With Spring Training winding down and Opening Day just days away, intriguing questions abound, from which teams will bounce back after subpar seasons last year to whether anyone will be able to dethrone the reigning MVP and Cy Young Award winners.

Welcome to The Show, JJ Wetherholt. The Cardinals' top prospect -- also baseball's No. 5 overall prospect, per MLB Pipeline -- has made St. Louis' Opening Day roster, president of baseball operations Chaim Bloom told reporters on Monday. Wetherholt figures to be the starting second baseman for Opening Day on

The long winter is over. You have made it. Opening Week is here. The Yankees and Giants take the spotlight Wednesday night (Netflix, 8 p.m. ET), and then there are 11 more season openers on Thursday, with the final three set for Friday. There is so much to be excited

Sometimes, a sponsorship opportunity is just too good to pass up. Standout Yankees first baseman/catcher Ben Rice now has a deal with Ben’s Original rice, according to a Monday press release from parent company Mars. Ben Rice. Sponsored by Ben’s rice. No notes. Mars additionally announced that the partnership will

NEW YORK -- Following a spring in which he checked every box the team asked of him, starring in Grapefruit League play and benefitting from a teammate’s injury late in camp, Carson Benge has made the Mets’ Opening Day roster. The team made the announcement on Monday afternoon. Benge, the

NORTH PORT, Fla. – The Braves opened Spring Training by revealing projected No. 2 starter Spencer Schwellenbach was dealing with right elbow discomfort. They will exit camp without the availability of three other starting pitchers, including Spencer Strider. Braves manager Walt Weiss said Strider is expected to begin the season

For more than a century, the Yankees have been more than a baseball team. The sport’s most storied franchise is a pop culture touchstone, a versatile backdrop that serves as both a symbol of excellence and a punchline across television, movies and more. So as the Yankees prepare to break

The Astros have optioned right-hander Spencer Arrighetti to Triple-A Sugar Land, the club announced on Monday. Arrighetti, 26, was limited to seven starts last season due to a fractured right thumb and right elbow inflammation. He posted a 5.35 ERA over 35 1/3 innings for Houston. This spring, he made

Andrew McCutchen has been a fixture in the Major Leagues since his 2009 debut, and he’s not going anywhere just yet. The 39-year-old outfielder/designated hitter has made the Rangers’ Opening Day roster, general manager Chris Young told reporters on Monday.

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Zack Wheeler's spring with the Phillies couldn’t have gone any better.

Shohei Ohtani memorabilia of any kind is seemingly always setting records at auction -- just like his play on the field. His latest, from the 2026 World Baseball Classic, did it again. The jersey Ohtani wore in Japan’s 13-0, pool-play-opening win over Chinese Taipei on March 6 sold via MLB

For the third consecutive year, prospects got to take the spotlight during Spring Training. And some of them really made the most of the opportunity. This year's Spring Breakout came to a close Sunday with MLB's No. 3 and No. 4 overall prospect Jesús Made and Leo De Vries swapping

MESA, Ariz. -- Wearing a bulky, modified brace on his right knee, Cubs right fielder Seiya Suzuki expressed confidence on Monday morning that he would not be sidelined for a significant amount of time at the front end of this season. Cubs manager Craig Counsell announced on Monday that Suzuki

MESA, Ariz. – Twenty-five years ago, the Athletics were on the verge of a dynasty. At least they should have been. Led by a powerful offense and an emerging young pitching staff, the A’s won the American League West in 2000, getting their first taste of the postseason since the

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MESA, Ariz. – New York’s return to Arizona for Spring Training was 75 years in the making. Yankees manager Aaron Boone was more than happy to trade the humid Florida sunshine for the desert’s dry heat, and felt right at home at Sloan Park on Monday. He previously called nearby

JUPITER, Fla. – Kevin Defrank isn’t just the next big thing in Marlins camp. He might be the next big thing in the wide landscape of Minor League pitching prospects. Standing 6-foot-5 already at only 17 years old, the right-hander has headed stateside for his first Spring Training at the

The games may not have counted. But the lessons sure did. For teams around the Majors, the past six weeks under the sun in Florida and Arizona delivered some important revelations that could impact them well beyond the start of the regular season. With the help of our beat reporters,

Nick Pivetta was a steadying presence in what became a season of turmoil for the Padres’ rotation last year. He made 31 starts, turned in the best season of his career and was rewarded with a start in Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series. Clearly, the Padres

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The wide-eyed look from Max Clark as he watched Pirates No. 3 prospect Seth Hernandez deliver a 102 mph fastball to begin his at-bat became the lasting image of the Tigers’ Spring Breakout game Friday night. The frustrated look from Clark as the left fielder battled the

Baseball is full of unexpected twists and turns. Players and coaches have to adapt constantly on the field of play. So, too, do broadcasters when things run -- or fly -- amok. The Milwaukee Brewers’ duo of Jeff Levering and Bill Schroeder did just that during the seventh inning of

This year's edition of Spring Breakout is in the books, and historically so, as every organization got on the field for the first time in three iterations. All 30 organizations got to participate -- the Brewers and Phillies played twice because of the odd number of teams in the Grapefruit

CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Nearing the end of what had been a relatively healthy Spring Training, the Rays have lost their projected starting middle infield to injuries. Second baseman Gavin Lux will begin the season on the 10-day injured list due to a right shoulder impingement, manager Kevin Cash said Monday