The Angels celebrated the return of the franchise’s newest icon, Shohei Ohtani, on Tuesday night. That pushed another franchise icon, Albert Pujols, to first base, where we got another iconic photo (all this talk about icons and not even a mention of Mike Trout?). Elsewhere, it’s May, and the Dodgers’ Justin Turner knows that means […] More
These days, nothing beats a good old-fashioned social media interaction between professional athletes, especially when it’s good-natured. Indians pitcher Trevor Bauer didn’t have a good night on the mound Monday, but he and White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson made some fans with their public interaction. Elsewhere, one Mets great sends well wishes to another, the […] More
Red Sox manager Alex Cora, after a bit of going back and forth, ultimately decided that he’ll skip his team’s trip to the White House to celebrate their World Series championship with President Donald Trump. Elsewhere in Major League Baseball, it’s more bad news for the Yankees on the injury front, as ace pitcher Luis […] More
Monday morning was a time for the Chicago Cubs to celebrate a big weekend sweep of the St. Louis Cardinals, and to look back at one of Major League Baseball’s best-ever pitching performances from 21 years ago. Sunday was for the slams — as in Hunter Renfroe’s walk-off grand slam for the Padres to beat […] More
Derek Jeter’s master plan to swoop in and fix the Miami Marlins has gone horribly awry, according to … Derek Jeter. The Reds’ attempt to hang on to an 8-0 lead against the Giants also went south, as did the Yankees’ desperate attempt to keep their stars healthy, and the Cardinals’ attempt to make Cubs […] More
Two of Major League Baseball’s biggest rivals, the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs, will play Friday afternoon for the first of 19 times this season. The rivalry has persisted even though the teams have rarely been good at the same time, but this season they’re battling (along with the Milwaukee Brewers) for the NL […] More
The Yankees’ C.C. Sabathia is no longer one of Major League Baseball’s most dominant pitchers, but he’s still effective and has been around long enough that he’s hitting significant milestones. The latest came Wednesday night, when he became the 17th pitcher — and just the third lefty — to reach 3,000 strikeouts. Meanwhile, Bryce Harper’s […] More
It’s not often that a Minor-League prospect can dominate Major League Baseball’s headlines for a full week, but that’s how special the Blue Jays’ Vladimir Guerrero Jr. is. He debuts Friday night when Toronto takes on the Oakland Athletics, and after tearing up the Minor Leagues, many are expecting the same out of his bat […] More
It’s finally time: The top prospect in Major League Baseball is coming to the show. The Blue Jays called up Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to make his MLB debut on Friday. The son of the Hall of Famer has been tearing up the Minor Leagues for the past several years, and now we’ll see what he […] More
It’s not often that a pitcher hits a home run, and it’s even less often that he does it in a game in which he’s also dominating on the mound. But the Mets’ Zach Wheeler pulled off that rare combo against the Phillies on Tuesday night. Speaking of rare, did you see what Javier Baez […] More
The Chicago Cubs have been one of the best teams in baseball over the past three years, but this year’s slow start was fueled in large part by poor starting pitching. At least one of their top guns has turned it around though, and Jose Quintana has his changeup to thank. Speaking of dominant starting […] More
Christian Yelich has 13 home runs. If it weren’t for Cody Bellinger — who has 11 homers of his own — Yelich would have 14. That’s fun, and it’s our top MLB social media interaction of the day. But it’s far from all. The Cubs’ David Bote hit a walk-off single and then sprinted — […] More
