NEW YORK -- For the last three months, Carlos Mendoza manned the helm of one of the most disappointing teams in baseball -- certainly one of the most disappointing teams in recent Mets memory. His bosses took pains to assure anyone questioning Mendoza’s job status that the club’s shortcomings were

WASHINGTON – Thanks to a former Nationals hero, the Phillies acted out the same script again Thursday night with another dramatic 10-5 comeback win over Washington at Nationals Park. In the top of the ninth, Bryce Harper crushed a two-run opposite-field home run – his 18th of the season –

We’re getting closer to finding out the starters for the 2026 MLB All-Star Game presented by Mastercard, which will be played July 14 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. The results from Phase 1 of voting were announced Thursday on MLB Network, with the top two vote-getters in each league

We now have our finalists for Phase 2 of All-Star balloting, which begins Monday. Two players, we already know, are in: The Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, at National League designated hitter, and the Blue Jays’ Ernie Clement, at American League second base. Congrats to those two … uh, very different players.

The NCAA national champions have been crowned -- congrats Oklahoma. The Draft Combine is underway in Arizona. And it's time for another mock draft. Throughout the past two months, in preparation for the MLB Draft on July 11 and 12, MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo have alternated weekly

NEW YORK – Pete Crow-Armstrong haunted the Mets once again. His double in the top of the 10th inning helped the Cubs edge the Mets, 4-3, on Thursday night at Citi Field. Chicago swept the four-game series and has won six out of its last seven games to improve its

Major League Baseball has accepted the MLB Players Association’s proposal to reduce the amount of service time required to reach free agency for certain players and to eliminate the qualifying offer system as part of a reserve system proposal made to the union on Thursday. Under the terms of the

BOSTON -- Due to mechanical issues on the team charter following Wednesday afternoon’s game in Denver, the Red Sox didn’t land in Boston until after 5 a.m. on Thursday. It was hardly an advantageous way for a slumping team to start a four-game series against the Yankees, particularly with their

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (June 19-25). Schwarbs: Kyle Schwarber hit his MLB-leading 29th home run of the season on Sunday after a three-homer game on Saturday. That’s also his 216th since joining the Phillies. He has the third-most home runs

Paul Goldschmidt is a potential future Hall of Famer, and he’s having a fantastic season for the Yankees. Nothing unusual about that, except that he spent the final four months of last season – at age 38, no less – looking like the end of the road had come. Take

LOS ANGELES -- The first player has been penciled into the National League's starting lineup for the 2026 All-Star Game: Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani was elected as the NL's starting designated hitter after leading the Majors with 3,341,257 votes after Phase 1 of All-Star voting, it was announced on MLB Network

You can now follow your favorite players and teams on MLB.TV for a low price for the season. Fans can purchase an MLB.TV Seasonal package for just $119.99 to watch every out-of-market game live or on demand. Subscribe now through ESPN -- the new home of MLB.TV -- to take

The AUSL turned one very good doggo into a three-sport star on Thursday. And no, we’re not talking about Air Bud. We’re talking about the multi-talented Champ, who served as the bat dog on Thursday during the first game of the AUSL’s Signature Series, an absolute thriller between the Utah

“Friday Night Baseball” on Apple TV is back for 2026! This week's slate features arguably the most dynamic pitcher in baseball facing off against a division rival, plus an NL West showdown between two other rivals who'd each love to be an obstacle in the way of the other's postseason

TORONTO -- Ernie Clement is your starting second baseman for the American League in the 2026 All-Star Game, another remarkable moment in his unlikely rise to stardom. Clement led all American League players with 3,232,932 votes in Phase 1, meaning he’ll bypass Phase 2 of voting entirely and start at

Carlos Lagrange is looking more and more comfortable in the relief role that could get him to the big leagues sooner rather than later. The fireballing righty earned his first professional save Thursday, shutting the door on a 6-4 win for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre over Indianapolis at Victory Field. It marked

On Friday night, Walker Buehler will finally have a chance to revisit the Dodgers-Padres rivalry -- he'll just be weighing in on the other side of it. It was with the Dodgers, of course, that Buehler's career began and quickly peaked. He briefly debuted in 2017, and in less than

The Mariners’ farm, tied for the MLB lead with seven Top 100 prospects, is seeing standout performances left and right. Lazaro Montes is just one of the latest. Montes hit two home runs on Thursday, his 10th and 11th long balls of a scorching hot June. He had four hits

MLB and the MLBPA held their first bargaining session on May 12 as both parties began working toward the next labor agreement. The CBA expires on Dec. 1. Competitive balance will be a focus during discussions, if not the primary issue. Here’s what you need to know about the state

CHICAGO -- Loose parallels can be drawn between the 2026 White Sox and the 1983 White Sox. Both squads were led by young, highly knowledgeable, and highly thought of managers, with Hall of Famer Tony La Russa at the helm 42 years ago and Will Venable running the show currently.

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Jonah Heim did it again. With the Athletics down to their final out in what was shaping to be another frustrating defeat in which they lost an early lead, who else but Heim came to the rescue with a game-tying RBI single.

ST. PETERSBURG -- The Rays are synonymous with pitching innovation, and on Thursday afternoon they very nearly reached the pinnacle. Tampa Bay came two outs from no-hitting the Royals while starting the game with an opener in an eventual 13-2 victory at Tropicana Field that clinched a split of the

ST. PETERSBURG -- Junior Caminero launched himself into franchise history Thursday afternoon, posting the eighth three-homer game by a Rays player in Tampa Bay's 13-2 win against the Royals at Tropicana Field. “It’s a treat watching him go to work every day, seeing how far he hits balls,” Rays pitcher

PITTSBURGH – Baseball is a game full of numbers that dictate milestones. With Thursday being the 81st game of a 162-game marathon, the Pirates haven’t produced a first half of this caliber in a decade. A 5-1 win over the Mariners at PNC Park gave Pittsburgh a 41-40 record at