By David Adler
12:25 AM EDT
What Luis Arraez is doing should be impossible in baseball today. He has now gone over a full calendar month without striking out. Arraez's last strikeout was on Aug. 10. That's 28 games ago. He has taken 124 plate appearances since then, and seen 445 pitches. Zero have yielded a
'We never give up,' says slugger after Yankees' 2nd straight walk-off win
By Bryan Hoch
12:33 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- When Juan Soto reflects upon his first walk-off hit in Yankees pinstripes, he might not recall the scorching grounder he sliced into the outfield grass, nor that the two clubs had combined to go hitless in 16 attempts with runners in scoring position to that point. No,
By Adam McCalvy
2:01 AM EDT
SAN FRANCISCO -- A 20-20 season at age 20? Chalk it up as another history-making moment for Brewers rookie Jackson Chourio.
Rangers' No. 2 prospect records 17 whiffs, including 13 on slider in Texas' victory
By Josh Kirshenbaum
2:37 AM EDT
SEATTLE -- The Kumar Rocker Era began with pressure. The Rangers’ No. 2 prospect, who has dealt with a career’s worth of adversity before ever stepping on a big league mound but made it up to The Show after just 16 Minor League appearances, did not flinch. “I think this
By Mark Feinsand
12:25 AM EDT
There is excitement in Detroit. Four months into the 2024 season, the Tigers appeared to be headed for another disappointing campaign. Following its loss on Aug. 10, Detroit was 55-63, 10 games out of an AL Wild Card spot. Tarik Skubal's breakout season was among the few highlights for the
By Josh Kirshenbaum
September 12, 2024
SEATTLE -- Jacob deGrom isn’t expecting to get a whole lot of sleep Thursday night, and it has nothing to do with the quality of the beds at the hotel the Rangers are staying at in Seattle. “I’ve always had a tough time falling asleep before I pitch,” he said.
By Sarah Langs @SlangsOnSports
12:49 AM EDT
Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (Sept. 6-12). Skenes Day: Through his 20th career start on Monday, Paul Skenes has 151 strikeouts. That’s the fifth-most by any player in his first 20 career appearances since at least 1901, trailing only 1998 Kerry
By MLB.com Staff
9:08 AM EDT
Major League Baseball on Friday announced a new multiyear international partnership with European workwear leader STRAUSS that makes the German company the Official Workwear Partner of MLB. The partnership marks STRAUSS’ first league-wide deal in the United States. STRAUSS entered the U.S. market in late 2023, and American brand awareness
By Will Leitch @williamfleitch
12:40 AM EDT
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 Zack Lowe’s terrific “10 Things I Like” NBA column for ESPN, we present the Five Fascinations, five fun things going on
By Theo DeRosa @Theo_DeRosa
September 8, 2024
The final month of the regular season is here, and you know what that means: Every game takes on greater importance in the race for the postseason. Will the Orioles overtake the Yankees and win back-to-back AL East titles? Who will win the AL Central? You can catch all these
By MLB.com
2:03 AM EDT
The 2024 postseason is approaching. As you keep an eye on the standings, here is everything you need to know about how the playoff field is shaping up, as well as info about potential tiebreakers and clinch scenarios for each contender.
By Manny Randhawa @MannyOnMLB
September 12, 2024
The "splinker." Perhaps you've heard of it. It's the signature pitch for a guy whose fastball can touch 102 mph, to give you some context as to just how devastating his combination split-finger and sinker has become. But how did Pirates rookie phenom Paul Skenes learn the pitch, and when
By Adam McCalvy
September 12, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO -- Hank the Dog, a stray who captured the Brewers’ hearts when he wandered into their Spring Training complex in 2014, died Thursday, the club confirmed. His age was unknown, but he was a very good boy. It was a stadium security guard who gave Hank his name
By Josh Kirshenbaum
September 12, 2024
SEATTLE -- Corey Seager will undergo surgery on Friday for a sports hernia on his right side and miss the remainder of the 2024 season, Rangers GM Chris Young announced on Thursday. Seager, who has been on the 10-day injured list with right hip discomfort, hasn't appeared in a game
By Brian McTaggart
September 12, 2024
HOUSTON -- The Astros have had a revolving door at first base, with seven different players starting there since they jettisoned veteran José Abreu in June. Jon Singleton has gotten more starts at first base than anyone else and has had his ups and downs at the position, both on
Detroit falls to 3 1/2 games behind Minnesota for final AL Wild Card spot
By Jason Beck
September 12, 2024
DETROIT -- The challenge with making up a multi-game deficit in the standings in the final few weeks of a season is that so many things have to go right. While the 2009 Tigers are remembered for losing a seven-game lead in the American League Central from Labor Day weekend
By Marino Panchano @Marino_Panchano
September 12, 2024
NEW YORK -- Even before Juan Soto stepped onto the field as a member of the Yankees for the first time, the outfielder’s pending free agency this coming winter has been a hot topic around the league. Now with roughly 2 1/2 weeks remaining in the regular season and a
By Scott Chiusano
September 12, 2024
Everything appears to be clicking at the right time for the Mets, on the field and in a close-knit clubhouse, which isn't much of a shock to star closer Edwin Díaz. The chemistry they've built through the highs and lows of this 2024 season has sustained them as they stare
By Joe Trezza
September 12, 2024
First pitch, first playoff homer for the 2024 No. 1 pick. Travis Bazzana was no stranger to big moments in his decorated college career, and he proved to be up to that challenge again on Thursday, when he led High-A Lake County into the Midwest League Championship Series. MLB's No.
By Michael Clair
September 12, 2024
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By Benjamin Hill @BensBiz
September 12, 2024
The 2024 MiLB Awards Show will be broadcast on MLB Network on Sept. 30 at 9 p.m. ET, and YOU have a say in which team will go home winners of the Best Alternate Identity category. Voting is open here until Sept. 23 at 5 p.m. ET. And, of course,
By Daniel Kramer @DKramer_
2:03 AM EDT
SEATTLE -- The hard-hit grounder was right at Luke Raley but it scorched under the first baseman’s glove and set off a string off frustrating sequences in the eighth inning on Thursday night that sunk the Mariners to another gut-punch loss, this one a 5-4 defeat vs. the Rangers at
Walked off by Yankees in opener, Boston sits 4 1/2 games back in WC hunt with 15 remaining
By Ian Browne
1:19 AM EDT
NEW YORK -- Fresh off the thrill of a three-run, walk-off homer by Tyler O’Neill that stunned the Orioles in 10 innings on Wednesday night, the Red Sox hoped to finally have that spark that would ignite an offense that has gone cold for most of the last three weeks.
Three reasons for optimism and three reasons for concern
By Mandy Bell @MandyBell02
12:58 AM EDT
CLEVELAND -- This is the time of year when the Guardians are looking for as much clarity about their roster as possible. And Gavin Williams isn’t making it easy on them. At times this season, Williams has looked excellent, with untouchable stuff. At other times, he’s been unreliable and unable