LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani has been a slow starter at the plate in years past, but all told, this has been a rather unusual beginning to the season for him.

HOUSTON -- Putting hitters away with swing-and-miss has been a struggle for Luis Gil of late. His struggles in the Yankees’ 7-4 loss to the Astros on Sunday at Daikin Park resulted in a demotion to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Stellar pitching had become the norm for the Yankees over the course

BALTIMORE -- Sunday marked the one-month anniversary of the Red Sox opening the ‘26 season auspiciously with a 3-0 win at Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati. How could that have been just a month ago? As the Red Sox took the field for the finale rubber match of their

BALTIMORE -- Amid the chaos of a sudden managerial change and coaching shake-up came the calm, reassuring voice and familiar face of Chad Tracy. In Tracy, the Red Sox might have found the perfect interim manager to replace Alex Cora, whose 1,161-game run ended in a surprise Saturday night meeting

MEXICO CITY -- Staring at a five-run deficit, the Diamondbacks turned to one swing from Tim Tawa -- and pulled off a stunning 12-7 comeback win over the Padres at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú on Sunday to close the Mexico City Series.

ATLANTA -- Chris Sale exhaled when he grabbed Felix Reyes’ liner before it drilled his head. He was a little more emphatic with the excitement he showed after striking Bryce Harper out with the bases loaded and two outs in the third inning of the Braves’ 6-2 win over the

HOUSTON -- On the day he turned 34, Aaron Judge wasn’t short of birthday presence. Judge sent a Spencer Arrighetti sweeper a Statcast-projected 401 feet to left-center field for his 10th home run of the season. Unfortunately for the Yankees, their offense wasn’t able to keep up with the Astros,

CINCINNATI -- Spencer Torkelson began the week as a sub-.200 hitter without a home run for the season but with belief that the results would eventually match the metrics, and with a manager saying they wouldn’t abandon him. He ended the week in the Tigers’ record books For the fifth

KANSAS CITY -- It was only a matter of time before Mike Trout determined the time was right Sunday to break another club record. With his towering two-run homer to left field in the first inning against the Royals, Trout notched his 797th extra-base hit in an Angels uniform.

NEW YORK -- The Rockies continue to show signs of improvement. By beating the Mets, 3-0, in the second game of the doubleheader at Citi Field on Sunday, Colorado swept the three-game series. It was the Rockies’ third series win against a team that had a .500 record or better

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The Yankees are calling up outfielder Jasson Domínguez, according to MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand. The club has not confirmed. The 23-year-old outfielder has an .893 OPS, three home runs and eight stolen bases in 24 games for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Despite a strong Spring Training, Domínguez was optioned to the Minors on

ST. LOUIS -- Rob Refsnyder thought his at-bat was over. Instead, it became the moment that defined an entire series. After using an ABS challenge to overturn a called third strike, Refsnyder stayed alive and launched a go-ahead, pinch-hit solo homer in the ninth inning -- a 412-foot drive at

BALTIMORE -- For all the talk of who is out (manager Alex Cora and six coaches) and who is in (interim manager Chad Tracy), the rest of this Red Sox season will be determined by the players, and how they respond to the sudden changes. Sunday was a good first

Atlanta -- Spencer Strider would have loved to have started the season within Atlanta’s starting rotation. But the great strides he has made over the past couple of weeks create reason to wonder if the left oblique strain he suffered late in Spring Training was a blessing in disguise. Strider

BALTIMORE – Hours after their most convincing win of the season, the Red Sox announced a dramatic shakeup that included parting ways with manager Alex Cora and five members of the coaching staff. The decision comes with the Red Sox off to a disappointing 10-17 start in which most areas

During Spring Training, I came across a sight in the Arizona Diamondbacks clubhouse that made me do a double take: A steamer. When a player lifted the lid, steam rose into the air, and what came out was not freshly steamed pork buns, but baseball cleats and a glove. “Wait

HOUSTON -- With Giancarlo Stanton missing his second consecutive game Sunday, manager Aaron Boone said the Yankees would probably decide Monday if the designated hitter will require a stint on the injured list. Stanton left Friday night’s game at Daikin Park with right calf tightness, which he began feeling while

ST. PETERSBURG -- Before turning into a reliable reliever with some of the most impressive stuff in the game, Griffin Jax broke into the Majors with the Twins as a starting pitcher. Could a move back into the rotation be on the table with the Rays? It seems like a

MILWAUKEE -- The last time the Brewers went this many games without hitting a home run, Bill Clinton was president, Phil Garner was manager and Miller Park was a construction site. But they didn’t need a homer to bust out of a funk on Sunday afternoon. Kyle Harrison’s strikeout-fueled pitching

TORONTO -- Rock music bellowed from the Rogers Centre speakers as Louis Varland charged toward the mound, ready to lock things down for the Blue Jays in the ninth inning. There was a lot on Varland’s shoulders heading into this moment. He’d tossed 30 pitches and nabbed a save the

HOUSTON -- For at least one afternoon anyway, the Astros were a thing of beauty. That’s because of right-hander Spencer Arrighetti, who won for the third time in three starts by holding the Yankees to one run in seven innings. And because of first baseman Christian Walker, who went 3-for-4

NEW YORK -- At various points this season, Nolan McLean has been splendid, exceptional, incredible. On Sunday, he was something less anticipated: mortal. The Rockies recorded five hits and two walks off McLean in five-plus innings of a 3-1 loss to Colorado in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Citi

SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants’ lineup had a slightly different look on Sunday afternoon. With shortstop Willy Adames getting his first day off of the season, manager Tony Vitello decided to slot the hot-hitting Jung Hoo Lee into the leadoff spot for the first time since March 28.