Spring Training is not just a time for players to get back into game shape. It's also a time of opportunity. Though teams already have a good idea about their Opening Day lineups, the full rosters usually aren't completely set when players report to camp in Florida or Arizona. That

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Giants left-hander Robbie Ray was only four pitches into his Cactus League debut against the Cubs when alarm bells started to go off. Literally.

Free-agent outfielder Michael Conforto has agreed to a Minor League non-roster invite deal with the Cubs, a source told MLB.com's Jordan Bastian. The club has not confirmed. Prior to 2025, Conforto had a lengthy track record of above-average offensive performance. He entered this past season with a career line of

The Yankees and Giants will open the 2026 MLB season on March 25. We’ll be counting down to that date with our annual preview series, with each story looking ahead to the coming season by breaking down a particular topic. Previously: Teams most likely to end a long title drought

PEORIA, Ariz. -- A wry smile settled on Shohei Ohtani's face as the two-way superstar considered the following scenario. Bottom of the ninth inning. Championship game of the World Baseball Classic. A rematch between Samurai Japan and Team USA. Could Ohtani stop himself from volunteering to take the mound in

This year, MLB Network will be putting a spin on its tried-and-true “30 Clubs in 15 Days” format. With Major League Baseball in the midst of a particularly hectic preseason, network personalities Yonder Alonso, Greg Amsinger, Robert Flores, Cliff Floyd, Jake Peavy, Siera Santos, Lauren Shehadi and Chris Young will

In one of the most thrilling gold-medal hockey games ever played, Team USA defeated Canada in a 2-1 overtime win on Sunday, courtesy of the New Jersey Devils’ Jack Hughes. The aftermath of USA’s victory -- the country’s first Olympic gold medal in men’s hockey since the “Miracle on Ice”

Konnor Griffin's long list of admirers now includes a two-time MVP. In the Pirates' 4-3 Grapefruit League victory over the Phillies on Sunday, MLB's No. 1 prospect laced a 109.1 mph line drive to right field in the top of the sixth inning, and Bryce Harper -- who was doing

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- For three hours, baseball didn’t matter. Sunday morning was for hockey, the Blue Jays’ complex divided between Canadians, Americans and those who were just trying to figure out what all the fuss was about. Moments after Jack Hughes scored in overtime to win Team USA the gold

GOODYEAR, Ariz. -- One of the top questions hanging over the Guardians’ offseason was how they would improve an offense that collectively struggled in 2025. With Cactus League play underway, Cleveland is set to make its biggest addition of this winter. The Guardians and first baseman Rhys Hoskins are finalizing

A Honus Wagner card featured on Ken Goldin’s Netflix show “King of Collectibles: The Goldin Touch” was recently sold for a whopping $5.124 million. Featured in the third season of the show, the T206 Honus Wagner PSA PR-FR 1 card was pulled in 1909 by Morton Bernstein from a Sweet

As elite tennis player Coco Gauff wrapped up her media session before the Australian Open last month, she surveyed the room for one final question and was surprised to see a familiar, grinning face. “Because I’m wearing your shoes,” Francisco Lindor called out from the back of the room, gesturing

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Pete Alonso has homered in every game he’s donned an Orioles uniform. It’s only been two Grapefruit League exhibitions, but Alonso’s O’s career is off to quite the start. After going deep in Friday’s Grapefruit opener vs. the Yankees, the 31-year-old first baseman hit another home run in Sunday’s 4-4

BRADENTON, Fla. -- The images on the TV screen in the Pirates’ clubhouse at LECOM Park were instantly iconic. In the aftermath of one of the greatest gold medal hockey games ever played Sunday, there were the members of Team USA, draped in American flags and forever bonded by what

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- It had been too long. Nobody had seen Kyle Schwarber hit a home run since he hit two in Game 3 of the 2025 NLDS at Dodger Stadium, which included a 455-foot blast that cleared the right-field pavilion seats, one of only eight homers in the stadium’s

PEORIA, Ariz. -- The early days of spring are usually a time for hitters to ease back into their swings on the backfields. That's not necessarily the case in Dodgers camp, as Kyle Tucker has learned. Tucker has taken live at-bats against the likes of Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani and

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TAMPA, Fla. – Ringed by chain-link fences, the heart of the Yankees’ batting order put on an impressive show Sunday morning, their deep drives clattering off – and occasionally over – the roof of the team’s Player Development Complex. “I love hitting here,” Cody Bellinger said with a laugh after

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Mike Trout made his spring debut at a familiar position against the D-backs on Sunday at Salt River Fields.

The spirit of Jackie Robinson was alive and well at his namesake Training Complex in Vero Beach, Fla., over the weekend during the Andre Dawson Classic -- a signature MLB event that marks the beginning of college baseball season.