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The Los Angeles Dodgers are always aggressive when it comes to adding talent to their big-league roster. They were relatively modest at the 2025 trade deadline, though. Just last year, the team added Shohei Ohtani, Teoscar Hernandez, Tyler Glasnow, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto, all of whom helped Los Angeles win the World Series. After winning the […]

The Philadelphia Phillies have been without relief pitcher Jose Alvarado for months. Rob Thomson’s reliever received an 80-game suspension by Major League Baseball for violating PED rules. While Matt Strahm and Jhoan Duran have stepped up in his absence, the Phillies can’t wait for Alvarado to return. He is ready to make his comeback as […]

The Milwaukee Brewers are one of the best teams in Major League Baseball. Former All-Star outfielder Jackson Chourio has led the way, alongside Christian Yelich, Sal Frelick, and others. However, Brewers manager Dan Wilson has to get creative now that he is without his center fielder for a long stretch. Chourio’s lower leg injury will […]

The Boston Red Sox were in the center of the action at the Major League Baseball trade deadline. Alex Cora got a major upgrade in his starting rotation as the Red Sox upgraded their roster. After trading Rafael Devers to the San Francisco Giants, Boston’s trade deadline plans were the focus of a lot of […]

The Houston Astros made some moves ahead of the MLB trade deadline in the hopes of improving their chances for a serious playoff run. The addition of Carlos Correa has been the most talked about pickup for the club so far, but manager Joe Espada raved about a lesser-known acquisition, Jesus Sanchez. Sanchez, who is […]

Shelby Miller took one step closer to making his Milwaukee Brewers debut on Tuesday when the team assigned him to Triple-A Nashville to begin a rehab assignment. Miller last pitched on July 5 for the Arizona Diamondbacks before going on the injured list with a forearm strain. The Diamondbacks dealt him and pitcher Jordan Montgomery […]

After an MLB trade deadline that made it seem like the Washington Nationals were selling off everyone, the team is now turning to a familiar name for a spark: Cade Cavalli. The Nationals have officially promoted the former first-round pick. He will start Wednesday night at home, according to MLB Network Radio’s Grant Paulsen. The […]

Ken Rosenthal is backtracking a bit on his report that the Boston Red Sox made a “feeble at best” attempt to pry starting pitcher Joe Ryan from the Minnesota Twins. “All right, I might have been too harsh when I said on my ‘Fair Territory’ show that the Boston Red Sox’s pursuits of Twins right-hander […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have not been playing crisp baseball lately. Following a 3-2 home loss against the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles starter Tyler Glasnow was candid about the club’s struggles, and his ultimate goal. “At the end of the day, I just want to win… we’re better now, we’re in a little rut.” […]

MacKenzie Gore is one of the top young pitchers in the game of baseball. Being traded early on in your career can be a tough thing to overcome; however, the southpaw quickly established himself as a star with the Washington Nationals. The San Diego Padres traded Gore, along with many others, including James Wood and […]

The 2025 MLB trade deadline has come and gone. But, one insider recently reported that the Athletics did not initially expect to trade closer Mason Miller to the San Diego Padres. According to Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Athletics did not feel as though San Diego had enough assets to complete the deal. “Initially, […]

Harrison Bader appears to be having a great time so far with the Philadelphia Phillies. Traded to Philly by the Minnesota Twins ahead of last week’s deadline in exchange for outfielder Hendry Mendez and pitcher Geremy Villoria, Bader finally got his first hit in Phillies threads Monday night, when he launched a three-run home run […]

The Toronto Blue Jays rolled the dice at the MLB trade deadline with Shane Bieber. They acquired 2020 AL Cy Young winner in a bold move that could swing their postseason hopes. While Bieber’s name alone brings excitement, veteran MLB insider Ken Rosenthal is urging caution. Shane Bieber is currently finishing his rehab from Tommy […]

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts thinks highly of rookie infielder Alex Freeland. So much so that Roberts is looking to expand Freeland’s horizon beyond the confines of being a shortstop. On Tuesday, Roberts unveiled his intentions to transition Freeland into a potential second baseman, per Sarah Wexler of MLB.com. This comes after the return […]

Texas Rangers designated hitter Joc Pederson didn’t just answer the critics, he launched a game-tying solo homer into the seats. The Rangers star delivered the blast against the Yankees on Tuesday night. It came just moments after the YES Network booth mocked his physique. It was Pederson’s eighth long ball of the season, but the […]

Cincinnati Reds pitcher Nick Lodolo is dealing with an injured blister once again. The hurler left a game on Monday against the Chicago Cubs, due to the pain. Lodolo says he was shocked to discover the injury on his hand. “It really just kind of came up,” Lodolo said, per the Associated Press. “I pitched […]

The New York Yankees approached the trade deadline with the desire to bolster their bullpen. They achieved that goal by trading for closers David Bednar from the Pittsburgh Steelers and Camilo Doval from the San Francisco Giants. Also, New York traded for Colorado Rockies middle reliever Jake Bird. Despite the additions, the Yankees continue to […]

Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber is on a clinic, especially in the home run department. On Monday, he hit his 40th home run with a grand slam against the Baltimore Orioles. Furthermore, he became the fastest player to achieve that feat in franchise history in 112 games. At this point, Schwarber has 40 home runs […]

The Arizona Diamondbacks made some trades ahead of the MLB trade deadline, to try and bolster their roster for the future. Third baseman Eugenio Suarez was the centerpiece of their trades, as he went to the Seattle Mariners. He was the second Arizona player to go to Seattle, as Josh Naylor also was sent there. […]

The Chicago Cubs pulled off one of the most interesting trades ahead of the deadline when they acquired pitcher Michael Soroka from the Washington Nationals in exchange for a couple of prospects in infielder Ronny Cruz and outfielder Christian Franklin. That trade addressed a major goal for Chicago, which was to add depth to its […]

It was a very emotional night on Monday for Cleveland Guardians reliever Nic Enright. Enright earned his first career save, after Cleveland defeated the New York Mets 7-6. Enright, who is battling cancer, opened up about what that moment meant to him. “I made the decision when I was diagnosed in 2022 with Hodgkin lymphoma […]

New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is poised to return after being on the 10-day injured list. Yankees manager Aaron Boone officially confirmed Judge’s return to the lineup after Monday’s latest debacle, per ESPN. The Yankees are in the midst of a three-game series against the Texas Rangers and just lost their fourth consecutive game, […]

Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Corbin Carroll is on a history-making journey. While the Diamondbacks are struggling to stay above .500, Carroll’s excellence continues to persevere. So much so that he has placed himself amongst the most elite company in baseball folklore, per MLB Network. He joins Joe DiMaggio and Lou Gehrig as the only players to […]

To say that the 2025 season has not gone according to plan for Joc Pederson and Josh Jung would be a major understatement. But at least for one night, all was right in the world for both of them, being as productive as the Texas Rangers envisioned they would be heading into the season. Pederson […]

For much of the 2025 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers have been as dominant as ever, boasting depth up and down the roster on both sides of the ball. But a team can only be as good as their worst side of the ball, and at the moment, the Dodgers cannot hit a lick. On […]

2025 hasn’t exactly been the easiest season for Tyler Glasnow. He missed over two months of baseball after suffering a shoulder injury, and since returning to the mound in July for the Los Angeles Dodgers, he hasn’t exactly been at his best either. But on Monday, Glasnow managed to turn things around after a rough […]

The New York Yankees have been playing it cool over the past few weeks, refusing to man panic stations despite being in a brutal stretch that now has them sitting in third place in the AL East standings. However, the Yankees may have to sound the alarm bells right now after an 8-5 loss to […]

It looked like the New York Yankees were going to put a temporary stop to their bleeding on Monday against the Texas Rangers. They were two outs away from doing so when closer Devin Williams added yet another terrible moment to what has been a nightmare 2025 season thus far for the former All-Star. Williams […]

On Monday night, the New York Yankees were on their way to a much-needed win against the Texas Rangers, another contender for a Wild Card spot in the AL. They were leading 5-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth, and a victory would have stopped the bleeding — giving them their first win of […]

The St. Louis Cardinals dealt a crushing blow to the Los Angeles Dodgers comeback hopes on Monday night, thanks to one of the most jaw-dropping defensive plays of the season. With the game on the line in the ninth inning, Lars Nootbaar laid out for a full-extension diving catch that stopped the tying run from […]

The Detroit Tigers were active at the MLB Trade Deadline, making several small moves. As a result of these moves, Detroit had to shuffle its roster around a bit. One of the corresponding moves saw the Tigers place rookie Troy Melton in the bullpen after two starts at the back end of the rotation. Melton […]

Things are picking up for this Boston Red Sox squad that’s on fire at the moment. They’ve won eight of their past 10 games, including their Monday night tussle against the Kansas City Royals, 8-5. They have surpassed the New York Yankees to claim second place in the AL East, and they keep putting pressure […]

When the Pittsburgh Steelers traded a king’s ransom for DK Metcalf, fans had a pretty good idea who would be the team’s WR1 for the foreseeable future, but after shipping away George Pickens, who would be his running mate and number two target for new quarterback Aaron Rodgers? Well, while the Steelers do have a […]

Monday night could not have gone more according to plan for the Toronto Blue Jays. Facing the worst team in MLB in the Colorado Rockies, the Blue Jays wasted no time in putting them in their place, destroying them 15-1 on the night on three home runs and a staggering 25 base hits. Of those […]

The New York Mets fell just short of a big comeback win over the Cleveland Guardians on Monday. After trailing by five runs in the sixth inning, New York tied things up and took the game to extra innings. But a Brett Baty throwing error in the 10th proved costly and the Mets would lose […]

The Texas Rangers delivered one of their most dramatic wins of the season Monday night, as Josh Jung smashed a walk-off home run in extra innings to lift Texas past the New York Yankees in thrilling fashion. The walk-off bomb from Jung capped off a late-game comeback at Globe Life Field and put an exclamation […]

How can the Los Angeles Dodgers get Mookie Betts out of his slump? Could they move him out of the first or second spot in the order, deploying instead some combination of Shohei Ohtani, Will Smith, and Freddie Freeman at the top of the order? Nope, Dave Roberts has already shot that idea down. How […]

The Chicago Cubs have made a roster move ahead of their series opener against the Cincinnati Reds, cutting pitcher Chris Flexen. Chicago made the decision to waive the veteran pitcher on Monday, letting him go after 21 appearances. He’s played for five teams throughout his career in the majors, first representing the New York Mets […]

There’s no two ways about it: Mookie Betts is in the middle of the worst season of his Los Angeles Dodgers career. A former MVP who was a pivotal part of two World Series championships in LA, Betts still doesn’t look comfortable playing shortstop, has lost his power at the plate, and isn’t getting on […]