There’s always something fascinating going on in the world of baseball—and there’s always something new. Every Friday morning throughout the season, heading into the weekend, inspired by Zach Lowe’s terrific “10 Things I Like” NBA column for ESPN, we present the Five Fascinations, five fun things going on in the

One year after the Braves’ Ronald Acuña Jr. became the first player in MLB history to produce 40-plus homers and 70-plus steals in a season, the Reds’ Elly De La Cruz is threatening to form a club of his own: the 40-90 Club. Cincinnati’s budding superstar is off to a

You know it’s really Draft season when the first mock draft is out. Between now and July 14, when the 2024 Draft begins, Jim Callis and I will be providing prognostications of the first round on a fairly regular basis with the hope that our final mocks the night before

Statcast's Expected Weighted On-base Average (xwOBA) is an all-encompassing statistic that looks at a hitter's performance based on quality and quantity of contact. Both a strong indicator of current and future offensive success, xwOBA generally features some of baseball's best hitters at the top of the leaderboard. Last year's top

It could be a surreal experience for Craig Counsell at Wrigley Field on Friday. After leading the Brewers to five postseason berths in nine seasons and becoming the longest-tenured manager in franchise history, he will face his former team for the first time when the Cubs open a three-game series

Spoiler alert: Christian Scott is joining MLB Pipeline’s Top 100 Prospects list on Saturday, the same day he’s headed to The Show. The Mets are calling up their top pitching prospect to debut against the Rays at Tropicana Field, the club confirmed Thursday night. That first outing comes when Padres

If you don’t detonate your fantasy baseball roster when the calendar flips to May, why did you even sign up for this game? C'mon, people. Let’s review a few priority pickups for fantasy managers in need of help …

Major League Baseball and NIKE, Inc., the official uniform supplier of MLB, announced Friday that adjustments will be made to all club uniforms following conversations with players, clubs, and their equipment managers. “Player and Club feedback is extremely important to us,” said Commissioner of Baseball Robert D. Manfred Jr. “Together

One down, five (and change) to go. With April comfortably in the rearview mirror, it's time to hand out the first round of monthly awards for the 2024 Major League Baseball season. Here are the eight stars -- household names and new phenoms alike -- receiving honors for their performance

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Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (April 26-May 2). Birthdays are important: Anthony Volpe hit an important home run on Sunday -- a birthday homer. At 23 years old, he tied Rusty Torres (Sept. 30, 1971) for the second-youngest Yankees player with

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This story was excerpted from the Blue Jays Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. TORONTO -- Don Mattingly has never watched that episode of The Simpsons. He’s still having fun with it, though, autographing Simpsons-style images of himself

BOSTON -- When the baseball gods are present at Fenway Park, that’s usually good news for the home team, but a pregame visitor to the Giants’ clubhouse on Thursday morning handed the visiting club some much needed mojo as they pulled off a 3-1 victory and avoided a sweep. Prior

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NEW YORK -- For days, Francisco Lindor had been feeling ill. But the situation worsened enough on Wednesday evening for Lindor to ask out of the game. “I was going to throw up at shortstop,” Lindor said. “Or do No. 2 at shortstop.”

NEW YORK -- Amidst a grinding swath of schedule, the Mets are about to debut one of their most promising young pitchers in recent memory. The team plans to call up right-hander Christian Scott, their top overall pitching prospect, to start Saturday at Tampa Bay. Concerned with overworking their other

HOUSTON -- It was nearly 10 years ago that the Astros called top prospect Jon Singleton with the hope that he would be a cornerstone player when the team’s rebuild was complete. Singleton, Jose Altuve and George Springer, among others, represented the future of the offense in Houston. A decade-long

ARLINGTON -- The Rangers’ starting pitching depth has already been tested throughout the young 2024 season, and they might have just been handed another challenge on Thursday. Texas ace Nathan Eovaldi was cruising in the Rangers' 6-0 win over the Nationals in the series finale at Globe Life Field, having

Whether it’s at the ballpark or on television, fans have been flocking to watch baseball so far this season. Major League Baseball announced Wednesday that an average of 26,927 fans have attended games across the Majors in 2024, the largest figure through the end of April since 2017 and a

BALTIMORE -- After nearly three months of rehab, Kyle Bradish was nervous when he arrived at Camden Yards on Thursday morning. However, the Orioles’ right-hander always feels butterflies on start days, so that was normal. “That’s just anticipation, being a starter,” Bradish said. In fact, everything about Bradish on this

Welcome to Promo Preview, a monthly compendium of Minor League Baseball promotions to look forward to. May's highlights include nonagenarian icons, Mardi Gras sweets, reinterpretations of local disasters and, of course, much more. Let's get to it.

Pitchers are meant to be ahead of hitters. Sluggers need at-bats to get into the rhythm of the season, and that takes time. Or at least that’s how the popular belief goes. But some Minor League hitters are proving they don’t need time at all to come flying out of