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The Boston Red Sox announced a major setback on the eve of the 2025 AL Wild Card Series against the New York Yankees. Veteran reliever Liam Hendriks has undergone elbow surgery, leaving Boston without one of its most experienced arms as it begins the postseason at Yankee Stadium. The news adds another layer of uncertainty […]

Chicago Cubs pitcher Matthew Boyd has been named the Game 1 starter for the team’s 2025 NL Wild Card Series against the San Diego Padres. With rookie Cade Horton sidelined, Boyd steps into the spotlight. For the veteran left-hander, though, the moment carries deep personal meaning. In a post by Marquee Sports Network on the […]

The San Diego Padres enter the 2025 NL Wild Card Series on a surge, but their next test is a road clash with the Chicago Cubs. As the No. 5 seed prepares for Game 1 at Wrigley Field Tuesday, Padres manager Mike Shildt didn’t hold back when discussing the venue. He called it one of […]

The Athletics wrapped up the franchise’s 125th season on Sunday. And while the team boasts an exciting core of young players, the A’s first season away from Oakland since 1968 ended in disappointment. The team finished 76-86, missing the playoffs for the fifth-straight year. The Athletics completed the first of at least three seasons at […]

The Los Angeles Dodgers are relishing the final days of Clayton Kershaw on the mound. The forthcoming MLB Playoffs will be the last time the prized left-handed pitcher will take the mound. But Dodgers Stadium made sure to honor him before the first pitch of the Cincinnati Reds series. MLB columnist for USA Today Bob […]

Garrett Crochet is more than the Boston Red Sox’ Game 1 starter against the New York Yankees in the MLB Playoffs on Tuesday. He can even overrule the manager on the team’s dress code as it travels to the Bronx. Red Sox beat writer Tim Healey recounted the story via X on Monday of how […]

DALLAS — The primary focus at Dallas Mavericks’ Media Day was, well, the Mavs. However, players answered questions about other topics as well. Klay Thompson’s brother, Trayce, is a professional baseball player who used to be teammates with Los Angeles Dodgers star Clayton Kershaw. Kershaw recently announced his retirement, something that caught Klay’s attention. Kershaw […]

The day after the regular season ends is prime time for finger pointing in Major League Baseball and there’s plenty of blame to go around with the New York Mets. Owner Steve Cohen took to X on Monday to apologize to the fanbase after his $340 million team collapsed in the second half of the […]

The Minnesota Twins have fired manager Rocco Baldelli after a 70-92 season, falling woefully short of the postseason. Minnesota sold off nearly all of its valuable pieces at the MLB trade deadline, including Carlos Correa. That sent them spiraling to the worst record after the deadline of any American League team. That ended Baldelli’s run […]

The Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees will square off in the playoffs for the third time in eight years in the American League Wild Card series. While Boston owned the season series, New York earned home-field advantage for all three games. A pair of lefty aces, Max Fried and Garrett Crochet, will get […]

The New York Yankees are back in the MLB postseason as they look to return to the World Series for a second straight year. But to do so, they will need to get past the Boston Red Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card series at Yankee Stadium. In Game 1 on Tuesday, the Sox will […]

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw threw the last regular season inning of his Major League career on Sunday, closing the book on one of the best careers for a starter the game has seen in the live ball era. For proof, look no further than the career ERA+ list, which Kershaw finishes atop, alongside […]

As the Pittsburgh Pirates dealt with continued struggles, they decided to part ways with manager Derek Shelton and hired Don Kelly as their next leader. After a solid second half, the Pirates have fully committed to Kelly. Pittsburgh has signed the manager to a contract extension, the team announced. While the terms of the deal […]

The New York Yankees hope that their bullpen will step up during their upcoming Wild Card series against the Boston Red Sox, and one of the group’s most intense members is already well-acquainted with the history between the two historic franchises. Yankees reliever Fernando Cruz grew up as a diehard fan of the Bronx Bombers […]

After committing hundreds of millions of dollars to his team in the offseason, New York Mets owner Steve Cohen woke up Monday with his club on the outside looking in at the 2025 MLB Postseason. Despite signing superstar Juan Soto to the biggest contract in professional sports history and bringing back fan favorite Pete Alonso […]

The San Francisco Giants finished the year with an 81-81 record, missing the playoffs for the fourth straight season. On Sunday, the Giants defeated the Colorado Rockies in SF. However, Giants manager Bob Melvin sure sounded like it was the end of the road: “It is what it is. We’ll see what the next day […]

One of the greatest rivalries in sports will add a new chapter this week when the Boston Red Sox visit the New York Yankees for a best-of-three MLB postseason series in the Bronx. Both teams are expected to throw their aces in Game 1 on Tuesday night with Max Fried getting the ball for the […]

It’s time for high-stakes baseball for Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers. The reigning World Series champions will begin their 2025 postseason journey this coming Tuesday at Dodger Stadium, where they will face the Cincinnati Reds for the start of a best-of-3 National League Wild Card series. Will Ohtani see the mound against the […]

The New York Mets failed to make the 2025 Postseason just one year removed from an improbable run to the NLCS. While many factors contributed to the team’s demise, a lack of top-notch starting pitching became an issue down the stretch. According to Tim Britton and Will Sammon of The Athletic, some in the organization […]

One thing that San Diego Padres star Manny Machado ribs general manager A.J. Preller for is his look that resembles actor Adam Sandler. In a new profile from The Athletic, Preller’s appearance is discussed. According to Machado, he doesn’t look very “presentable,” and that’s what garners the Sandler comparison. “I call him Adam Sandler with […]

With the New York Mets falling completely out of the playoffs, questions have started to emerge surrounding manager Carlos Mendoza’s job security. However, it appears he’ll live to see the Mets try to bounce back in 2026. For all of New York’s struggles, the franchise is still happy with Mendoza as their manager, via Tim […]

The dust has officially settled on the 2025 regular season, and the New York Yankees will head to the Postseason as the American League’s top Wild Card team. While many other players will rightfully receive much of the attention from fans and pundits ahead of Tuesday’s series opener against the Boston Red Sox, first baseman […]

The New York Mets experienced a disastrous end to their campaign that saw them miss the Postseason just one year after making the NLCS. The collapse has caused many to wonder if the presence of four-time All-Star Juan Soto impacted the clubhouse culture. According to Tim Britton and Will Sammon of The Athletic, Soto did […]

The MLB playoffs are here, with all four Wild Card series matchups set. There will be one day without baseball before the postseason games begin. On the American League side, the New York Yankees host the Boston Red Sox while the Cleveland Guardians host the Detroit Tigers. In the National League, the Los Angeles Dodgers […]

The New York Yankees might have lost the American League East race to the Toronto Blue Jays on the final day of the regular season, but outfielder Aaron Judge has already turned the page towards the Postseason. According to Gary Phillips of the New York Daily News, Judge does not want to think about the […]

The San Francisco Giants picked up their club option for the 2026 MLB season on manager Bob Melvin in July. That can come across as a reassuring sign that Melvin will be back in the team’s dugout for a third season, but after San Francisco missed the boat to the 2025 postseason and won just […]

This past offseason, the New York Mets were parading themselves as the new king of New York after they stole Juan Soto from the New York Yankees by enticing him with a record-setting 15-year, $765 million contract that could reach $800 million provided that he reaches certain milestones. However, the Yankees have managed to get […]

The San Francisco Giants have been desperately trying to keep in step with their peers in the NL West. They have been doing everything they could to recapture the magic of their stunning 107-win 2021 season, but since then, they haven’t finished with a record better than 81-81 or worse than 79-83 — a remarkable […]

The Cincinnati Reds are once again bound for October’s stage, returning to the postseason for the first time since the pandemic-curtailed 2020 campaign. They seized the National League’s final wild card on the very last day of the marathon season. Amid a 4-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers, fortune smiled as the New York Mets […]

Aaron Judge, in another year, would be the undisputed AL MVP, and perhaps win that award unanimously. But 2025 is no ordinary year in the AL MVP race. The New York Yankees star’s closest competitor for the award is Seattle Mariners catcher Cal Raleigh, who broke out and became an MVP-level player who finished the […]

The New York Mets’ worst fears have come true: they will be missing the MLB postseason in 2025, with their September collapse culminating in a 4-0 loss to the Miami Marlins on Game 162 eliminating them from playoff contention. Even though the Cincinnati Reds also lost on the final day of the regular season, they’ll […]

The Seattle Mariners could not have dreamed up of a better way to finish the season than the way they did. They managed to not just win the AL West crown, with the Houston Astros failing to even make it to the postseason, they also clinched a bye to the ALDS by virtue of being […]

Another season has come and gone and Aaron Judge has, yet again, put up another monster year that has him in consideration to win another AL MVP award even though the New York Yankees narrowly missed out on the AL East crown by virtue of losing the tiebreaker against the division champion Toronto Blue Jays. […]

It may have gone down to the final day of the regular season, but the Toronto Blue Jays managed to secure the AL East crown at last with a 13-4 romp over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 162 on Sunday night. The Blue Jays own the tiebreaker over the Yankees so they controlled their […]

On Sunday night, all MLB teams played their 162nd game of the regular season, marking an end to an eventful 2025 campaign for 18 teams in the entire league. For 12 teams, their journey in October is only about to begin, and one of the teams that qualified for the postseason, the Boston Red Sox, […]

The 2025 season was the bleakest in Colorado Rockies history, and the team, along with its fans, will want to put it behind them as soon as possible. They ended the year with a franchise-low 43-119 record after a 4-0 defeat to the San Francisco Giants on Sunday, earning the unenviable distinction of having the […]

The 2025 New York Mets season ended in heartbreak on Sunday as a 4-0 loss to the Miami Marlins eliminated them from postseason contention. Entering the regular-season finale, New York needed a win coupled with a Cincinnati Reds loss to claim the National League’s final wild-card spot. Though Cincinnati lost 4-2 to the Milwaukee Brewers, […]

The Detroit Tigers stumbled into the 2025 postseason after one of the most dramatic collapses in Major League Baseball history. Despite leading the American League Central by 15.5 games in July, Detroit (87–75) lost 13 of its final 16 games and finished September with a 7–17 (.292) record, the worst final-month mark by a playoff […]

With the NL West crown perched on their brows, the Los Angeles Dodgers will now turn their attention to the Cincinnati Reds. The Dodgers will face off against the sixth seed of the National League bracket in the Wild Card round. A date with the NL East champion Philadelphia Phillies could await them. Ahead of […]