All eyes are on San Francisco, with the Yankees and Giants inaugurating the 2026 regular season with their highly anticipated clash at Oracle Park as part of MLB Opening Night. And with a new season comes a new way to watch baseball, as this is the first-ever live MLB broadcast

SAN FRANCISCO – For more than a century, each pitch thrown in a Major League game has been judged by one set of eyes: those belonging to the home plate umpire. That officially changed on Opening Night. Yankees shortstop José Caballero triggered the first Automated Ball-Strike (ABS) challenge powered by

SAN FRANCISCO – Every visit to the Bay Area represents a homecoming for Aaron Judge, who grew up in Linden, Calif., some 90 miles northwest of Oracle Park. He still fondly recalls his time cheering for the Giants, especially those occasional trips to see his favorite players in action. It’s

All 30 teams have an Opening Day starting pitcher. But even from that select group, there are some who stand out. These are the true aces, the unquestioned No. 1 starters, the Cy Young Award hopefuls. When they take the ball, their teams expect to win.

The 2026 MLB regular season is actually here! It all starts with the MLB Opening Night game between the Yankees and Giants on Netflix at 8:05 p.m. ET on Wednesday. That leads directly into Opening Day on Thursday. That means you only have a handful of hours left to make

Opening Day marks a new era for the longstanding relationship between MLB and ESPN. Though ESPN is no longer the home for “Sunday Night Baseball” (now on NBC) or the Home Run Derby (now on Netflix), the sports broadcasting network is actually bringing fans more baseball than ever.

The MLB season is a long journey of ups and downs, with everyone just hoping to find the good kind of consistency within the first couple of months. But there are always unknowns going into Opening Day. And sometimes, the way those unknowns play out end up being the difference

It’s almost Opening Day, with the excitement and promise of a new season radiating throughout the sport and beyond. It’s time to consume baseball in every form possible, including, of course, talking baseball. Whether it’s water-cooler chats, Slacks from the home office, family dinners or group chats, you’re going to

One of the best parts about baseball are the wild, zany facts that can materialize. Here’s another of those. We often take note when a player starts Opening Day in a handful of consecutive seasons for a team. But what about when the opposite happens, and a team starts a

Looking to watch and listen to your favorite team all season long? We've got you covered. Whether it's via local TV or radio, streaming options or national broadcasts, there are so many ways to follow along in 2026. MLB has worked closely with teams and regional sports networks to remove

For the first time since 2000, Major League Baseball is returning to NBC for the 2026 season, and what better way to jump back into America’s Pastime than with an Opening Day doubleheader featuring some of the sport’s brightest stars?

SAN DIEGO – Rarely does a Major League manager get to tell a player he’s getting called up to the big leagues for his MLB debut. Usually, that falls upon a Minor League manager or player development director, because the player is being called up from an affiliate in the

The first weekend of the 2026 season will feature a host of star-studded matchups on national television, with many of MLB’s best players and teams set to face off. And now, there’s a new way to stay on top of where every game will air.

The Major Leaguers get to have their Opening Day fun on Wednesday and Thursday. Come Friday, it’ll be Triple-A ballplayers’ turn. The International and Pacific Coast League regular seasons both begin on March 27 this year, meaning MLB hopefuls from coast to coast will take their first throws and hacks

SAN DIEGO -- When Tarik Skubal takes the mound in San Diego on Thursday afternoon, he’ll be making his first appearance at Petco Park, as a pitcher at least. Long before Skubal was the most fearsome left-hander in baseball, he was a college kid looking to go somewhere warm on

SAN DIEGO -- Padres right-hander Yu Darvish was placed on the restricted list Wednesday as the team finalized its 26-man roster ahead of Thursday’s season opener against the Tigers at Petco Park.

Although it is known as America’s pastime, baseball has been part of the culture of Japan for more than 150 years. And in the land of the rising sun, millions of fans are awaking to the dawn of a new MLB season. The first pitch of the Opening Night game

Here is a look at the player who has the longest active streak of Opening Day starts at each position, through the 2026 season opener between the Yankees and Giants on Wednesday. All-time data is since 1901, the first season for which it is available. Catcher: J.T. Realmuto (Phillies) Consecutive

Opening Night is finally here, and that means the start of the ABS era is here, too. When the Yankees and Giants open the 2026 regular season on Wednesday night at Oracle Park (8 p.m. ET, Netflix), MLB hitters, pitchers and catchers will be able to challenge ball and strike

Kevin McGonigle (MLB No. 2), JJ Wetherholt (MLB No. 5) and Carson Benge (MLB No. 16) will open the 2026 season as Major Leaguers, along with 17 other members of MLB Pipeline's Top 100 Prospects list. Baseball's No. 1 prospect Konnor Griffin will begin at Triple-A. Those were just some

The Major League season kicked off Wednesday night, but for fans of prospects, the real fun begins on Friday when Triple-A action returns with a full slate of games around the International and Pacific Coast Leagues. An AL East rivalry gets the 15-game schedule started with Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (NYY) visiting Buffalo

MESA, Ariz. – On his walk from the Cubs’ hitting facility to the team’s clubhouse on a recent Arizona morning, Pete Crow-Armstrong was met by a group of six kids on the back patio of the complex. They scrambled over and lined up – a couple wearing his jersey –

NEW YORK -- It’s 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday morning at Citi Field. It’s workout time. Pirates right-hander Paul Skenes comes out of the dugout and is all business. He is stoic, but his walk exudes confidence as if to say he is ready to start the season right now. But

With Opening Day upon us, here is a team-by-team rundown of players who will begin the 2026 season on the injured list.