This week at Yankee Stadium, baseball’s top two power hitters will meet for three games that are pretty important in the postseason race when Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees host Cal Raleigh and the Seattle Mariners. The Yankees and Mariners both occupy wild-card spots and are separated by one game in the standings (with…
General manager Mike Rizzo and head coach Dave Martinez might have been fired earlier this week, but life goes on for the rest of the Washington Nationals, including emerging superstar outfielder James Wood. The 22-year-old was selected to his first MLB All-Star team this week as well and is slashing .288/.391/.549 with 23 home runs…
Getty Images The suddenly slumping Los Angeles Dodgers will get one of their top pitchers back this week. Right-hander Tyler Glasnow, who has been sidelined since April 27 with shoulder inflammation, will come off the injured list and start Wednesday’s series finale with the Milwaukee Brewers at American Family Field, manager Dave Roberts told reporters…
The New York Mets (52-39) travel to play the Baltimore Orioles (40-49) in an intraleague contest on Tuesday. The Orioles are coming off a three-game sweep over the Atlanta Braves. Baltimore outlasted the Braves 2-1 on July 6. Meanwhile, New York had its four-game win streak snapped last time out. The Yankees outlasted the Mets…
The 2025 Major League Baseball season saw its most recent managerial casualty on Sunday, as Washington Nationals skipper Dave Martinez was cut loose, along with general manager Mike Rizzo. It wasn’t entirely shocking given how much the Nats have struggled since winning the World Series in 2019 and given that they not long ago slipped…
San Diego Padres right-hander Yu Darvish made his season debut on Monday against the Arizona Diamondbacks (GameTracker). Darvish, 38, had been sidelined by right elbow inflammation. It was hardly a vintage Darvish outing, but it was something to build on for the decorated right-hander and a Padres team that sorely needs him. In 3 ⅔…
Getty Images New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso was named to his fifth career All-Star Game on Sunday night. But don’t expect to see Alonso pursue a third Home Run Derby crown when the event is hosted on Monday, July 14, at Truist Park, the regular-season home of the Atlanta Braves. While Alonso has…
The Home Run Derby is set to take place in Truist Park, home of the Braves, on Monday, July 14. We’re exactly one week away. We know some of the field so far, but don’t yet have the full eight-man group. Reality is no fun. What if we got to pick any eight players and…
The American League East-leading Toronto Blue Jays seek their ninth consecutive victory when they begin a six-game road trip Monday with the opener of a three-game series against the Chicago White Sox. Toronto (52-38), which owns a three-game division lead over both the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays, is one win away from…
Two All-Star pitchers from the National League will square off when Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the Los Angeles Dodgers face Freddy Peralta and the Milwaukee Brewers in the first game of a three-game series on Monday at American Family Field in Milwaukee (7:40 p.m. ET first pitch). Yamamoto (8-6, 2.51 ERA) has been lights-out recently. Over…
