MLB News: Scores, Standings, Stats, Trades, Rumors (2024)

With every major baseball stat, there's a number that represents a soft "ceiling" of sorts, a total that causes us to raise our eyebrows because it doesn't occur often in the modern game. Think 50 homers for a hitter or 300 strikeouts for a pitcher. Tucked away amid such traditionally

MINNEAPOLIS -- Thursday was Prince Night at Target Field, so the stadium speakers blared “Let’s Go Crazy” as Carlos Correa continued his tear with a homer to the left-field upper deck, then ran into the dugout, where he put on a purple vest and a purple hat and started furiously

Veteran whiffs Betts, Ohtani, Freeman for second straight game as Rangers take series

LOS ANGELES -- On Wednesday night, David Robertson became the first pitcher to strike out the Dodgers' big three of Mookie Betts, Shohei Ohtani and Freddie Freeman in the same inning this season. After the game, he downplayed his accomplishment. It wasn’t that big of a deal to him. After

NEW YORK -- Mets designated hitter J.D. Martinez was often teased by family and friends that he never hit a walk-off homer during his 14 years in the big leagues. That all changed Thursday night at Citi Field. The Mets’ bats were ice cold until they rallied in the late

Yoshinobu Yamamoto didn’t start Thursday night’s game for the Dodgers, but someone who sure looked like him still took the mound at Dodger Stadium. With the rookie pitcher from Japan crouched behind the plate, 9-year-old Keita perfectly mirrored Yamamoto’s unique delivery for an incredible ceremonial first pitch.

Ever since he broke into the league with a bang in 2019, Pete Alonso has been the face of the Mets franchise. Will his time in Queens come to an end in the next six weeks? Alonso is slated to become a free agent at the end of the season,

SAN DIEGO -- Parked at a gas station somewhere near Lakewood, N.J., a frustrated Quintin Berry could not, for the life of him, figure out why he couldn’t hit the changeup. Playing in the early months of his first full professional season, Berry decided to give his former college coach

We’re still about a month away from the start of the 2024 Draft, and much like Jim Callis stated in his projection last week, we’re in a little bit of a calm-before-the-storm territory. With a few exceptions playing in the Men's College World Series, topped by No. 3 prospect Jac

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 Zach Lowe’s terrific “10 Things I Like” NBA column for ESPN, we present the Five Fascinations, five fun things going on in the

Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (June 7-13). Top-two battle: The Yankees and Dodgers entered Friday’s series opener ranking first and second, respectively, in OPS. Naturally, the game was scoreless into the 11th. It was the third game in the live-ball era

Marsh takes no-hitter into 7th and Garcia hits walk-off double to cap thrilling series finale

KANSAS CITY -- Alec Marsh sat in the home dugout for the three previous games this week and watched the Yankees flex their power all over the Royals’ pitching staff. When it was his turn to take the mound, he wanted no part of that. “Watching what they did to

Bradley earns win after notching career-high-tying 11 K's in seven-frame gem

ST. PETERSBURG -- Lately, it seems every Rays win plays out in similar fashion. They put pressure on the opposing pitcher for an inning, maybe two, then go quiet. Their pitching keeps them in the game. Then, when the late innings roll around, they hit their stride. “You can win

On Thursday, June 20th, the legendary Rickwood Field will host an MLB game to help honor the Negro Leagues. The Giants and Cardinals will be there, dressed in throwback uniforms, and a special set of six Negro Leagues cards painted by former big leaguer Micah Johnson has been released for

BOSTON -- Facing Phillies veteran stalwart Aaron Nola isn’t usually a recipe for a lumber-mashing party. But that’s exactly what the Red Sox had on Thursday night at Fenway Park, winning the rubber game, 9-3, in convincing fashion against the team with the second-best record in the Majors at 46-22.

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ST. PETERSBURG -- The Cubs deployed an unlikely strategy to try to get their offense going in the fifth inning on Thursday night at Tropicana Field: a trio of bunts, one after the other. The Cubs’ bottom-of-the-order bunt-a-palooza -- two sacrifices and one fielder’s choice play -- resulted in two

One of this season's most surprising staffs has made some big changes

The Red Sox, you might have heard, have largely stopped throwing fastballs, living at the cutting edge of the modern pitching philosophy that realizes that the outcomes on fastballs are the worst of any pitch, and that no, you don’t really have to “establish your fastball.” Early this season, this

It’s not often that a 24-year-old starting pitcher in the midst of a breakout season is made available leading up to the Trade Deadline. But with the White Sox reportedly looking to tear it all down and start anew, that’s exactly where Garrett Crochet finds himself. Crochet, a hard-throwing left-hander

NEW YORK -- Late Wednesday night, Francisco Lindor hit a 414-foot homer to extend the Mets’ lead in a win over the Marlins at Citi Field. By 6:30 on Thursday morning, Lindor was back on his feet and serving up pitches to a number of New York-based baseball and softball

PHOENIX -- Christian Walker had been unhappy with how he had been handling fastballs recently, so for the past few days, he’s emphasized working on hitting them better when he’s in the batting cage. “I've been missing fastballs [and fouling them] straight back a little bit and it's been bothering

Dodgers vs. Yankees is a battle of behemoths. We saw it in their recent series in the Bronx, a spirited battle between two of the top teams of 2024. And we’ve been seeing it all season in the Hitter Power Rankings. This is our sixth poll of the year and

“It’s looking really good for Birdland.” You can’t really say it much better than that when it comes to the Orioles, and there aren’t many people in a better position to utter those words than Gunnar Henderson. “Everybody’s really tying in together,” said the reigning American League Rookie of the

SEATTLE -- Garrett Crochet had the need for speed Thursday. Chicago's budding young ace blew the Mariners away again and again at T-Mobile Park, putting down yet another dominant effort with an absolute barrage of fastballs, as the White Sox ended their series in the Pacific Northwest with a 3-2

BALTIMORE -- If momentum was just about tomorrow’s starting pitcher, then the Braves would have been rolling by now. And if timely hitting truly is contagious, then Atlanta's bats are about to benefit from what Reynaldo López and their other pitchers have provided throughout the season. A frustration-filled road trip

Holmes' blown save costs Yanks a sweep, capping series in which club outscored KC 28-12

KANSAS CITY -- Two clutch hits from Juan Soto. Seven innings of two-run ball from Nestor Cortes. Clay Holmes headed to the mound for the save. It’s a formula that has not only worked for the Yankees this season, it’s one that New York would sign up for night in