Korea hammers Czechia with a quartet of homers to open Classic campaign
Looking to prove that its recent World Baseball Classic letdowns are truly a thing of the past, Team Korea flexed its muscle Thursday en route to an 11-4 win over Czechia in the World Baseball Classic on Thursday. Two home runs from Astros infielder Shay Whitcomb and a five-RBI performance
Bazzana's blast helps Australia power past Chinese Taipei in Classic opener
TOKYO – Travis Bazzana, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 Draft, had been dreaming of this moment for years. In college, he kept a note on his phone outlining his dream 2026 World Baseball Classic lineup, with his name penciled atop manager Dave Nilsson’s lineup. On Thursday, inside
30 teams, 9 tiers: Where does your club fit in '26?
Our annual tradition is back. Each spring, we look forward to the upcoming season by breaking down the 30 teams into eight or nine somewhat-subjectively defined tiers, grouping together those in similar situations. We've done it for several years now, and it's a fun way to get ready for the
4 at-bats this spring, 4 HRs! O's prospect's unreal run continues
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Vance Honeycutt is slugging his way to a new nickname this spring: “Home Run Honeycutt.” Because the only thing the 22-year-old Orioles prospect is doing is going deep. In one of the most unbelievable tears to open a Spring Training, Honeycutt improved to 4-for-4 with four home
Yankees' top prospect tags Crochet for gargantuan homer
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Yankees No. 1 prospect George Lombard Jr. said hello to Red Sox ace Garrett Crochet, and greetings to a nationally televised audience on ESPN, by clocking a home run that soared over JetBlue Park’s replica Green Monster to lead off New York's 4-0 victory in Wednesday’s
A's 'always open' to reunion with Kyler Murray, now an NFL free agent
MESA, Ariz. -- Back in February 2019, the Athletics were left at the altar by Kyler Murray, who opted to forgo a professional baseball career despite signing a deal with them as their 2018 first-round Draft pick. Murray instead declared for the 2019 NFL Draft, where the Arizona Cardinals selected
Reds ace Greene to have MRI on stiff right elbow
GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Reds ace Hunter Greene is scheduled for an MRI on Friday after reporting right elbow stiffness earlier this week, manager Terry Francona said on Wednesday. The team booked the procedure after Greene woke up with the discomfort on Tuesday, and he will be evaluated by team physician
(Mostly) retired Kershaw relishing chance to don Stars and Stripes
Clayton Kershaw may have retired from MLB, but he's still pitching against Major League teams. The decorated left-hander, who won three Cy Young Awards, an MVP Award, 11 All-Star selections and three World Series rings over 18 Major League seasons, called it a career following the Dodgers' 2025 World Series
Whitcomb goes deep twice off Czechia in Korea debut
TOKYO -- Some ballplayers opt out of the World Baseball Classic in hopes that their time in big league Spring Training may help them win a job. For the Astros' Shay Whitcomb, he may be making the best case while playing for the Korean national team in the World Baseball
Pitching for the Yankees is family business for Weathers
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7 K's in 3 IP -- and 5 in a row?! Tolle makes electric case for rotation
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Payton Tolle fired a fastball at 100.4 mph for one punchout, stuck the landing on a curveball for a called strike three, and didn’t try to hide his emotion during any of it. MLB Pipeline’s No. 19 prospect (and tops in Boston’s recently released Top 30)
5 storylines to watch in Phillies camp as stars leave for Classic
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Korea's home run celebration has players dreaming of a trip to Miami
When Tokyo's Pool C ends, two teams will head to Haneda Airport and fly to Miami for the quarterfinals. For Korea, which hasn't advanced out of the first round since reaching the championship in 2009, the mission begins there. So, during this past week's two exhibition games in Osaka, there
Soto erupts for DR in tuneups ahead of World Baseball Classic
SANTO DOMINGO -- Juan Soto had never played an official game at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium, in winter ball or in any other event. But in the two exhibition games with Team Dominican Republic in preparation for the 2026 World Baseball Classic, he showed that the spacious stadium is
Team USA experience a treat for two generations of Hollidays
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Rockies No. 1 prospect Ethan Holliday hadn’t played in a game since September and was last on the field under game conditions in instructional ball last October. But on Wednesday, less than a year after graduation from Stillwater High School in Oklahoma, Holliday, 19, was on the
Sasaki and Sheehan? Who grabs Dodgers' final rotation spots?
GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Tyler Glasnow, Shohei Ohtani … and then who? That's one question the Dodgers will need to answer with about three weeks of Spring Training exhibitions remaining. They know the aforementioned three arms will be in their season-opening rotation, and that Blake Snell and Gavin Stone
After easing into spring, Duran makes debut ... with a secret pitch?
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Phillies closer Jhoan Duran didn’t want to talk about it. But it’s real. He threw it.
Injuries: Greene, Lindor, Peña, Carroll, Woodruff, Bellinger
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Spring Breakout preliminary rosters to be revealed on MLB Network (Today, noon ET)
Trey Yesavage’s meteoric rise to the Majors has been well documented. But do fans remember his first professional pitch? It wasn’t during his official pro debut on April 8 at Single-A. It was at Spring Breakout.
Konnor Griffin: Everything to know about MLB's No. 1 prospect
Konnor Griffin has taken the baseball world by storm. MLB Pipeline’s No. 1 overall prospect, Griffin is a burgeoning star for the Pirates and has flashed the tools and production this spring that have put him on the cusp of the Majors. Griffin already had a strong shot of making
Peña (hand) set to undergo X-rays after exiting exhibition
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Astros All-Star shortstop Jeremy Peña was removed from Wednesday’s exhibition game between the Dominican Republic and the Detroit Tigers in Santo Domingo, D.R., after three innings as a precaution, general manager Dana Brown said.
Here are the new 2026 team Top 30 Prospects lists
Prospect ranking season never ends around these parts. MLB Pipeline released its Top 100 Prospects list and positional Top 10 lists in January, and now it's time for our team Top 30 Prospects lists. The release kicked off with the American League and National League East teams on Monday, followed
Meet Cabrera’s changeup, a pitch so ‘nasty’ it made a hitter flail his own helmet off
MARYVALE, Ariz. -- Cubs catcher Moisés Ballesteros positioned himself on one knee, holding up his glove in the heart of the zone for Edward Cabrera. The hard-throwing righty then unleashed his signature changeup, which only briefly flirted with a trajectory to that visual target. The pitch broke down sharply, veering