MLB News: Scores, Standings, Stats, Trades, Rumors (2024)

Dodgers vs. Yankees is a battle of behemoths. We saw it in their recent series in the Bronx, a spirited battle between two of the top teams of 2024. And we’ve been seeing it all season in the Hitter Power Rankings. This is our sixth poll of the year and

Like the pitch, the knuckleball factory is mysterious. Fleeting, hard to track down. Even when you have its location – about 15 minutes southeast of L.A.’s Redondo coast in Torrance, Calif. – you’ll start questioning yourself during the drive: “Wait, this can’t be the way? Do I have the right

LOS ANGELES -- As Jason Heyward hit a ball to the right-center-field gap, the crowd at Dodger Stadium erupted. For a second, it looked as if the Dodgers were going to get two runs on a double that would roll to the wall. Instead, Rangers center fielder Leody Taveras was

It’s not often that a 24-year-old starting pitcher in the midst of a breakout season is made available leading up to the Trade Deadline. But with the White Sox reportedly looking to tear it all down and start anew, that’s exactly where Garrett Crochet finds himself. Crochet, a hard-throwing left-hander

Solano also homers twice as Padres secure their first series sweep of season

SAN DIEGO -- Another day, another walk-off home run. The Padres, at long last, have their first sweep of the 2024 season. On Wednesday afternoon, it was rookie Jackson Merrill who launched a walk-off solo home run to send the Padres to a 5-4 victory over Oakland at Petco Park.

Two offensive skills will always stand out most to evaluators of all stripes, from the most veteran of scouts to the first-time fan in the stands -- power and speed. Players who can consistently make loud contact and send balls over outfield walls will draw plenty of wows, and those

KANSAS CITY -- The Yankees can win games in a multitude of ways, and during the first three contests in Kansas City they’ve deployed them all on the Royals. Starting pitching? Check. Defense? Check. Hitting for contact and power? Check. The Yankees have been relentless, pressuring the Royals out of

Read our story on the balloting format, which includes two phases of fan voting to determine the All-Star starters. A great first half doesn't guarantee an All-Star selection, much less a start. Deserving players will always outnumber lineup and roster spots. The potential to earn a start courtesy of the

Neris' ninth-inning redemption puts cap on big night from Chicago's bullpen

ST. PETERSBURG -- Cody Bellinger got the big hit for a club that desperately needed it. Héctor Neris got his revenge. And the Cubs got a victory to savor on Wednesday night. The 4-3 triumph against the Rays at Tropicana Field was the perfect tonic for a Cubs team that

As a two-time NFL MVP and three-time Super Bowl champion, Patrick Mahomes II already has an impressive résumé at 28 years old, but that doesn't mean he's done adding to his repertoire. A video surfaced on Wednesday of Mahomes at the Kansas City Chiefs’ three-day minicamp, where the quarterback was

BALTIMORE -- Cade Povich was so antsy for his MLB debut last Thursday that he had trouble sleeping and couldn’t eat breakfast. The 24-year-old left-hander expected to have the same anxiousness Wednesday, when he would return to the mound for his second big league start and his Camden Yards debut.

SEATTLE -- Mitch Haniger emerged from the batting cage deep underneath the home dugout at T-Mobile Park just as the Mariners reached the bottom of the 10th inning on Wednesday night. Staked to a 1-1 tie with one out and lumbering speedster Luke Raley on second base, Haniger was called

LOS ANGELES -- Corey Seager was welcomed back to Dodger Stadium with a highlight video and loud cheers ahead of Tuesday’s series opener. He received another standing ovation as he walked up to the batter’s box in the first inning on Wednesday. Less than two hours later, there were a

MINNEAPOLIS -- It had been a long while since the up-and-down Minnesota offense just piled on some early runs and had an all-around productive, sustained day at the ballpark -- and the Twins somehow got that, and so much more. They seemingly never stopped hitting in a wild game that

When Trevor Hoffman used to jog in from the bullpen ahead of the ninth inning at home, AC/DC's “Hells Bells” boomed out of the speakers and batters knew they had a tall task ahead of them. When Wyatt Hoffman, son of the Hall of Famer, took the mound Wednesday night

CINCINNATI -- It was a level, even-keeled personality that helped Reds third baseman Jeimer Candelario escape a hitting funk with a new team. That same calm vibe and veteran experience also enabled Candelario to meet the moment before a sold-out crowd and big atmosphere on Wednesday. Candelario delivered the first

ST. LOUIS -- When Sonny Gray opened Wednesday’s game by walking Pirates leadoff hitter Andrew McCutchen and allowing a double to Bryan Reynolds, it looked like more of the same was coming from the Cardinals' ace who entered the night riding a puzzling two-game skid and mired in a six-start

LOS ANGELES -- A handful of seasons ago, Cavan Biggio, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Bo Bichette were a trio of second-generation players who looked poised to be a key part of a young Blue Jays core that was ready to compete for championships for a number of seasons. At this

QUEENS, N.Y. -- In celebration of the upcoming Play Ball Weekend, a special “Fun At Bat” event was held on Wednesday at P.S. 209q The Clearview Gardens School. The event was held to commemorate the Fun At Bat program reaching 5 million participants. Major League Baseball, USA Baseball and the

Righty could rejoin Mariners' rotation as early as next week

SEATTLE -- One day after he was scratched from his scheduled start against the White Sox, Bryan Woo received positive results on an MRI that came back “perfectly clean,” Mariners general manager Justin Hollander said on Wednesday. Hollander said that Woo could be re-inserted back into Seattle’s rotation as soon

NEW YORK -- Mets manager Carlos Mendoza made some minor changes to his starting lineup on Wednesday night. He decided to sit outfielder Brandon Nimmo in favor of Tyrone Taylor, while placing Harrison Bader second in the lineup and moving Pete Alonso back to the cleanup spot. Mendoza made those

BOSTON -- When the Red Sox struck for a five-run rally in the bottom of the fifth inning to overturn an early four-run deficit on Wednesday night at Fenway Park, it was David Hamilton who put the first log on the fire with a hard single to lead off the

The Cardinals and Giants have unveiled their uniforms for the upcoming MLB at Rickwood Field game. For their June 20 showdown paying tribute to the Negro Leagues from the former home of the Birmingham Black Barons, both clubs will honor their respective cities’ legacies of Black baseball with modern redesigns

On Wednesday, Minor League Baseball revealed the jerseys for MiLB at Rickwood Field, which will feature the host Double-A Birmingham Barons playing as the Black Barons and the Montgomery Biscuits playing as the Gray Sox on June 18. The game is on the second of four days of events --

MILWAUKEE -- The Brewers couldn’t find the big hit, so two of their fleet-footed sophom*ores started a game-winning rally with their legs instead. With the club hitless in its first 24 at-bats with runners in scoring position in the series and having twice left the bases loaded in the first