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The Texas Rangers reportedly placed outfielder Adolis Garcia on the injured list due to a sprained left ankle before Wednesday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks, per Jeff Wilson of DLLS Sports. Wilson also reports that outfielder Evan Carter — who was dealing with a back injury — was activated from the IL. Losing Garcia is […]

New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso permanently etched his name into the team’s history on Tuesday night when he broke the franchise home run record. Manager Carlos Mendoza was certainly moved by the 30-year-old’s crowning moment. “I had tears in my eyes,” Mendoza told ESPN following the Mets’ 13-5 win over the Atlanta Braves. […]

The San Francisco Giants lost their fourth straight game on Tuesday night, this time coming in a 5-1 loss against the San Diego Padres. It was the second straight game where they scored just one run, and in total, the Giants have scored four runs in the past four games. After the game, Giants manager […]

New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso broke the franchise’s home run record Tuesday night in the team’s 13-5 win over the Atlanta Braves. The victory kept the Mets in the final NL Wild Card spot. They also remain five games behind the Philadelphia Phillies for the NL East lead. After the win, Alonso spoke […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates’ 2025 season has not gone well. They enter Wednesday with a 51-70 record, which is last in the National League Central and 10 games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for fourth place. On the other hand, they have exciting young players such as Oneil Cruz and Paul Skenes. Skenes, the Pirates’ star […]

At the end of the 2024 season, the Pohlad family announced they were looking into selling the Minnesota Twins despite owning the franchise for 40 years. However, with September right around the corner and the 2025 MLB season approaching the final stretch, the Pohlad family released a letter regarding the matter on Wednesday. “Over the […]

It’s safe to say that things have not gone well for the San Francisco Giants over the last few weeks. After the Giants traded outfielder Mike Yastrzemski and relief pitcher Camilo Doval at the deadline, it essentially signaled an end to any sort of playoff push this year. But nobody expected it to be this […]

The New York Mets have made some recent moves, as Frankie Montas has been demoted to the bullpen. This includes bringing up a familiar face, according to MLB insider Jon Heyman. “Paul Blackburn is coming up to Mets for bullpen role, it was learned. The McLean/Sproat call to start in Montas’ spot remains unknown,” Heyman […]

New York Mets star Pete Alonso made history on Tuesday night, breaking Darryl Strawberry’s record for all-time home runs with the franchise. Alonso hit a pair of homers in a 13-5 win over the Atlanta Braves, which ended a seven-game losing streak, giving him 254 dingers as a Met. Alonso’s first home run of the […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are probably never going to be fully healthy, but their roster still looks quite intimidating at the moment. Shohei Ohtani is pitching again, Blake Snell is off the injured list and Mookie Betts is heating up. This ballclub has survived a myriad of absences, as usual, and stayed in first place. […]

The New York Yankees are winning again, as they are now on the verge of completing a three-game sweep of the Minnesota Twins at home following a 9-1 drubbing of the Yankee Stadium visitors Tuesday night. Before that, the Bronx Bombers drubbed the Twins in the series opener on Monday via a 6-2 score. Giancarlo […]

The Los Angeles Angels delivered a dramatic 7-6, extra-innings victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday. They survived a ninth-inning Shohei Ohtani home run to take the first two games of a four-game set against their crosstown rivals at Angel Stadium. In front of a sellout crowd of 44,312, Jo Adell’s walk-off heroics sent […]

Shohei Ohtani’s day started and ended with a bang. Several hours after he and his agent, Nez Balelo, were hit with a lawsuit for allegedly using an “unlawful scheme” to force out two real estate developers in a $240 million Hawaii-based housing project, the Los Angeles Dodgers powerhouse hit his National League-leading 43rd home run […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates made headlines Tuesday night for all the wrong reasons. In the fifth inning of their road matchup against the Milwaukee Brewers, Pirates manager Don Kelly was ejected after a heated confrontation with home plate umpire Roberto Ortiz. The meltdown came when outfielder Jack Suwinski was called out on strikes, a moment that […]

The New York Mets received encouraging news Tuesday night as right-handed pitcher Tylor Megill took a significant step toward returning from a right elbow sprain. Out since mid-June, the 30-year-old made his first rehab appearance with Double-A Binghamton, signaling he could be back before the end of August to help the Mets in a tightening […]

The Toronto Blue Jays have been one of the best teams in baseball all season long, and now they are starting to shift through the gears and get ready for the postseason. One of the most impressive things about this Blue Jays season has been how they have stacked up against fellow top competition, and […]

Barring divine intervention a la “Angels in the Outfield,” the Los Angeles Angels (57-62) will miss the playoffs for an 11th straight campaign. Despite boasting some promise, a bottom-tier pitching staff and .233 team batting average has left fans looking toward next year once again. Well, the Halos still have a month and a half […]

The Milwaukee Brewers are beyond unstoppable, and not even one of the best arms in Major League Baseball could slow them down. On Tuesday night at American Family Field, Milwaukee crushed the Pittsburgh Pirates 14-0 to extend their winning streak to 11 games for the second time in just over a month, becoming only the […]

When Michael Conforto approached the plate with the bases loaded and two outs against a Los Angeles Angels team with their number, fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers had a pretty good idea of how the at-bat would go. Originally signed away from the rival San Francisco Giants to play left field after injuries forced […]

Aaron Judge is back in the New York Yankees’ lineup, but his defensive return is still uncertain. The two-time AL MVP admitted this week that he has “no idea” when he’ll be ready to play right field again after suffering a right flexor tendon strain in late July. The injury kept Judge on the 10-day […]

Even in a hypothetical scenario where Citi Field had unlimited fireworks, they might have run out after the historic moment Pete Alonso delivered with the New York Mets. On Tuesday night, Alonso lined a ball to right-center in the third inning off Atlanta Braves pitcher Spencer Strider for the 253rd home run of his career, […]

The New York Mets have been in one of the worst slumps in the entire MLB of late, but they took a big step toward getting out of that on Tuesday night with an impressive performance against the Atlanta Braves. The Mets finally got their bats going in a 13-5 win over their division rivals […]

While the NL MVP race is in full swing, with Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani the favorite to bring it home for the third year in a row, there is a vocal, growing segment of fans who believe Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber should be in that conversation, too. Currently tied with Ohtani for […]

The New York Mets delivered one of their most memorable offensive performances in recent memory Tuesday night, combining a historic milestone with a viral stadium moment. Facing their NL East rivals, the Atlanta Braves, New York crushed six home runs in a 13-5 win that kept them within striking distance of first in the NL […]

The Texas Rangers entered Tuesday’s game against the Arizona Diamondbacks 61-59. In what could be his last year as a manager, the Rangers tried to go all-in for Bruce Bochy. They pulled off one of the trade deadline’s more interesting moves when they traded for Merrill Kelly. The former Arizona Diamondbacks starter joined a rotation […]

The Seattle Mariners have stormed into the playoff conversation, climbing the AL West standings on the back of elite pitching, timely hitting, and key roster upgrades. Their recent form has impressed ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan, who believes Seattle could be a nightmare opponent this October. Passan took to X, formerly known as Twitter, shortly […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves in an unexpectedly tight National League West battle. After a months-long lead, their cushion has dwindled to just one game over the surging San Diego Padres. As of mid-August, the Dodgers are 68-51 and clinging to first place. This is the closest a challenger has been this late in […]

Cleveland Guardians third baseman Jose Ramirez is looking to pick up his home run excellence from July. On Tuesday, Ramirez hit two home runs against the Florida Marlins.  His second home run came in the 8th inning with the game tied at three. His long drive to right field put the Guardians up 4-3. Ultimately, […]

The Pittsburgh Pirates are on the road for a big divisional matchup against the Milwaukee Brewers. While the season is likely over for the Buccos, they can play spoiler for the league’s hottest team. The Pirates were already losing when Oneil Cruz left the game with an apparent head injury after an outfield collision. Oneil […]

The New York Mets have been struggling lately, but Pete Alonso gave the fans a reason to cheer on Tuesday. His third-inning homer off Spencer Strider put him past Darryl Strawberry on the franchise’s all-time homers list. According to Sarah Langs of MLB.com, Alonso joins Manny Machado, Mike Trout, and Giancarlo Stanton in unique MLB […]

The Tampa Bay Rays placed shortstop Taylor Walls on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with a left groin strain, announcing the move just hours before game two of their away series against the Athletics in West Sacramento. Outfielder Tristan Peters was recalled from Triple-A Durham to take his roster spot. The organization’s public relations team […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers have a history of big moves at the Major League Baseball trade deadline. However, this year’s trade deadline was an outlier. Los Angeles’ biggest addition was Alex Call, an outfielder from the Washington Nationals. Dave Roberts saw the Dodgers traded Dustin May away, too. Despite the lack of a big move, […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ pitching staff has endured injuries all season long. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts finally got Blake Snell back from the injured list to complete his rotation. However, he is still waiting on Tanner Scott to return. The veteran skipper got some definitive news on Tony Gonsolin, though. Unfortunately, Los Angeles will miss […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are struggling and hanging onto the NL West lead by a thread. Injuries have been a big issue again this year, with Blake Snell, Tyler Glasnow, Freddie Freeman, and Tanner Scott all missing time. The Dodgers have seen only eight starts out of Roki Sasaki due to a right shoulder injury. […]

When the Los Angeles Dodgers decided against shelling out a king’s ransom for one of the top trade candidates on the proverbial board, like Jhoan Duran or Steven Kwan, it polarized fans to a major degree. How, some wondered, could a team with serious playoff aspirations be so unwilling to go all-in on another World […]

Pete Alonso is now the home run king of Queens, New York. On Tuesday, Alonso smashed career home run No. 253, which is the most ever by a New York Mets player. Alonso has established himself as one of the purest home run hitters in the game since his rookie season, when he smashed 53 […]

The Toronto Blue Jays entered their series opener against the Chicago Cubs at 69-50. Blue Jays manager John Schneider led his team to the top of the American League East and are in the driver’s seat for a top playoff seed. The rich might soon get richer, though. Toronto got some good news on veteran […]

The St. Louis Cardinals have hovered around the .500 mark for much of the 2025 season, but a certain franchise legend believes the team’s best baseball is still ahead. In a recent segment on MLB Network, Adam Wainwright — a two-time World Series champion pitcher — made a bold statement about the Cardinals playoff chances, […]

The New York Mets host the Atlanta Braves for three games this week amid a dismal slump. They have lost seven straight games and 11 of their last 12 to fall into the last NL Wild Card spot. While that has gone on, Mets first baseman Pete Alonso has been sitting on 252 home runs, […]