What, exactly, should one make of the upcoming NL East race? FanGraphs projects the Braves, Phillies and Mets to be within three wins of one another. Baseball Prospectus sees the Braves and Mets as being equal, with the Phillies slightly behind. None project to win more than 91 games. It's

When MLB Pipeline's No. 1 prospect Konnor Griffin launched not one, but two home runs over the replica Green Monster and out of JetBlue Park on Tuesday, social media servers seemed at risk of overheating. Enthusiasm was already elevated for the 19-year-old Pirates shortstop, and performances like that will continue

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The Royals are in agreement on a one-year Major League deal with outfielder Starling Marte, sources told MLB.com on Saturday, adding depth and a right-handed option to their outfield for 2026.

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Somewhere in that right arm of Dylan Cease, there’s a Cy Young Award. We know this already because we’ve seen it already. In 2022, only Justin Verlander’s remarkable season kept Cease from the American League Cy Young. If someone makes 32 starts in a season with one

TAMPA, Fla. – The details are fuzzy for Aaron Judge, who can’t pinpoint exactly where he was. But the Yankees’ captain remembers what he felt when Shohei Ohtani struck out Mike Trout to end the 2023 World Baseball Classic. “Now it’s time for us to go out there and change

TAMPA, Fla. – In Brian Cashman’s view, the Yankees' pitchers have stood out early in camp. “Young pups” like Carlos Lagrange and Elmer Rodríguez look as advertised, flashing poise and crackling velocity. It has also been “comforting,” Cashman said, to see Gerrit Cole already touching 97 mph against teammates in

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The writing on the wall has gotten clearer with each day that passes at Dodgers camp, but the team has at last acknowledged the reality of the situation: Blake Snell is highly unlikely to begin the season in the rotation. "He’s not on a mound right now.

After three years of waiting, the World Baseball Classic is almost here. I mean, it starts this very week. Assuming that you may have a job, family, and -- gasp -- other commitments beyond watching baseball for nearly 24 hours a day (given that games in Japan have start times

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- There weren’t many highlights for the Rays in a 12-3 loss to the Tigers on Saturday afternoon at Charlotte Sports Park, but Xavier Isaac provided one of the best moments of Spring Training in the eighth inning. Coming back from “life-saving” surgery to remove a brain

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Spencer Strider understands there are countless baseball fans hoping he’s able to get back to where he was before he underwent a second major right elbow surgery two years ago. Nobody wants him to re-establish himself among the elite more than he does.

DUNEDIN, Fla. – Bryce Harper’s swing is ready for the World Baseball Classic. Harper hit his first Grapefruit League home run in Saturday’s 7-5 loss to the Blue Jays at TD Ballpark. Harper is batting .375 (3-for-8) with two doubles, one home run, four RBIs, three walks and three strikeouts

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Before leaving Orioles camp on Sunday to join Team USA ahead of the upcoming World Baseball Classic, Gunnar Henderson wanted to get a few reps at third base in Saturday’s 7-5 Grapefruit League loss to the Braves. The 24-year-old shortstop hadn’t played third in a game since

Plenty of pitchers could emerge as the Cubs’ best starter in 2026. Don’t expect manager Craig Counsell to pick a leading candidate, though. “You’re not going to get me to answer that,” Counsell said with a wry smile when asked Saturday on MLB Network to name the ace of his

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DENVER – For Denny Dressman, it started three years ago as a gift from his wife, Melanie. But for the longtime author of 16 books, fate would have this trip from suburban Denver to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City lead to something lasting. Anthony High has earned

DUNEDIN, Fla. -- Cristopher Sánchez and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will soon be teammates for the Dominican Republic in the World Baseball Classic, so perhaps that’s why they shared a laugh on Saturday. Sánchez threw Guerrero three consecutive sinkers to open their first-inning at-bat in the Phillies’ 7-5 loss to the

TAMPA, Fla. – When the Yankees were in Pittsburgh last April, Cody Bellinger pointed to the area near his lower back and upper right hip, attempting to pinpoint the discomfort that was keeping him out of the lineup. “It’s just a little unaligned,” Bellinger said then. “It creates a little

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- With 16 seasons in the Majors and a résumé that includes nine All-Star selections and 440 saves, Craig Kimbrel has nothing left to prove. Yet there was the 37-year-old Saturday, taking the mound at Clover Park for his first appearance of the spring as he

PHOENIX – The stakes were much, much lower on Saturday than when Reds starting pitcher Hunter Greene last took a mound in a game for Game 1 of the National League Wild Card Series vs. the Dodgers.

LAKELAND, Fla. -- The Tigers were staring at a week-long winless streak to open Grapefruit League play as MLB No. 2 overall prospect Kevin McGonigle stepped to the plate to lead off the bottom of the sixth inning Friday afternoon. A two-run lead had vanished in the top of the

GOODYEAR, Ariz. – Every morning behind the Reds' player development complex, there's a basketball hoop where players sometimes take some shots before taking the fields for their daily work.

JUPITER, Fla. – Imaging revealed a "very minor" right hamstring strain for Marlins All-Star outfielder Kyle Stowers, according to manager Clayton McCullough. Stowers, who was scratched from the Grapefruit League lineup of Saturday's 10-2 loss to the Cardinals, has a one-to-two-week timetable for return to play. "It was a good

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. -- Baseball players are creatures of habit, often sticking to the same routines on and off the field for years. For Brett Baty this spring, those habits and routines that have helped him reach the highest level of the game are being thrown out the window.