ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays landed their counterpunch Tuesday night in Game 2 and the ALCS is headed back to Cleveland as a best-of-five series. Tampa Bay’s 3-1 win looked more like what we’d expected from this series, an airtight game with excellent pitching on each side that was decided

ST. PETERSBURG -- Decked out in one of Tampa Bay’s throwback Devil Rays uniforms, Junior Caminero jumped up and snagged a fifth-inning liner off the bat of Cleveland’s Steven Kwan. Then, the star third baseman stared back at Kwan and hit him with a Dikembe Mutombo-esque finger wag. Not today.

ST. PETERSBURG -- A dominant pitcher can throw whatever he wants -- even if the opposition knows what’s coming -- and still get outs. The Guardians knew what was coming from Rays starter Freddy Peralta in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series. Heck, the game plan was basically

LOS ANGELES -- Try as he might to play through right biceps and left knee injuries that have lingered since at least June, Shohei Ohtani has not performed to his capabilities for more than two months.

The Brewers have made the Dodgers -- the supposedly invincible, two-time defending champion Dodgers -- look like a team whose time has passed in the first two games of this NL Championship Series. But those games were in Milwaukee. Now, the champs come home, with a whole dynasty on the

ST. PETERSBURG -- It’s a play Guardians third baseman José Ramírez has made countless times. It’s a play he makes 99.99 percent of the time, even. But that 0.01 percent? It reared its ugly head in the fourth inning of Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday,

ST. PETERSBURG -- For as evenly matched as the Rays and Guardians appear to be, as much as they may feel like they’re looking in a mirror when they look across the field, this American League Championship Series could be decided by who does the little things best. That has

LOS ANGELES – Two-time All-Star shortstop J.J. Hardy will be watching with his kids on Wednesday night when the Brewers face the Dodgers in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series.

Shohei Ohtani will be in the Game 3 lineup on Wednesday, according to manager Dave Roberts. That it was ever even a question otherwise tells you a whole lot about how badly things have gone lately for the four-time Most Valuable Player and reigning Greatest Player Who Ever Lived. It’s

MILWAUKEE -- The National League Championship Series shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Wednesday night -- and suffice it to say, the Dodgers need this one. The Brewers have raced out to a 2-0 series lead, protecting their home field with a pair of drama-filled victories in Milwaukee.

LOS ANGELES -- The last time the Brewers played postseason games at Dodger Stadium, Garrett Mitchell felt like an outsider. It was Games 3 and 4 of last year’s NLCS, and Mitchell flew into L.A. from Texas, where he’d been recovering from the latest of the major injuries that were

LOS ANGELES -- On this date a year ago, Dodgers left-hander Blake Snell tossed eight innings of one-hit ball in a Game 1 win over the Brewers in the National League Championship Series.

LOS ANGELES -- After dropping the first two games of the National League Championship Series in Milwaukee, the Dodgers are keenly aware of what needs to change as the series shifts to Los Angeles.

The Arizona Fall League presents an opportunity for players who missed significant time due to injury to get more reps. It also provides a chance for teams to look at their prospects for six more weeks and decide whether or not to add them to their 40-man roster. Organizations have

ST. PETERSBURG -- It’s a new day in the ALCS, as the Rays and Guardians are headed back to Cleveland tied up at 1-1. The Rays' 3-1 win in Game 2 shifted this series back into focus after the Guardians pulled off a 7-3 come-from-behind win in the opener. We’ve

After spending most of the past decade with the Astros, could Joe Espada be headed to one of Houston’s American League West rivals? According to a source, Espada will meet with the Mariners regarding Seattle’s managerial vacancy. The Mariners relieved Dan Wilson of his duties at the end of the

The Brewers put up more runs in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series than they did in the entire 2025 NLCS. Still, even after Monday night’s 7-4 win over the Dodgers, Milwaukee knows there is plenty of work left to be done as it looks to avenge last

MILWAUKEE -- Six postseason games. Six appearances for Abner Uribe.

MILWAUKEE -- Yoshinobu Yamamoto kept changing the question. Jake Bauers kept finding an answer. The Dodgers’ right-hander used five pitch types in a third-inning confrontation that stretched seven minutes and four seconds in Game 2 of the NL Championship Series Monday night. Bauers kept the inning alive through six consecutive

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers and Dodgers spent the summer on a collision course. Two 100-plus win juggernauts. Only one National League pennant to go around. Two games into their NLCS clash, the series has lived up to the billing -- and the two-time defending champs are on the ropes.

MILWAUKEE -- What a difference a year can make. This time around, the trip from Milwaukee to Los Angeles feels very different. The Brewers are enjoying a 2-0 lead in the National League Championship Series after winning the first two games at home over the Dodgers. This Milwaukee team certainly

MILWAUKEE -- The Dodgers did what they were supposed to do with the extra outs the Brewers gifted them on Monday night. But when it came to building innings without the help of miscues from their opponent, they fell flat. After going hitless with runners in scoring position for the

MILWAUKEE – William Contreras and the Brewers are having way, way, way too much fun to worry about contracts. The 28-year-old catcher became the fourth player to deliver a trio of game-tying or go-ahead hits in a postseason game with a relentless performance in the Brewers’ 7-4 win over the

ST. PETERSBURG – The Guardians have landed the first punch in the ALCS, stunning the widely favored Rays with a come-from-behind win in Game 1 at Tropicana Field on Monday night. The Guardians’ 7-3 win looked so much different for the first six innings, with the Rays in full control

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays seem to have avoided a significant injury scare after superstar third baseman Junior Caminero and outfielder Jonny DeLuca crashed into each other while chasing a foul ball in the ninth inning of Tampa Bay’s 7-3 loss to Cleveland in Game 1 of the American League