By Will Leitch @williamfleitch
June 16, 2024
We have a crack staff here at MLB.com, working hard to watch every team as closely as possible and rank them as dispassionately and analytically as possible. But, if you’ll forgive us saying something about our very-fun-considering-we-get-to-watch-baseball-all-day jobs is kind of hard … this year doing these rankings is very
By Sarah Wexler @SarahWexler32
June 16, 2024
LOS ANGELES -- The Dodgers are going to be without Mookie Betts for some time, as the shortstop has a fractured left hand following a hit by pitch in the seventh inning of a 3-0 win over the Royals at Dodger Stadium on Sunday. Facing right-hander Dan Altavilla with a
June 16, 2024
MILWAUKEE -- Elly De La Cruz had one of those days where it felt like he could do it all and also give the Reds a big win on Sunday. But De La Cruz seemingly couldn't overcome his club's bad mojo against the Brewers. De La Cruz had a triple,
Ohtani makes Dodger Stadium history during 2-homer game
By Sarah Wexler @SarahWexler32
June 16, 2024
LOS ANGELES -- If there was ever a day the Dodgers needed near perfection from Tyler Glasnow, it was Sunday. And he gave them just that. The Dodgers were in the midst of a stretch of 12 straight games with no days off. Earlier in the day, the club announced
By Cole Jacobson @ColeJacobson32
7:10 AM EDT
MLB will be making history with its foray into Alabama this week, but unfortunately, one of the game’s most legendary figures will be unable to join the festivities. On Thursday -- one day after Juneteenth -- MLB will be playing its first regular-season game in Birmingham, Ala., when the Giants
By Mike Lupica @MikeLupica
an hour ago
There is too much baseball to be played, a world of it, for the Mets and everybody else to know for sure if J.D. Martinez -- who joined the club late as a free agent -- might have just saved the Mets season over the past week. But maybe he
By Ian Browne
12:09 AM EDT
BOSTON -- The running Red Sox? That’s something you’ve heard well … almost never. Playing their home games at the bandbox known as Fenway Park, the Red Sox have thrived on wall-banging thumpers for much of their existence. But on Father’s Day, it became clear these aren’t your father’s Red
By Sarah Wexler @SarahWexler32
June 16, 2024
LOS ANGELES -- After leaving his Saturday start early due to what was first believed to be right triceps tightness, Yoshinobu Yamamoto went on the injured list for the first time in his MLB career with a strained rotator cuff in his right shoulder. The injury is not expected to
By Jim Callis
June 16, 2024
MLB's fourth annual Draft Combine will give teams the opportunity to gather more information on and off the field about several of the top talents in this year's crop. A total of 319 prospects have accepted invitations to the event, scheduled for June 18-23 at Chase Field in Phoenix, including
Orioles cap playoff-type matchup with 4 HRs off Wheeler, Burnes' 10th straight quality start
By Joe Trezza @JoeTrezz
June 16, 2024
BALTIMORE -- If this weekend’s Orioles-Phillies series was really the World Series preview some predict it will be, then we can reasonably infer something about the upcoming Fall Classic already: It will feature some firepower. All weekend, this heavyweight series was a star-studded affair, full of big performances, strong pitching
By Daniel Kramer @DKramer_
June 16, 2024
SEATTLE -- The Mariners finally gave Logan Gilbert some run support on Sunday afternoon, and only a marginal amount was all that the towering righty needed. Under sun-soaked skies and in front of a sellout Father’s Day crowd, Gilbert dominated the Rangers over eight shutout innings to lift the Mariners
Rookie right-hander tosses 7 no-hit innings vs. Tigers in latest stellar performance for Astros
By Brian McTaggart
June 16, 2024
HOUSTON -- If Astros second baseman Jose Altuve, who’s been chosen to play in eight All-Star Games, says one of his teammates should be an All-Star, then everybody should probably listen. Altuve’s endorsem*nt aside, rookie pitcher Ronel Blanco's resume speaks for itself. Blanco, who put himself on the map by
By Brent Maguire @bmags94
June 16, 2024
There's no shortage of enticing matchups this week in baseball. The Yankees and Orioles aren't just the top two teams in the AL East -- they have two of the best records in the Majors, and they'll face off in a pivotal divisional showdown. There's also Elly De La Cruz
Alonso (5 RBIs), Lindor hit first-inning homers to fuel offense that's clicking on all cylinders
By Bill Ladson
June 16, 2024
NEW YORK -- By beating the Padres, 11-6, at Citi Field on Sunday afternoon, not only did the Mets sweep the three-game weekend series, but they also remained one of the hottest teams in the Major Leagues with their fifth consecutive victory. Since shortstop Francisco Lindor called a players-only meeting
June 16, 2024
BOSTON -- Yankees top prospect Jasson Domínguez is back on the injured list, having felt a tweak near his left oblique on a checked swing while playing for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Saturday. Nicknamed “The Martian,” Domínguez was placed on the 7-day Minor League injured list on Sunday. Yankees manager Aaron
Perkins finds redemption with brilliant throw on game-ending play at the plate
June 16, 2024
MILWAUKEE – The Brewers got a 5-4 win over the Reds on Sunday at American Family Field, but it came with a huge scare in the final moments. William Contreras, the National League’s leading catcher in every flavor of wins above replacement, was being evaluated for a concussion on Sunday
By Do-Hyoung Park @dohyoungpark
June 16, 2024
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By Rick Farlow
June 16, 2024
ATLANTA -- Jose Siri and the Rays had the last laugh against the Braves on Sunday afternoon. Siri responded to Austin Riley’s game-tying two-run homer in the eighth inning with a two-run shot of his own off Atlanta closer Raisel Iglesias in the ninth inning that propelled Tampa Bay to
By John Denton @JohnDenton555
June 16, 2024
ST. LOUIS -- When Pedro Pagés was forced to Uber to the big leagues, it was his father, Edgar, who was the first one to burst into tears as the two communicated via FaceTime as the Gateway Arch and Busch Stadium came into view. It was also Edgar who cried
By Theo DeRosa @Theo_DeRosa
12:51 AM EDT
Want to give the gift of baseball to celebrate Father’s Day? MLB.TV has just the deal for you, and today is the last day you can take advantage. During the MLB.TV Father’s Day Sale, the All Teams Yearly package -- which enables you to stream every out-of-market game, live or
By Do-Hyoung Park @dohyoungpark
12:12 AM EDT
MINNEAPOLIS -- The reactions said it all, really. Austin Martin made one of those catches that words simply can’t fully describe on Sunday, when he jumped up and reached over the center-field wall to rob Shea Langeliers of a two-run homer in the second inning with what was certainly one
Trevino allows nine steals to Boston: 'I've got to make better throws'
By Bryan Hoch
12:35 AM EDT
BOSTON -- Multiple generations have come and gone since the last time a Yankees team allowed an opponent to run as wildly as the Red Sox did on Sunday evening. To find a comparable example, you must dig all the way back to 1915, a season during which Babe Ruth
By Steve Gilbert
June 16, 2024
PHOENIX -- As the final few innings of their Sunday afternoon game with the White Sox wound down, the outcome was not in question. The D-backs were well on their way to a 12-5 win at Chase Field. But that didn't mean there wasn't some anxiety on the Arizona side
By Maria Guardado
June 16, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO -- The news felt so improbable, so unexpectedly thrilling that Spencer Bivens still thought he was dreaming when he reported to the Giants’ clubhouse on Sunday morning. “Just waiting to wake up, really,” Bivens said. “This is unbelievable. I didn’t expect it. The way it happened, I didn’t
By Keegan Matheson @KeeganMatheson
June 16, 2024
TORONTO -- If at first you make a mess of things, try, try again. Twice in Sunday’s 7-6 win over the Guardians at Rogers Centre, the Blue Jays had the bases loaded, no outs and their cleanup hitter at the plate. Things went as poorly -- and as well --