off any memories of what happened the last time it played in the World Baseball Classic, if not erase them completely. On Friday, Mexico took one very big necessary first step toward creating a new narrative, topping Great Britain, 8-2, in game

Daikin Park isn't quite Buckingham Palace, although it shared some similarities on Friday. We can (sort of) explain: Pool B of the World Baseball Classic kicked off on Friday afternoon with Great Britain taking on Mexico in Houston, and over the course of the game -- which Mexico won, 8-2

MIAMI – Three years ago, Venezuela went undefeated in pool play, opening the World Baseball Classic with four straight victories before falling to the United States in the quarterfinals. The 2026 Classic started out in similar fashion for Venezuela, as a four-run fifth inning propelled them to a 6-2 win

Yoshinobu, meet Yoshi. Yoshi, meet Yoshinobu. The Dodgers’ ace will enter the Mario Universe when he teams up with the popular dinosaur from Nintendo’s Super Mario franchise for this one-of-a-kind bobblehead giveaway later this month. The first 40,000 fans at L.A.’s game against the Guardians on Tuesday, March 31 will

FORT MYERS, Fla -- A furry, four-legged friend was trying to catch the action on the field between the Braves and Twins Friday night at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers, all while avoiding being caught in the stands. A few shrieks and screams could be heard amongst stadium goers as

MIAMI – Friday’s opener was a family affair for the Netherlands. Andruw Jones, who will enter the Baseball Hall of Fame this summer, is managing the team for the first time after playing for the Netherlands in 2006 and 2013. And while he had familiarity with most of his players

TOKYO – When Shohei Ohtani plays in Japan, he makes sure to put on a show. He regularly takes batting practice on the field -- something he rarely does in the Majors -- making sure to reward his home country’s fans who fill the ballpark.

TAMPA, Fla. -- Carlos Lagrange’s triple-digit heat is building a growing fan club around Yankees camp this spring, a group that now includes former Cy Young Award winner Gerrit Cole. “It’s like, silly. I’ve never seen anything like it,” Cole said. “It’s wild. I’m just blown away by the velocity

The great NBA writer and podcaster Zach Lowe puts together an annual list called his NBA League Pass Rankings, based on watchability -- which teams, when you stumble across one of their games, you don’t dare click away. I’ve always loved this feature, because, as a sports fan, you understand

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Vance Honeycutt was never going to hit a home run every at-bat for the rest of his life. So, his homer streak -- which reached four consecutive spring at-bats on Wednesday -- was guaranteed to end eventually. The day came Friday, when Honeycutt made his fifth appearance

For the first time in a decade, Milwaukee is the cream of the crop. The Brewers have ascended to the top spot in the MLB Pipeline farm system rankings. The last time the organization sat atop such a list was the 2016 midseason version, when it claimed eight Top 100

Coming into the 2026 World Baseball Classic, there’d been so much talk of Cuba not having the kind of team, or the same historically strong footprint in the baseball world that they’d had for so many years. Still, outside of the noise, Cuba entered this year’s Classic looking to keep

TOKYO -- The defending champs and the most talented baseball player on the planet make for a dangerous combination. On Friday night, Samurai Japan began its World Baseball Classic title defense, taking on a Chinese Taipei team that upset it in the 2024 Premier12 tournament.

PHOENIX -- Spring Training is a time for smart teams to push boundaries, and the Brewers found the limit this week as they explored optimizing MLB’s new Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) System. If you watched the dugout closely during Milwaukee’s 10-8 win at the Rockies on Thursday, you would have seen

MESA, Ariz. -- With roughly three weeks left until Opening Day, the Cubs’ pitching staff is taking shape. There is little to solve right now in terms of constructing that side of Chicago’s roster, but there are jumps in velocity, new pitches being developed and issues to iron out before

All of MLB Pipeline's organizational Top 30 Prospects lists are updated, and our new farm system ratings are complete as well. Now we turn our attention to Spring Training and Spring Breakout. There's plenty of baseball and plenty of questions, so let's get to them ...

SURPRISE, Ariz. -- Andrew McCutchen had the attire ready. On Thursday morning, as reporters percolated that the former National League MVP was signing a Minor League deal with the Rangers, McCutchen took to Twitter to confirm the deal. It took no words, just a cowboy hat, some boots and a

Recently, Red Sox beat reporter Ian Browne held an Ask Me Anything on Reddit with fans at r/redsox. This mailbag features questions and answers from there. You can read the full transcript here. Questions and responses have been lightly edited for clarity.