Five MLB franchises have never won a World Series. In 10 days, or less, there will be only four on that list. Sorry, then, to the Mariners, Padres and Rockies, who are going to have to wait until 2027 to have a chance to get their first Commissioner’s Trophy, but

The Brewers and Rays will face off in the 2026 World Series, a fascinating matchup between two of baseball’s best and smartest teams, but also organizations that have never won the Fall Classic. Milwaukee set a franchise record by leading the Majors with 103 wins in the regular season, beat

The World Series always delivers plenty of intriguing storylines. This year, one of the most prominent is the fact that neither the Brewers nor the Rays has won a World Series title -- yet.

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays had every reason to celebrate their 7-3 win over the Guardians in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series late Monday night and perhaps well into Tuesday morning.

Jacob Misiorowski is supposed to be the most dominant pitcher on the planet. In the playoffs, he hasn't quite been that. Miz has been good, not great. That didn't stop the Brewers from steamrolling their way to the National League pennant -- but if Milwaukee is going to win its

The Brewers and Rays have much in common. They led their leagues in victories during the regular season and are seeking their first World Series championship, a goal one of them will achieve by the end of next week. They're both small-revenue teams who consistently punch above their financial weight

ST. PETERSBURG -- No one was ready for it to end. The Guardians could begin to taste a trip to the World Series. But with a 7-3 loss to the Rays in Game 6 of the American League Championship Series on Monday night, Cleveland’s 2026 season came to a close.

MILWAUKEE – Brandon Woodruff threw 23 live pitches to the Brewers’ “A” lineup at American Family Field on Tuesday and sat 90-92 mph, right where he’d expect in an empty stadium while facing hitters for the first time in nearly four months. He would love to be on the World

The 2026 World Series will feature a rare matchup between each league’s top regular-season team, just the sixth time that has happened in the Wild Card Era (1995). Both the Brewers (103-59) and Rays (98-64) will be in line for their franchise’s first World Series title, too, if they raise

The Mariners weren’t Seattle’s first Major League team. The Brewers were. Well, sort of.

MILWAUKEE -- Autumn took hold in the Midwest while the Brewers were out in Los Angeles winning the pennant. But the sun was shining bright in Milwaukee the past few days, so Jeff Levering needs only a Brewers hoodie and blue jeans as he walks through the grass at the

You are going to hear a lot during this World Series about the culture of the Milwaukee Brewers and about the way they play the game -- and play it right -- under their manager, Pat Murphy. And how they have been shaped, and mightily, by the postseason disappointments that

The Brewers and Rays will face off in the 2026 World Series, which begins on Friday in Milwaukee, and there’s no shortage of connections between the two clubs. Look no further than the Championship Series MVPs for each team. Jake Bauers took home those honors for the Brewers in the

MILWAUKEE -- Whether the Brewers or Rays emerge with the Commissioner’s Trophy hoisted in the air, Major League Baseball is about to have a first-time champion.

Welcome to a most fantastically interesting World Series, in which focusing on the size of the markets involved completely misses the forest for the trees. It’s a No. 1-vs.-No. 1 matchup, just the sixth time in the past 30 years that’s happened. It’s a pair of fanbases who have never

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ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays are headed to the World Series, champions of the American League after a night this team and these fans will never forget. It was 18 years ago on this exact date -- Oct. 19, 2008 -- when the Rays punched their ticket to their first

NEW YORK -- Among the Mets’ hitting coach candidates is one who helped shape this year’s probable National League MVP. Cubs assistant hitting coach John Mallee is on the Mets’ list of interviewees for their coaching staff vacancy, according to an industry source. He joins a list of publicly known

ST. PETERSBURG -- Go back to the beginning of the 2026 season and tell Freddy Peralta that by Oct. 19, he’d be the American League Championship Series MVP and preparing to pitch in the World Series for the first time. What would the 30-year-old right-hander have said? “That you are

The 34th annual Arizona Fall League season is underway, and you can watch top prospects from all 30 MLB organizations throughout October and November as AFL matchups are once again streaming for free on both MLB.com (here and on the AFL site) and MLB.TV. All but five games of the

When baseball's best team takes the field this postseason, you're going to see heat, and lots of it. Now, to some extent, you're going to see heat from every team, because the playoffs always bring out faster fastballs. The postseason velo bump is real. But it also brings out a

ST. PETERSBURG -- As Stephen Vogt made the rounds in the Guardians' clubhouse Monday night, embracing the players who were fresh off a heartbreaking finish to the 2026 season, he eventually reached Austin Hedges’ locker. There, Vogt and Hedges shared a long hug, before the skipper placed his hands on

MILWAUKEE -- When the Brewers clinched a spot in the World Series, fans celebrated in the stands at Dodger Stadium and at American Family Field, where a crowd 16,228 strong gathered for a watch party even though the game was 2,000 miles away. They also celebrated at home, at watering

ST. PETERSBURG -- That Junior Caminero moment on Monday night -- and if you watched Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, you already know exactly which one -- was quite the moment. The Rays’ superstar slugger was poised to make his mark on this postseason. Finally, it happened