SARASOTA, Fla. -- As Pete Alonso stood behind the right-field bullpen at Ed Smith Stadium during the seventh-inning stretch to discuss his first Spring Training game with the Orioles late Friday afternoon, he stopped mid-sentence when he heard John Denver’s “Thank God I’m a Country Boy” -- a staple at

The Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) Challenge System powered by T-Mobile is coming to Major League Baseball this season. For a refresher, you can read about everything you need to know about the ABS system that will bring more accuracy and strategy to the sport. On Friday, we saw the system used

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- All eyes were on Tatsuya Imai on Friday afternoon when he faced hitters for the first time since signing with the Astros in January. And it wasn’t just any hitters that the Japanese star would be staring down on Field 2 at CACTI Ballpark of

The World Baseball Classic begins on Wednesday, March 4, at 10 p.m. ET in a game between Australia and Chinese Taipei. It will kick off a fortnight of absolute madness, with the best baseball players on the planet highly motivated by patriotism, pride and plain old competitiveness squaring off in

The Andre Dawson Classic is an annual, round-robin collegiate baseball tournament designed by Major League Baseball to highlight Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their baseball programs. Continuing its goal of highlighting the grand tradition of Black college baseball, the 18th iteration of the tournament (originally known as the

MESA, Ariz. -- Munetaka Murakami's first White Sox start, scheduled for Friday at Sloan Park, was almost delayed until Saturday’s Cactus League home opener against the Athletics. The White Sox announced Murakami as a healthy scratch somewhere around 30 minutes before the initial pitch of their eventual 8-1 victory over

SARASOTA, Fla. – Gerrit Cole faced hitters on Friday for the first time since undergoing Tommy John surgery last spring, tossing an inning of live batting practice at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa. Showcasing a new over-the-head windup that he has suggested could carry into games, Cole threw about

JUPITER, Fla. -- Luis Gastelum's changeup is so filthy, his teammates' reactions to it have to be censored. The Cardinals' pitching prospect recently faced catcher Pedro Pagés in a live batting practice session at the team's Spring Training facility. Manager Oliver Marmol said it was fun to witness that head

MESA, Ariz. -- Seiya Suzuki was the hottest hitter in the Cubs’ lineup during the final week of the regular season last year. The slugger then added three more homers as one of Chicago’s most dangerous bats during the team’s time on the October stage. Suzuki picked up where he

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Throughout Florida and Arizona, players are working to adjust to Major League Baseball’s Automated Ball-Strike Challenge System, which will debut this season.

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The camp portion of Spring Training has officially ended for the Red Sox, and the Grapefruit League game schedule starts in earnest with Saturday’s matchup 6 miles down the road at Hammond Stadium against the Twins. There will be games every day until March 11, when

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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- Tony Vitello has never attended a Spring Training game, which makes sense, considering he worked exclusively in college baseball before he was elevated to manage the Giants in October. “Everybody says it’s a party down here,” Vitello said. “It seems to be a vibrant environment that everybody

On Thursday night, in a crisp white jersey with a flourish of blue script reminiscent of his days with the Dodgers, Dusty Baker took the dugout for the first time as Nicaragua's manager. The national team was playing the first of a four-game exhibition series against international baseball rivals, Cuba

PEORIA, Ariz. -- The scream will be seared into Mariners’ fans minds, maybe forever. In the heartbreaking moments following Seattle’s Game 7 loss to the Blue Jays in the American League Championship Series, Bryan Woo was being interviewed on camera and asked about the legacy of the 2025 team --

SARASOTA, Fla. -- A new second injury will delay Jordan Westburg’s start to the 2026 season -- and further ravage the Orioles’ projected starting infield for Opening Day. After dealing with a tweaked right oblique early in Spring Training, Westburg now also has a partial UCL tear in his right

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- For the first time this year, it's time for Dodgers baseball. The back-to-back champions open their Cactus League slate against the Angels on Saturday afternoon at Tempe Diablo Stadium. Several regulars are expected to suit up for the opener, including Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith, Teoscar

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Vladimir Guerrero Jr. has found his new sidekick. Everywhere he went Friday, Kazuma Okamoto was by his side. Guerrero can be so many people, all at once. He’s George Springer’s mischievous younger brother, the ringleader of a circus and the face of the franchise, depending on the

LAKELAND, Fla. -- From an early age, Justin Verlander talked about pitching into his mid-40s, with Nolan Ryan as a role model for longevity. “I mean, since I was 22 years old, I’ve been saying I wanted to pitch til I was 45,” Verlander said last week during his reintroductory

WEST PALM BEACH – With baseball on the forefront of CJ Abrams’ mind this offseason, baseball chatter buzzed with his name in the background. The Nationals were entering a new phase with a revamped front office and coaching staff, and both Abrams and MacKenzie Gore were mentioned throughout the winter

PEORIA, Ariz. -- The lid has been lifted, and the Mariners are off and running in Cactus League play. Seattle opened its 31-game Spring Training slate on Friday against the Padres, their neighbors at the Peoria Sports Complex.

PHOENIX -- On Saturday, it’s game on for the Brewers. They’ll host a Guardians split squad at American Family Fields of Phoenix to begin a slate of 31 exhibition games. Priority Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are the same as every other year. “Just getting reps, being healthy and making

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Diamondbacks opened their Cactus League schedule Friday at Salt River Fields, but there was a live batting-practice session on a backfield that drew a lot of attention prior to that. It was the first such session for right-hander Zac Gallen, who re-signed with the Diamondbacks five