Remarkably, we have already made it through the first full month of the season. It happens so quickly; they grow up so fast. As we head into May, the season’s second full month, one that tends to get lost when we look back but ends up being pivotal in the

Hopefully, you didn’t blink. Because if you did, you might have missed it. That’s right, we’re already more than a month into the 2026 season, and we’ve already witnessed some tremendous baseball. There’s still a long way to go until a champion is crowned this fall, but the one-month mark

The arrival of Travis Bazzana in Cleveland added yet another highly touted prospect to the Majors. Six of the top nine picks from the 2024 MLB Draft are already in the big leagues, many of them making an immediate impact on their respective clubs. But which rookies are creating the

ANAHEIM, Calif. -- Amid one of the worst starts in franchise history, the Mets are backing their manager. Carlos Mendoza will remain at the helm for the Mets, president of baseball operations David Stearns said Friday morning. “We know our record is not what we want, and we know we

The Joliet Slammers' name and primary logo, a guard tower flanked by barbed wire-topped walls, is an homage to Old Joliet Prison. On Thursday, the team played a game at the facility that inspired its name, attracting 5,500 fans eager to spend an afternoon in jail. The notorious penitentiary opened

BOSTON -- He’s one of the most feared sluggers in the Major Leagues and a strong candidate for American League Player of the Month honors for April. And to think that Astros slugger Yordan Alvarez will spend the weekend at Fenway Park -- a place where he has crushed the

With April coming to a close, we are a full month-plus into the 2026 season -- which means the events of the past month are worth analyzing. Sure, it’s just one-sixth of the regular season, but plenty of trends have already begun to take shape. Let’s take a look at

As the calendar gets ready to turn to May, the Draft buzz is starting to grow louder. And we’re leaning into it with an updated and expanded Draft Top 150. With two-plus months left before the 2026 Draft gets underway in Philadelphia, there’s a ton of movement on every team’s

“Friday Night Baseball” on Apple TV is back for 2026! This week's slate features the first-place Reds taking on the rebuilt Pirates in an NL Central showdown, plus a night cap that pits two of baseball's premier talents in Bobby Witt Jr. and Julio Rodríguez.

This might be a new one. And if you weren’t watching closely or surfing social media Thursday, you probably missed it. The Phillies walked off the Giants twice in one day, the first team to have such a feat in 22 years. To win Game 2 of the double-header, Alec

Once, the Yankees had Ron Guidry, out of their farm system, a left-hander skinny as an exclamation point and known as Louisiana Lightning. At his best, Guidry was the best homegrown power starter they ever had. He won 16 games as a rookie, at the age of 26. And became

MILWAUKEE -- That Christian Yelich traveled with the Brewers for a road trip that begins Friday night at Washington says less about the progress he’s making in his comeback from a groin injury, and more about what it’s like for a ballplayer to stay home.

PHILADELPHIA -- What a week for the Phillies. What a day. The Phillies swept the Giants in Thursday’s doubleheader at Citizens Bank Park with a 3-2 walk-off victory in Game 1 and a 6-5 walk-off victory in 10 innings in Game 2, leading them to a 3-0 start under interim

NEW YORK – James Wood made a home run robbery off one of the league’s top sluggers look casual at the Citi Field right-field wall early on Thursday afternoon. Then, he followed it up with a remarkable five-star catch in the Nationals’ 5-4 win. “Unbelievable two plays there,” said manager

BALTIMORE -- How hot is Adley Rutschman at the plate these days? Well, let’s just say that a ball that was firmly in a defender’s glove unexpectedly turned into a grand slam for the Orioles catcher on Thursday.

WEST SACRAMENTO -- Ted Williams has company. Barry Bonds is on the horizon.

MILWAUKEE -- The fourth-inning single by Ildemaro Vargas led to the Diamondbacks' first and only run of the game Thursday, and it kept Vargas' hitting streak alive. The Diamondbacks infielder has opened the season by hitting in 23 straight games, and 26 dating back to last year. The single off

This story was excerpted from Mark Bowman’s Braves Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. ATLANTA -- If you’re interested in becoming the president of the JR Ritchie Fan Club, be prepared to stand in line. “You can ask

NEW YORK -- During Christian Scott’s big-league debut in 2024, the moment never felt too big for him. During Scott’s season debut in 2026, he recognizes in retrospect, it absolutely did. At the time of Scott’s 2024 debut in St. Petersburg, he had been charging through the Minors for parts

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• Lock in your tickets to the best games now! This Sunday brings the season debut of MLB Sunday Leadoff, a weekly spotlight game that will be streamed on Peacock. Most games will also be simulcast on NBCSN. The first MLB

PHILADELPHIA -- Kyle Schwarber keeps hitting home runs and the Phillies keep winning. Well, at least they have won in interim manager Don Mattingly’s first two games.

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As they often do, the Pirates found a way to cram a lot into the first month of the season. There was the 1-3 start featuring a frustrating opening series in New York. They’re currently trying to snap a five-game losing streak that includes getting swept by the Cardinals at

Following a see-saw road trip that featured a few back-breaking losses, the Tigers return to Comerica Park tonight to start a six-game homestand. They ought to be pretty happy about that, for a few reasons. Through 32 games, the Tigers (16-16) look like a completely different team at home than